This is an example of diffusion of responsibility among children. In order for everyone to survive, everyone must do their part and work to provide food and shelter. However the boys become lazy and begin to get distracted by other things on the island. Golding states, “I mean, who built all three? We all built the first one, four of us the second, and Simon and I built the last one over there. (Golding.107). There are so many kids on the island that everyone thinks it's okay for them to relax a little. One by one they all start to slow down and there aren't enough people working to make up for all the kids who stopped. All the kids adopted witness behavior and watched people work instead of helping them. Similar to another part of Darley and Latane's experiment with fake seizures. A group of students were all in a chat room where they had an allotted time to talk, an actor simulated a seizure for the students to listen to; however, only a third of students responded. They expected others to help him, so they wouldn't have to. The same was true for boys, for whom they expected others to do the work