Inherently Evil Nature
In the Book, Lord of the Flies By William Golding, there is from the start an ever-present battle being raged between civilization and savagery. The book opens with a group of well-to-do boys from a British boarding school crash landing on a deserted island. The boy’s lives, which had formerly been governed by rules of etiquette, civility and procedure are turned upside down by this tragedy, and the standards by which they had previously measured their actions are forgotten, replaced by basic laws of survival and primordial ways of life. Golding shows readers, through the actions of the main character, that he feels that most, if not all humans, when taken out of the confines of society and its expectations, will revert to a primeval state. Through this, Golding implies that without rules or law, humanity will always revert to an inherently evil nature. He also clearly implies that people will lose most if not all of the common sense and logic that they possess, and uncover a brutal savage nature that relies solely on instincts to succeed. Golding sees humans as being subjects to their animal-like natures and unable, in most cases to
The three boys rushed forward and Jack drew his knife again with a flourish. He raised his arm is the air. There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm. The pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be. Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth, they were left looking at each other and the place of terror, Jacks face was white under the freckles, he noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down replacing the blade in the sheath. Then all three of them laughed ashamedly and began to climb back to the track.” (Pg. 31) Simon was speaking almost in his ear. Ralph found that he had rock painfully gripped in both hands, found his body arched, the muscles of hid neck stiff, his mouth strained open. For a moment nothing more was said. And then suddenly they smiled at each other. (Pg. 111) “You stop that!” said Piggy shrilly. “What good’re you doing talking like that?”
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