"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

MORALS: LONG LOST AND FORGOTTEN
Morals are necessary to mantain order in society, without morals society starts to become chaotic. In Golding's Lord of the Flies, the boys have morals in which they already follow and morals that they create while on the island. At first the boys decide to have a civilized life on the island, then this civilized life soon crumbles causing much chaos and destruction on the island.
One of the first morals lost in this book was honesty. The first day on the island, they elected a leader, Ralph, and Ralph assigned each group of boys a job as well as list of a few new morals. Giving a job for each group makes the island more civilized, and will keep the boys in order until they are rescued. …