Foreshadowing In Lord Of The Flies

Humans have often disregarded that evil is inherited by nature; humans in the modern day are apparent to doing "good," but overall goodness is controlled by the underlying aspect of order and civilization. The issue of inheriting evil by primal desire is explicitly shown in the novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The novel uses the characters as vessels to express his idea. In the novel "Lord of The Flies" by William Golding, he , who expresses the idea that man's inheritance is evil by showing that humans are savages by nature and are moved by survival, turning to selfishness, brutality and dominance. Golding shows significantly how man's instinct for brutality and immorality instigates evil. Golding uses many symbols to represent

Shown at the beginning of the story, Golding presents the foreshadowing in Jack's reticence to kill a pig which is shown from the evidence: "he knew very well why Jack had not; because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood" (Golding 31). The hesitation from Jack in the story is significant as it designates that Jack possesses some good in him early in the story. However, in the following sentence, the evidence shown here explains the violent and evil nature that Jack is bringing forth to the island as Jack is already giving into his state of survival, therefore, savagery. "He snatched his knife out of the sheath and slammed it into a tree trunk. Next time, there would be no mercy" (31). The event gives the spectrum of the character as he is stumbling towards evil more than the area of civilization as the knife represents violence and bloodlust, showing Jack giving into his inherited evil by the state for survival which, in this case, is not a good sign in the future. The way Golding presented the beast to the boys is quite interesting. Aside from Simon, the beast had been seen only in the dark. The beast symbolizes the grown-ups who are no longer there to supervise them. However, the boys take it into apprehension to show how man's primal instinct can simultaneously turn to savagery from fear interfering with the

Jack has become almost a complete savage, challenging Ralph for power and separating off in his way. It creates more tension as Jack is shown to go off the tip of the cliff in terms of corruption. Jack is now lying, pushing Ralph off his throne, and is considered the leader. It is exhibited how Jack is now overpowering Ralph in terms of leadership. The suspense between Jack and Ralph arrives at a climax when Ralph humiliates Jack's hunters by referring to them as "boys with sticks." Jack answers by saying Ralph is a doormat, "He says things like Piggy. He is not a proper chief." Jack and his hunters also kill a female sow who is being disturbed while nursing her piglets. Roger impales her" 'Right up her ass!'" (123) with a spear while Jack slashes her throat, brushing the blood from his hands onto Maurice's cheeks with laughter as if it is just painted. Unlike the other pig slayings, the pig is ravished and defiled by the boys. A line has crossed here. Not solely do Ralph and Piggy emerge to be maturing, but Jack and his hunters appear to be maturing as well, albeit more darkly and savagely. The sow's head is severed and left to spill blood and guts onto the ground. "'This head belongs to the beast.' It is a gift" (124), Jack expresses confidently, burying one end of the stick in the ground and resting the sow's head on the other. The