Lord Of The Flies Good Vs Evil Quotes

In the Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of young British boys crash land on an island. During a time of despair and war the boys work together to get rescued. The conflict between good and evil in humanity is an important theme in the book which defines the character’s behaviors and actions through the time that they are on the island and the decisions they make to get rescued and return home. The good in humanity is shown throughout the story by a few of the characters choices and beliefs. For example, “‘We need an assembly. Not for fun. Not for laughing and falling off the log… Not for making jokes, or for… for cleverness. Not for these things. But to put things straight’” (Golding 86). The idea of the quote stated in the

Golding writes, “‘See? See? That’s what you’ll get! I meant that! There isn’t a tribe for you anymore! The conch is gone— ‘“(Golding 209). Jack states this after the horrific death of Piggy and the conch shell shattering into pieces. Jack symbolizes the evil in humanity because he completely disregards the situation of Piggy dying and that results in major ignorance and selfishness. Jack becomes a threat to the society and the savages are now the real beasts. When the conch shell breaks it creates the image of the civilization of the boys gone and it can never be put together again. Shields explains, “Before long, the faction of hunters has degenerated into paint wearing, ritual-chanting warriors who first pursue pigs but finally hunt Ralph” (Shields para 5). This statement supported by Shields is important in which it explains the end results of the hunter’s transformation on the island. They became something that went too far and created a deep dark mess as they turned into ruthless, menacing, savages who needed to hunt and kill anything and anyone that got in their