“Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.” This was a quote said by William Shakespeare. He was a world-renowned author who wrote poems and plays that entertain thousands of people to this day. Shakespeare had the same view on human nature as William Golding. Golding wrote lord of the flies. Lord of the flies is a classic novel that is read hundreds of times each year. It never fails to project a common theme all throughout the novel. Golding claims that human nature is inherently sinister, and his estimation of human nature is accurate. Throughout Lord of the Flies Golding presents human nature as sinister. When Ralph is first introduced to the reader, we meet him as someone how is fresh from the rules of civilization. As the story progresses, …show more content…
As the story continues the reader begins to understand that there is an obvious desire to have complete control. Napoleon often displays feelings of aggression when he is not in control. As soon as he claims that control everyone, he never lets it go. When snowball and Napoleon took leadership after Jones was expelled from the farm, they would have meetings with all the other animals. Moments after snowball is driven out Napoleon announces that, “…from now on the Sunday-morning meetings would come to an end.” (35). The meetings give other people a say in what is happening and Napoleon isn’t a fan of that. He plays it off has doing all the hard work of all the decisions, paperwork, and interacting with people. These are to disguise the reality of Napoleon’s true desires to do nothing. This true desire stops for no one. The reader can feel the pain a sorrow when Benjamin screams, “They are taking Boxer to the knacker’s” (79). But Napoleon feels no remorse for his sinister actions. He was killed to supply Napoleons greed for materialistic things, such as money and luxury foods. These actions support that people are naturally sinister