Thinking about Lord of the Flies; it seems like there are a lot of examples of desire of acceptance (like every person wanted to on the strong side filled with acceptance):
-Samneric: perfect examples of acceptance (the combination of their names; one of them for the other that they can easily identify with; never feel alone (no sense of individuality; conform to the side that offers acceptance)) They are two boys that found their ideal form of acceptance in another, and then how they are practically bought into joining the Jack's tribe with little hesitance shows the nature of human beings in allowing them to go down the path of easier acceptance that society would frown upon.
I like gasped when I started thinking about Samneric, I couldn't demonstrate a better example of a person with acceptance, a person that latches onto other and becomes so close that they never have to worry about not being accepted. I mean they only have one name, it's like Golding made it physically impossible for one of them to be identified, and then they enter Jack's tribe after being a part of Ralph's. They give Ralph advice but they don't actually help him with acceptance, stand up to the rest of the crowd that doesn't accept Ralph. Human nature of making it difficult for others to become accepted after being accepted and sitting in a comfortable place. It's weird because I wasn't really thinking about Lord of the Flies, and when I did I was thinking more of Piggy or Simon (even Ralph and Jack) and all the others, but then the idea of Samneric fell on my lap and I can point out all my main points in their actions throughout the novel. I just need to find some more philosophy to back up my point.
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