In the Lord of the Flies, Golding's perspectives on how political systems cannot govern society effectively without first taking into consideration the defects of human nature are proved through two of his main characters, Ralph and Jack. He designs Ralph as a primary representative of the order of a civilization and Jack as the savagery, anarchy, and the darker side of human nature. ... Thus, he disregards order and represents evil and violence, the dark side of human nature. ... I think Golding purposely designs Ralph and Jack to represent the good and the evil in human beings. By cr...

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Jack sees the world as divided against itself, as is brought forth by the dual nature of the narrator, that is, telling the story and also being a person to whom events happen (Bohner 71). ... His suicide is the turning point in Jack's life. ... Not only does this event give Jack an acceptable father figure, but it demonstrates his mother's capability to love, and love Jack. When Jack sees his relationship to Irwin, who committed evil, he realizes that he, too, is capable of committing evil and his rebirth is complete (Bohner 71). ... He is now aware of who he is, and had a compl...

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Human nature is unavoidable and often the source of evil. William Golding uses his novel Lord of the Flies to demonstrate this idea. ... The novel displays human's own illness, human nature, through the characters in his story. ... Jack and his hunters revealed it the most, however. ... After that Jack and his group became obsessed and blood thirsty for hunting. ...

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The face paint that Jack wears on his face symbolizes his emerging evil persona and his submission to a primitive and savage way of life. The recurring motif of the beast represents Jack's constant fear of the vast unknown and helps exhibit the evil nature that lies deep within him. ... The other imperative symbol within the novel is the recurring motif of the beast, which symbolizes Jack's constant fear of the unknown and helps exhibit the evil nature that exists deep within him. ... The face paint that Jack wears on his face symbolizes his emerging evil persona and marks his submi...

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Jack breaks away from Ralph and forms his own, savage, tribe. ... Because people are unwilling to recognise this "dark" side of their nature, the beast provides something external to cause the evil. ... Jack however bases his leadership on domination and fear. ... This illustrates the evil in Jack and how he can scare the weaker members of society. ... Jack wants to treat the island with no respect to satisfy his own desires. ...

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Throughout the novel, Jack portrays evil and violence, the dark side of human nature. ... Dissimilar to the other blacks in my mandala, this black is used to demonstrate Jack's sociology. ... In chapter 10, the beating of Wilfred shows the nature of Jack's leadership. ... The black surrounding the purple spikes demonstrates Jack's fear throughout the novel and how he uses the other boys' fear. ... The black on the outer edge of the circle portrays Jack's evil and dark side. ...

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In the novel and film Lord of the Flies, Golding and Hook explore the nature of evil that is inherent in "man kind". ... In the novel he demonstrates a very evil behaviour. "Jack wrenched free and swung at Ralph with his spear." ... This very important character demonstrates his selfishness and self-interest throughout the novel. ... "Jack made a rush and stabbed at Ralph's chest with his spear. ...

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His story of the Lord of the Flies, is able to show the parallel between the problems in human nature and the poor outcome of human society. ... Jack then begins to use the fear of the beast to get boys to follow him, and to come to "join [his] tribe and have fun." ... Originally, none of the boys was capable of killing a wild pig for food, but Jack decides to paint his face in order to be a successful hunter. ... Able to hide his indentity, Jack is finally able to slaughter the pig. ... Through his story of these stranded boys, Golding is able to show an excellent example of huma...

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In the end, Jack and his tribe set the whole island on fire and his savage instincts account for the demolishment of the island. ... Lastly, Simon is interconnected with nature and respects all life. ... The evil within man is shown through Jack who is quickest to bare his animalistic and savage ways and untie his strings with civilization. ... Although it may seem like his motives from the beginning were evil because he showed savagery so early on, he too thought he would never become a savage. ... In addition to the boy's illustration of true human nature, Jack and his tribe fully give ...

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By describing the choir as dark, it establishes an evil presence on the island which evolves as the novel progresses. ... His hair colour implies that his character will have a short fuse and his personality is extremely unpleasant. ... This is crucial to Golding's view of human nature and is demonstrated by Jack. ... This is reflected in ˜Lord of the Flies' as Ralph and Jack are showing opposite sides of human nature. Jack represents the darkness of man's heart and this is shown because dislike is originally created for him, although, Ralph represents the fair and civi...

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Simon is by far the kindest and most moral character in the book, to the point where his goodness is as obsolete as Jack's evilness. ... Although Simon is bewilderingly and naturally kind, the want of this trait and the overwhelming abundance of evil is demonstrated when he is diabolically murdered by the other boys. ... This is demonstrated when he is caught up in the thrill of the chase and his evil desires take him over and he participates in the hunt dance. ... By the end of the novel, Jack is lacking any moral at all and is almost completely taken over by evil. ... Regardles...

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"It's a man's own mind, not his enemies or foe, that lures him to evil ways"- Buddha. ... Golding uses characterization to demonstrate when a society gets striped of its law's, human nature becomes more sage to survive. In the novel, Jack represents the evil within us. ... Jack showed us his true side when the chorus boys and jack were all trying to catch the boar. ... However, Jack suddenly proved to Ralph a piggy he wasn't the good innocent chorus boy anymore.Thus proven jack is the evil within the human nature. ...

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Jack Merridew, Ralph's main opponent, is older than most of the other boys. ... He and his hunters become detached from the world of peace Ralph creates. ... In the end there is a struggle between good and evil. ... I also think readers who are interested in human behaviour would like this book because of the way it demonstrates the many sides of human nature, values, and morals. ... It is a well written, well thought out writing that depicts the evils of human nature. ...

