Man’s Inherent Evil There lies a secret evil growing and waiting to be woken up in many seemingly innocent children. In The Lord of The Flies, William Golding shows the slow descent into savagery of a group of British boys that are stranded on an island. They elected Ralph as the leader of the group. They decide to split at some point and the boys become at odds with each other. Ralph and Piggy were the two leading figures on one side and on the other, Jack and the rest of the savages. The reason for their split is due to the fact that they believe there is a beast on the island and have different views on how to deal with the beast. Ralph’s group represented order and civilization, while Jack’s represented evil and destruction, and the beast is a symbol of fear for them all. …show more content…
Their civilization starts to break down as well. The boys' isolation on the island, and their fear, leads them to chaos. This shows you that fear can lead people to act differently than their better nature. The boys go on to talk about a “beast” and how they fear it. The “beast” has caused so much fear that they hallucinate and a pig's head says to them, “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!” (Page …show more content…
From the beginning, Jack is characterized by his desire for power and control, as well as his willingness to turn to manipulation and violence to get to his goals. Jack throws away all the rules to get what he wants. He says, “The conch doesn’t count on top of the mountain,” said Jack, “so you shut up,” (page 58). He turns away from all rules and civilization to become a bloodthirsty tyrant. Jack shows the influence of power and how easily people can be driven to cruelty and aggression when given the freedom to do