Is Man Inherently Evil In Lord Of The Flies

In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Ralph and Jack clash constantly over maintaining a mimicry of a proper English societal structure or discarding it in favor of a more wild and chaotic way of life. Golding uses Ralph to represent the civilization the boys left behind; for all intents and purposes, Ralph represents nurture. Throughout the book he is swayed by the call of the wild, but remains tethered to the idea of rescue and upholding the societal standards previously taught to him. ‘Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh.

Is Man Truly Good or Evil? The book Lord of the Flies by William Golding delves into the instincts of young boys placed in a situation where no adults are near to rely on. Many of the instincts the boys now show are destructive, although the youngsters believe them to be righteous. The children’s’ original intentions were good; however their small society turns into anarchy.

George R.R. Martin once said, “There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.” In the Lord of the Flies by William Golding the children have a savage beast hidden within them. Human savagery is influenced by power, status, and even possession of tools. Ralph and Jack, leaders of the group, allow for the beast to awaken in them as they struggle to survive on the island.

In ‘Lord of the Flies’, there are various kind of character that they all have their own distinct symbolic meaning. This story attempts to elaborate from the four aspects,which is goodness, evil, prophecy and blindness; analyzes the connotative meaning of the symbol of the novel. I’m deeply touched by the formulation of the reason of the rules, also the meaning, and the implementation. There is a reason under the premise of standing on civilization to look on barbaric, brutal or the process and reasons of "evil nature", and the significance. One of the most representative is the conch that Ralph found and the conch run through the whole story.

Lastly, Jack is known as the rebel of the story who disagrees with the leaders, and is pure evil from middle to end. Although Jack is evil, his bad character trait ensures his survival and alliance with the boys. The first example of when Jack’s evilness is shown in the story is when Jack hunts the pig and puts its head on a stick, the line says “ Jack held the head up and jammed the soft throat down on the pointed end of the stick which pierced through into the mouth. He stood back and the head hung there, a little blood dribbling down the stick” ( Golding, 150). This shows Jack’s evilness because instead of fearing the beast he is offering him the head of the pig that he just brutally murdered.

In William Golding’s, Lord of the Flies, it depicts the treacherous qualities of a man and the relation to the era of Golding’s time, Word War Two. The story proceeds to show the power of the human mind causing destruction on the island. Lord of the Flies is based on a group of young boys trying to place law and order on an island, in order for survival to occur. These young boys eventually turn into savages causing a tremendous amount of bloodshed. Golding wrote this book about a decade after World War Two.

When the Lord of the Flies talks about “mankind’s essential illness”, he refers to the evil that appears within humanity. Everyone, regardless of gender or age, has darkness deeply rooted into their hearts, but most people can keep their bad impulses under control. These evil vices include the greed for power, the disobedient attitude, and the desire to inflict pain. However, without order or civilization, the darkness can easily bring someone into chaos and savagery. In The Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, the novel describes the end of innocence for the boys as they become increasingly worse through the loss of order and civilization.

William Golding illustrates in Lord of the Flies that humanity needs to have the boundaries of society and civilization to prevent the evil inside us from surfacing. Despite laws and order, humans still have the capacity to exemplify evil. Golding 's experiences as a school teacher, and in the war helped him shape Lord of the Flies. In this novel, Ralph has the ongoing struggle of attempting to enforce rules and build a civilized community. He ultimately fails miserably and everyone, including himself, becomes taken over by their inner savage.

According to William Golding, evil is intrinsic to human beings. In other words, evil is an instinct to mankind and is a part of human nature. Evil is concealed inside of human beings and it will be revealed in extreme situations after certain experiences. In Lord of the Flies, the boys are in the same situation of being stuck on an island. All of the boys benefit from mocking and teasing Piggy because he is physically inferior.

Social Destruction Lord of the flies is based on British boys getting stuck on a uninhabited island along comes the destruction of their small society. Upon landing, the boys attempt to establish a society with law and order. Although the boys get rescued at the end of the story, Golding uses Ralph and Jack to argue how savagery and the loss of civility leads to the destruction of society. While jack goes on a hunt he puts on war paint, he discovers that the mask he wears cover up his identity and insecurities. The conch represents civility once the boys stop respecting the conch their society starts to collapse.