Should Lord of the Flies Be Banned?

English Debate 2011-2012 Should professional of the Flies Be Banned From Chisago Lakes High School? Argument 1 Peer Pressure By Elizabeth Gornik Were sitting here talking, in Mr. Scharnbergs first hour English class at Chisago Lakes High School, about how this classic book Lord of the Flies by William Golding affects our everyday lives. Half of the get on believes its a life lesson and should be continued in our education curriculum and the other half believes its sending a horrible message to our society and should be forever banned from our school.I believe that its an educational book and should continue to be taught its a great read and has changed my outlook on things in life. For the other half of you I understand where you guys be coming from, this book has sexual references, its raging and makes fun of disabled people but you give way to look past that and debate the thick(p) essence in the gory paragraphs. In our lives we typesetters case many ch completelyenges on e of the big issues is peer pressure. We all face it in high school, drugs, sex, parties, alcohol, skipping school, etc. The dictionary definition of peer pressure is influence from members of ones peer group.Lord of the Flies is a perfect of example peer pressure it shows how everyone cracks under pressure. Choices they make are determined by the manipulation and domination of their more(prenominal) powerful friends. The littluns are faced with pressure because they tire outt exactly know whats going on, they whole lives theyve been supported by their families and didnt retain to worry about seeing tomorrows daylight. Now they have to depend on boys double their age because everyone else is and they dont know how to take care of themselves. Another situation is when ll the boys first met and everyone was devising fun of shoat and calling him Fatty, Ralph decided to be part of the fun and giggles and tell everyone Piggys secret nickname to feel part of the crowd. Later on in th e book the more Ralph realizes that Piggy was his one, true friend. Towards the end of the book Samneric were pressured into joining Jacks tribe by ominous them. They end up joining to save their lives. This book clearly shows that how theyre acting is influenced by the things that they have gone through, the surroundings is what influenced them, not a book.Think about it, Jack became obsessed with hunting because thats all he could do to entertain himself. When teens and children even adults are bored they tend to experiment things such as drugs, sex, alcohol. If youre not keeping yourself busy and hanging around the wrong people, eventually you get influenced to do things you will regret doing in the future. Also, it shows that the consequences of our mistakes, it does not encourage us to do the same. If you actually thought deep about the text and not just surface through the offensive situations, you just might see what I see, a life lesson that each and every one of us need to learn.