on human nature. Whether this view is right or wrong, true or not, is a

point to be debated. This image Golding paints for the reader, that of

humans being inherently bad, is a perspective not all people share. This

opinion, in fact, is a point that many have disagreed with when reading

his work. There are many instances throughout Lord of the Flies that

state Golding’s opinion suggesting an evil human nature. Each of these

instances are the bricks holding together his fortress of ideas that are

Lord of the Flies is but an abstract tool of Golding’s to construct the

idea of human nature in the minds of his readers. Throughout the novel,

it is stated that all humans are evil. It is said that this evil is

inescapable and will turn everyone evil. At one point in the book, when

the Lord of the Flies is representing all evil, this theory is stated as,

“The Lord of the Flies was expanding like a balloon” (Golding 130). Along

with this idea is the religious symbolism that is used for ineffectively

confronting the evil. At a point in the book, Golding has Simon, symbolic

this, one must also remember that each individual had his own

be all evil or entirely anti-good. Many things can be usually bad or

novel is merely a microcosm of the entire world. He develops his world as

considered “good.” Anyway, the way Golding demonstrates and terms many

bad. This should be kept in mind when thinking about human nature, rather

seen that each individual decides for himself what is “good” or “bad” for

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