Innate Evilness 2 Are Humans Innately Evil? According to Sigmund Freud, the tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man…it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture. Throughout Golding’s The Lord of the Flies, one could argue that all humans are born evil and the evilness on the island was the obstacle to civilization. Jack represents pure savagery in order to gain control over the other boys. Roger’s actions as the cutthroat killer reveals innate human evilness and portraying Piggy as the scapegoat, suffering ongoing abuse from the others on the island, portrays the wickedness that all humans possess. Jack and Ralph vie for control over the island and in doing so results in the evilness that is revealed through Golding’s characters, mainly Jack and Roger. Jack and Roger rule the island with fear and domination. For the boys who do try and follow a proper rule they are all eventually killed off in the novel. Golding expresses that most humans are evil through the actions of Jack, Roger, and the treatment of Piggy. …show more content…
It is when Jack rejects Ralph's leadership that Jack’s evil characteristics materialize. Jack is self-centered, cruel and immoral as he is compelled to violence. Golding represents the moment when Jack loses his innocence and begins to illustrate his evil side as he strikes Piggy for the first time. “The bolting look came into his blue eyes. He took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy's stomach" (Golding 71). Furthermore, as represented later in the story, Jack exposes his innate evilness as he is "on top of the sow, stabbing downward with his knife..... Jack found the throat and the hot blood spouted over his hands." (Golding