Symbolizing Humanity Through Lord of the Flies
Human nature is very important to civilization and culture but if it is disarranged people convert to originality and savagery. In the novel Lord of the Flies the children were stranded on an island after an airplane crash. They began to build civilization until they had been there so long they began to turn savage and kill each other. They were then rescued by a naval officer after seeing the island on fire. In Lord of the Flies Golding shows that human nature is essentially bad through the characterization of Jack, Roger, and Samneric.
One character, Jack, shows that human nature is originally evil through his harsh savagery and leadership within his tribe. Jack’s leadership was cruel and feral for example ,“Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong – we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat”(Golding 91). As the leader of this savage tribe he reveals the true human nature of undomesticated
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Sam and Eric were forced to join Jack’s tribe but soon began to agree with his ways such as fighting, “from the darkness of the further end of the shelter came a dreadful moaning and they shattered the leaves in their fear. Sam and Eric, locked in an embrace, were fighting each other"(Golding 128). Sam and Eric with the closest and tightest bond ended up fighting each other on this island with no laws proving that the original human nature is inferior. SamnEric then start seeing the beast just like all the other boys for example “We’ve seen the beast with our own eyes. No—we weren’t asleep—” Sam took up the story. By custom now one conch did for both twins, for their substantial unity was recognized.”(Golding 92 ). They have already lost their sanity and begin to give into the uncivilized ways of human nature. SamnEric were both victims and great examples of how the human race can