Everyone is born evil, but society's rules and values kept the evil in man under control. In the story Lord of the Flies Golding uses different characters to show the different types of people in the world, and how they are truly wicked on the inside when in the right situation. Jack is the first of the boys to show his violent side, closely followed by Roger and by the end of the book even innocent Ralph starts to show his anger and violence. At the very beginning of the book Jack is already a leader of the choir boys, showing that he knows how to be in charge, and the importance of rules and regulations. He represents the ones in our society that are already leaders and that know what they are doing. "'We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are …show more content…
By having even Ralph do and act mean or evil at points of the story shows that even the most civilized and the ones leading the group has bad in them, and that when put in the right situation they can and will do things that are wrong. "[I]f we have a signal going, they'll come and take us off. And another thing. we ought to have more rules. Where the conch is, that's a meeting. The same up here as down here" (42). This quote is from the very beginning of the story when to the boys Ralph represents all things right and orderly. He recommends that they should have rules, and he only want the best for the boys. By the end of the story Ralph starts to act in ways uncharacteristic of him. He going hunting with Jack and the hunters and actually wounds a pig. I hit him all right. The spear stuck in. I wounded him!” (115) At the beginning of the story Ralph would never have killed a pig, or if he did he wouldn't be proud of killing the animal. He is now becoming more savage and is okay with killing. If he had not been in that situation, he never would have felt the pride in hurting the