Evil In Lord Of The Flies

Evil begins the moment when a young human is tested on whether their behaviors are right or wrong. In the story the boys are ecstatic with no adults on the island. They are free from civilization and adult rules. When Jack goes hunting for the second time with his hunters, he returns only to find Ralph upset because they let the fire go out. Jack attempts to tell Ralph about the hunting experience. He plays it off that he is excited, bloodthirsty, and cannot wait to do it again. Through this mask of evil Jack tries to perceive, he knows that what he is gloating about is wrong and violent. He remembers what he has been taught his whole life. ““There was lashing of blood,” said Jack, laughing and shuddering, “you should have seen it!”” (Golding 69).

Jack had never killed a living this before, so the first time he does he shudders, shakes, and twitches while thinking about his horrible acts. The next time he does it, he has become immuned because he already had become violent with Piggy and the other boys to let out his frustrations. The boys have forgotten, after being on the island for a while, the way they are supposed to behave, respect others, and remove themselves from violence. When Jack becomes angry or frustrated with someone he lashes out and becomes utterly violent. After Jack and his hunters killed the pig, they were yelled at by Ralph and Piggy about the need of smoke for survival. Piggy stands up for himself and Ralph. Jack becomes overwhelming angry and he punches Piggy hard in the stomach knocking him down and then smacking Piggy’s glasses off of his face. Eventually being helped up by Simon who also handed him back his glasses Piggy stayed quite. “The bolting look came into his blue eyes. He stood a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy’s stomach. Piggy sat with a grunt. Jack stood over him.” (Golding