Evil In Lord Of The Flies

On an island as a child with all the freedom you could want, no laws, no adults, and no judgment. Seems like fun, what could possibly go wrong? Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a novel that shows just that. What could happen when a lot of kids are stranded on an island with no adult and no direction? All the freedom a kid could ask for on an island seemed like the dream for any kid, but quickly turned south into survival of the fittest. The boys on the island turn against each other turning the once civilized island into a war ground, dealing with inner evil and fears. Being on the island brings the boys multiple challenges they have to deal with and solve, manifesting into a beast beginning as fear. In fact, one literary

Humanity has adapted to its surroundings and has almost been “trained” to refrain from killing and inflicting damage but there’s still a lingering evil within that will only get exploited when those rules are taken away. Page 137 of Lord of the Flies by William Golding perfectly captures how savage the boys become evil by describing how the boys beheaded a pig and put its head on a stick in the ground. They did this to inflict fear into whatever or whoever came by, flies surrounded the head which is how it got the nickname of Lord of the Flies. William Golding captures just how savage the boys become when the boys say “kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” (Doc F). They chant this many times as they are looking for the pig that they believe to be the beast, the same one that later got put on a stick. A crowd of boys swarming the forest with sticks and stones looking for a pig chanting threats. The evil and savagery leaves the boys acting entirely different for example when a literature critic says, “Simon holds a hallucinatory conversation with the Lord of the Flies.” (Doc D). The fact that Simon begins to speak to the head of a pig, on a stick, surrounded by flies proves just how insane and lonely Simon becomes on the island. Simon isn’t the only one who goes insane, most the boys on the island do, each just expressing it in their own