Views on Life, Violence, Power, and Control

 "After reading Chapter 4, have your views about life, violence, power, and control changed since the beginning of the book? Discuss and explain using examples from the book."

After reading Chapter 4, my views on life in general haven't changed much, only because the book captures a lot of obscure views that I could take on, but not all. Personally, I think a book that could capture every view on life would be impossible to write, but this book certainly makes a good effort. I already understood this is how people become when they lose structure: bloodthirsty, animalistic, and barbaric. This is just a given. However, my views on how quickly the need for power, violence, and control can escalate have definitely changed-in a bad way. The boys sense of responsibility and rationality quickly evaporate once they spend a few nights on the island, leaving them in the midst of chaos that they created. They will soon learn how hard it is to return to a normal life after being subjected to this type of terror. Or will they?