When the Lord of the Flies talks about “mankind’s essential illness”, he refers to the evil that appears within humanity. Everyone, regardless of gender or age, has darkness deeply rooted into their hearts, but most people can keep their bad impulses under control. These evil vices include the greed for power, the disobedient attitude, and the desire to inflict pain. However, without order or civilization, the darkness can easily bring someone into chaos and savagery. In The Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, the novel describes the end of innocence for the boys as they become increasingly worse through the loss of order and civilization. The darkness of human nature, driven by bad intentions, proves that this aspect of humanity is both necessary and disastrous. Jack Merridew repeatedly uses fear in the same way that dictators use fear in order to manipulate people into following his orders. His scare tactics are used for his personal gains because he only wants the power and authority from his desired position. During his attempts to seize power from Ralph, Jack tells the boys that “the beast is sitting up there, it’s …show more content…
The darkness that resides within us is both necessary and disastrous because this aspect of human nature drives us to make daring choices, but these choices will often result in bad consequences at the same time. In The Lord of the Flies, Jack and his group show the darkness of mankind’s essential illness through their actions and intentions. Similarly, these boys share the same qualities of dictators and young boys whom committed bad crimes in real life. In this novel, Golding clearly states his message that without order or civilization, people will eventually lose their morals and spiral down a path of chaos and savagery. In the future, people can avoid this conflict by raising their children with more kindness and