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It also demonstrates what will happen in a world without rules. The book is a test to trace the defect on civilization to the defect of human nature. ... After Jack took away the rules and started his own rules and tribe, they lived in chaos. ... The Lord of the Flies is and evil, devil, and bad symbol that causes the island to go apart, but Simon is a good person that goes back to tribe to warn them of the evil head. ... After Ralph and Piggy discussed what they have done, Jack and his hunters attack them and stole Piggy's glasses. ...

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There are many instances throughout Lord of the Flies that state Golding's opinion suggesting an evil human nature. ... 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. ... Once, when Ralph and Piggy go to the feast on Jack's beach, they begin to meld with the others and their evil ways. ... This is meant to demonstrate that everyone, no matter who or where, will turn evil. ... Anyway, the way Golding demonstrates and terms many things in Lord of the Flies creates a large and almost impenetrable...

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In his book Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes spends a great deal of time examining human nature and how he thinks humans would act without society, government, or a code of moral values (Thomas Hobbes). In relation, William Golding's Lord of the Flies demonstrates human nature without the bounds of society or it's laws through the eyes of young boys. ... When Jack and his hunters catch a pig they throw a big feast and invite all who are willing to come. ... Jack has become clearly superior to the others and shows it in his manner. ... Jack and his tribe never know it was Simon but Ralph an...

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One of Golding's main techniques for presenting his dramatic conflict involves the use of symbols. ... Ralph clutches it desperately when he talks about his role in murdering Simon. ... This is most clearly demonstrated when Piggy's glasses are used to make fire by intensifying sunlight with their lenses. ... Ironically, at the end of the novel, it is a fire that finally summons a ship to the island, but not the signal fire: it is the fire of savagery "the forest fire Jack starts as part of his quest to hunt and kill Ralph. ... This is the first moment in which the beast ...

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Through hunting, Jack lost his fear of killing living animals. ... As Ralph became lost in his own confusion, Jack began to assert himself as chief. ... His relationship with Piggy demonstrated his pleasant nature as he did not call him names with hateful as Jack had. ... He was able to think clearly and plan ahead with caution so that even in the freedom of their world, his wisdom from the savage boys kept him from giving into the evil that had so easily consumed Jack and his followers. The resulting cruelty of Jack caused his death. ...

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But what the statement is hiding from our peers is that without laws, rules, and order, our world would revert to a more primitive part of his nature. ... We shall have to look after ourselves. "1 The Innocence and the Loss of It is the existence of civilization that allows man to remain in captivity with his innocence or ignorance about his true nature. ... Jack sneered at him. ... As the story unravels the reader realizes that put in a position to capture a beast you are struck with a certain flash of light that gives you these negative effects on the nature of evil. ... The novel was a sto...

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Jack, a child, shows evil that you would only really expect form an adult. ... Jack became jealous as Ralph became leader, although towards the end of the book he got his wish, as he became leader of a new tribe, after challenging Ralph on numerous occasions. Jack was also involved in the in humane murders of Jack and Piggy, again, showing his evil. ... This would have seen him come across as evil, like Jack was. Unlike Jack, though, his actions were towards an advance in human scientific knowledge. ...

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Golding saw a lot in the war which he claims couldn't be accounted for except on the basis of original evil. ... (Spitz 25-27) Jack is the authoritarian man. ... Jack is distinguished by his ugliness and his red hair, a traditional demonic attribute. ... As Jack approaches with his choir from the darkness of the forest, he cannot see Ralph, whose back is to the sun. Jack is symbolically blinded by the sun. ...

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Each of his main characters also supports this idea by portraying different facets of human nature and its capabilities. ... The importance of the conch is clearly demonstrated by how worried the most sensible boys are, mainly Piggy, about the conch after the raid led by Jack. ... The physical description of each one compliments what they demonstrate, such as Jack being unattractive and scrawny and the small, quiet Simon. ... Lord of the Flies depicts the brutality and even instinctive evil that lies inside a person. ... Jack's dictatorship, founded on fear and violence is a more suitable...

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However, Jack uses Piggy's specs to "smoke [Ralph] out and set the island on fire"(217). ... The specs symbolise the greedy nature of mankind. ... Jack's tribe wants fire to cook, Ralph's tribe want the specs to keep the signal fire going. ... His lack of morals lets his greedy nature take him over, and his followers as well. ... This demonstrates the evil within the boys themselves. ...

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Such works that symbolize this quotation is George Orwell's Animal Farm and Jack Golding's Lord of The Flies. ... George Orwell uses many literary and thematic techniques to get his message of struggle across to the reader. ... Ralph, the protagonist, represents order and leadership, while Jack, the antagonist, represents savagery and the desire for power. Both novels demonstrate the conflicts in literature that exist between both good and evil. Lord of the Flies is an allegory which pictures the nature in human beings, whether it be good or evil, and points out that no matter how...

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His nature is sinful and his state perilous-(Golding, "Fable-, The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces, Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1965, page 61). ... Joseph Conrad's experiences with the dark side of human nature also heavily influence his work. ... Apparently he had a negative experience as he characterizes nature as a force acting against Marlow. ... Golding uses the fall of the democratic society of the island to demonstrate his personal belief that Democracy has failed because it, too is at its heart, evil. ... The Conrad demonstrates the belief that darkness can be found, ...

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