Essay - Lord of the Flies .
The key scenes from the novel "Lord of the Flies" which enhance the change of the human nature theme are the first time all of the boys meet and elect a leader, the expedition of hunting the wild boar and the very last scene when all of the remaining boys join together to hunt Ralph. The change in the boy's nature, from innocent to evil, is best expressed in the way these three scenes depict the attitudes of the boys. Jack and Roger are the two main boys who evolve from excited and co-operative to evil and cunning boys, and lose all sense of their previous society and how it was run. They kill Simon and Piggy and begin to hunt down Ralph. The only person who sticks to his previous nature most of the time is Ralph, and he too is caught up in the evil nature that comes out in the boys.
The attitudes and personalities of the boys totally change from when they are first stranded on the island to when they are rescued. At first, the boys still have a sense of human society and feel the need to continue along living almost as they were in their previous type of society. The boys decide they must elect a leader, to control the group and retain order. Ralph says, "seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things" and the other boys agree, electing Ralph as their chief. After Ralph's idea, as leader, to explore the island the boys climb the mountain and plan out how they must be rescued. They also decide on having rules, as there was in their old civilisation. Finally, they agree on having a signal fire that will allow them to be seen from a ship and get rescued. There is no hint of evil coming out of the boys and they show any sign of hatred amongst them. Jack cannot even bring himself to kill a pig.
The boys have changed greatly when the kill the large boar. They have lost most of their childish innocence and the hunters have broken away from the order and sensibility of Ralph and his remaining followers.
