How Is Lord Of The Flies Inherently Good Or Evil

In Lord of the Flies, William Golding weaves in biblical ties through characters and their actions to explore whether man is inherently good or evil.

In the book, Golding expresses Simon’s character as a parallel to Jesus through the events leading up to his death, including the death itself. On page 135, Jack chooses to begin the tribal hunt to celebrate the formation of a new tribe and the welcoming of new members. As “the chant rose a tone in agony,”(Golding 136) everyone became excited and nervous. Injured from passing out, Simon stumbled into the middle of the hunt as the chant rose with the sound of fear and desire. The boys were so focused on killing something that they no longer recognized Simon. They described him as a “dark and

At that moment, they believed Simon was the beast. The boys, corrupted with evil and savagery, pounced on Simon with their spears. Simon was attempting to inform the boys of the body of a man he discovered on top of the hill wearing a parachute, but it was too late. At the end of the hunt, Simon’s lifeless body floated out to sea. Simon’s death represents Jesus’ death because of how they both were a sacrifice. For Jesus, he was sacrificed for all the sinful things humanity has done wrong. As for Simon, he was sacrificed for all the sinful things Jack and his tribe had done such as causing chaos on the island, stealing Piggy’s glasses, and attacking the littluns, and the small groups of biguns that didn’t join his tribe. Simon died trying to save the boys by bringing them information about what he saw that day. It’s important to show the comparison between Simon and Jesus because the aspects of Simon help show the reader the contrast between compassionate figures like Jesus and Simon and Jack and the other boys and the danger of their evil. Simon continuously foreshadows his death when talking to Ralph on page 98. Ralph is having a hard time believing that he

At the start of chapter 8, Jack became irritated with the fact that he wasn’t the leader and had to obey Ralph’s orders. As a result, Jack asked for a vote on who would join his new tribe and follow his orders. To his surprise, no one raised their hand. Jack was embarrassed and enraged that no one raised their hands. He then ran away in embarrassment. From then on, Jack despised the group of boys. Ralph, Simon, and Piggy in particular. Jack had turned on the group, attacking them and stealing their belongings, including Piggy’s glasses which were critical to their survival and escape. By establishing his new tribe, he created his tribal hunt, which later was the cause of Simon’s death. Similar to Simon and Jack, Judas betrayed Jesus by giving up his location to the Romans so he could be arrested which in turn leads to the crucifixion and death of Jesus which is similar to Simon’s death. Both Judas and Jack betray Jesus/Simon to gain their desires. Jack's betrayal matters because it shows how savagery and evil continuously try to overtake and cause chaos. Jack was the first boy on the island to become savage and immoral. He was the one that volunteered to become the head hunter and was the first to injure and kill a pig. “Jack drew his knife again with a flourish. He raised his arm in the air. There came a pause. a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the