Evil In Elie Wiesel's Lord Of The Flies

In the fifth century BC, Gautama Buddha quoted that, “It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.” Two and a half thousand years later, humanity still is still faced with its own evil. Buddha was correct in his monitions for mankind because he knew that evil is always set in motion by human nature. In the novels, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Animal Farm by George Orwell, and Night by Elie Wiesel, authors reveal humanity’s true evils through literary devices such as characterization, psychology, and setting, to connect to the darkness that is present in the real world. In both Lord of the Flies and Animal Farm, leadership is created, then toppled by a flux in human nature. Near the end of Lord of the Flies, Jack asserts his power by explaining, “‘I expect the beast disguised itself… We'd better keep on the right side of him, anyhow. You can't tell what he might do.’ The tribe considered this; and then

When Elie and his father are being transported in the second cattle car, Elie explains that, “The days resembled the nights, and the nights left in our souls the dregs of their darkness” (100). Darkness is used to explain the setting of the novel, but it also contains the deeper meaning of the evil flaws inside each and every human being. Setting is especially important in Night because it better connects the novel to what is happening in the real world. Since Elie feels like evil is all around him, darkness becomes the setting. Elie slowly overcomes the darkness just as humanity endures evil in the real world. In fact, Elie Wiesel meant Night to be a learning experience so that the darkness of the holocaust would never return in the real world. Darkness is present everywhere in both the novel and in the real world; therefore all human beings contain their own darkness that can cause evil, but at the same time, can be