Human nature is unavoidable and often the source of evil. William Golding uses his novel Lord of the Flies to demonstrate this idea. Although it is a rather pessimistic thought, this novel expresses that evil exists deep down in all of us. The novel displays human’s own illness, human nature, through the characters in his story.
Evil is an inborn characteristic that lives inside each and every one of us. The evil comes from our human sense of survival. And unfortunately, it is our nature to do whatever it takes in order to survive. If our survival is at risk, our evil rears its ugly head. Our parents’ job is to try to replace that evil with good morals and values when we are young, but the truth is, evil cannot be replaced. It can only be temporarily hidden, until the right situation comes around and sets it free. Dozen
Through the events of this novel you can see the tragic truth of our human nature. When we are forced to rely on our instincts, the good is forgotten and the evil is revealed. Golding sadly confirms the fact that it is our human nature to be evil at times.
s of kids stranded on an island was the perfect situation to prove that. There were no parents there to enforce those morals, so the kids were left with nothing but there own instincts to live by. Because of those instincts, evil arose.
In the novel, all of the characters showed some trace of evil within them. Jack and his hunters revealed it the most, however. One of the first sign of evilness appeared when the first pig was killed. It was turned into a celebration. After that Jack and his group became obsessed and blood thirsty for hunting. The boys chanted around th