The Psychopath In Lord Of The Flies

“The age old question of why crime exists is one that will never cease…” Hegger says (Hegger). Crime is a very large problem, and it happens very often. Sometimes it is big and sometimes it is small, the court case may only take an hour or a couple days. It depends on the situation, in the novel Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding a boy named Roger kills a boy named Piggy, he is bullied and is underestimated. A plane crashes and a group of boys from ages six to thirteen are now stranded on an island, no adults, no food, no society. When they first get there they have good order, they elect a chief, make sure only one person is talking at a time, and they even have a way to group everyone back together. Later, everything becomes chaotic, …show more content…
(TRANSITION)A child serial killer named Mary, “was a psychopath...As a result, [of her being psychopath] Mary was not found guilty of murder…” (Mauro). Since Mary was a psychopath she was not guilty of murder. Mary killed 2 boys, and it was not her fault. It was the psychopath that killed the boys not Mary. Mary did not choose to be a psychopath, it choose her. Roger is in the same situation as her, a psycho/savage that kills someone because of their savageness or psychoness. In both situations they cannot help what they are doing. It is the psychopath and savage taking over them. Just like Mary, Roger cannot control himself because he has been away from society for so long. His brain thinks differently when he is savage. When he is on the island he is not making his own decisions. The savage/psycho Roger is making these decisions for him. (TRANSITION) Mary was not charged guilty of murder because she was a psychopath. Since Roger is completely savage and psycho when he kills Piggy he should not be guilty of murder …show more content…
In fact, in the Judaic culture twelve to thirteen is the age when children are liable for their actions, “But children who may be old enough to take communion… are not necessarily thought of as capable of understanding the nature of sin as a break with God…” (Sachs). This shows that many people think children are old enough to recognize their decisions at an earlier age than they actually can. Just because someone says that the age thirteen or sixteen is the age when children are capable of choosing their actions does not mean it is true. Many people cannot comprehend all the outcomes of what they are doing until they are older than thirteen. Similarly to this Roger is not even thirteen, yet people think he is old enough to know the rights and wrongs of his actions. Even if people think he is mature enough to know his rights and wrongs he may not be able to mentally. Everybody is different and have a different backgrounds. Some are informed more than others about the consequences of their actions, making it not fair to people that do not know the consequences. Roger does not know the consequences of his actions and why they are

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