Flaws In Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

Human beings develop a social and moral core after they are born due to the influence and laws of society. But in the absence of the pressure of society, our true human nature is susceptible to revealing itself again, like Oxana Malaya, a child that turned feral after being abandoned by her parents at 2 years old. This is precisely what is explored when a group of boys crash onto a remote island in the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Golding’s intention in writing Lord of the Flies was to show that all humans have a distinct character flaw that, when unchecked by the morals and laws of society, will eventually corrupt the individual. This is shown when the boys try and fail to create their own society, through Jack’s revolution and

While it could have been argued that Ralph, Simon, or Piggy were never corrupted because they had always tried to stick to Ralph’s civilized society and never joined Jack, these examples prove otherwise. Piggy, the prime example, was constantly laughed at and made fun of as the “outcast” of society. He was not athletic or rowdy like the other boys, he was very nerdy and fat, and all of the other boys saw him as an outlier in society and never listened to his ideas. Even Ralph thought “Piggy was a bore; his fat, his ass-mar and his matter-of-fact ideas were dull, but there was always a little pleasure to be gotten out of pulling his leg” (Golding 33). Jack was the one who bullied Piggy the most, however the other boys usually laughed and added insult to injury. During most of these encounters Ralph or Simon never came to Piggy’s aid and sometimes even supported Jack. In the real world, Piggy would probably get bullied, but a lot milder than what happens on the island due to the lack of consequences. These traits show how everyone on the island, even Ralph and Simon, had been corrupted in some form by negative character traits due to the lack of society. Simon, another example, was ignored by society and physically torn apart by the boys because they didn’t recognize him. “The beast struggled forward, broke the ring, and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the sand by the water. At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore” (Golding 84). The crowd was in the mood of an angry mob, and they were getting riled up by the presence of “the beast” and began to tear at it and kill it. However this “beast” was actually Simon, who was trying to yell above all the chaos about an important finding. But since they