ESSAY QUESTION: DID THE BOYS ON THE ISLAND ACT THE WAY THEY DID OUT DUE TO MENTAL DEFECT OR PROBLEMS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT? My essay is entitled "Difficult Environment." It talks about the living conditions the boys from LORD OF THE FLIES had to suffer through. "Difficult Environment" It has been debated over a great deal of time as to whether or not the boys from Lord of the Flies, a novel by William Golding, …showed first 75 words of 534 total…

…showed last 75 words of 534 total…factor in the boys' behavior on the island. There is no supervision on the island, so there are also no punishments for the actions of the boys. They are also surrounded by the same people and the same area continuously and there is no way to get away. Lastly, the children suffer from poor nutrition and constant exposure to the heat. The environment is unquestionably what caused the boys to act the way they did.