Evil In Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

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"Most of the Evil in this world is done by people with good intentions." These wise words of T.S. Elliot relate to how William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies, represent from where evil emerges throughout the story. Evil will not exempt kids, who are very innocent, from perpetrating uncivil acts. In the story, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of British schoolboy's evacuation plane crashes during World War II, leaving them stranded on the island. Golding emphasizes how the boys encounter their civil ways while evil emerges onto the island. Throughout the novel, William Golding's reasoning that evil comes from within was expressed through rhetorical devices describing the scene where Simon talks the the lord of the flies,