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The rest of the group, however, shifts its allegiance to Jack because he has given them meat rather than something useless like fire.

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Gilligan’s point can be seen in children’s free play. When boys are confronted with a conflict involving fairness they tend to argue it out or take their ball and go home. On the other hand, girls faced with conflict over fairness will try to resolve the issue through compromise. But if compromise fails, girls will generally change the activity rather than disband the group (Cyrus, 1993).

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These results indicate that children as young as age three and four are able to recognise and trust a consensus. In addition, young children are good at remembering who was and was not a part of the majority group, said a Harvard release.

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How Piggy had no parents, so he was really shy and did everything that the other boys did to fit in with the group.

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Of 18 children 12 conformed to the majority at least once, if they had to say the answer out loud.