Reading Lord of the Flies, one gets quite an impression of Golding's view .
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 .
constantly under attack. .
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 .
of Jesus Christ (a Christian deity), confront the Lord of the Flies. This .
is a pig's head on a stick that is imagined to talk and represent the evil .
in all humans. Simon tries to act and spread the knowledge of this evil .
to others but is killed. This is a direct reference to the death of .
Christ, alluding to the Holy Bible. .
At many points throughout Lord of the Flies, Golding writes for the .
characters to become gradually more and more evil. This attribute even .
reaches the symbols of goodness and order, such as Ralph. Once, when .
Ralph and Piggy go to the feast on Jack's beach, they begin to meld with .
the others and their evil ways. "Piggy and Ralph, under the threat of the .
sky, found themselves eager to take a place in this demented but partly .
secure society" (Golding 138).
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