Lord Of The Flies Evil Effects

The face of evil is the single greatest obstacle in the modern society. This is due to the insurmountable implementations of evil in the past.This however changed by the implementation of laws and other standards that decreased the room for evil to exist. This however is apparent in history because of the creation of World War 2. This creation of this war was fueled by the impact of pure evil existent in society leaders. This impact of World War 2 created William Golding to write the Lord of the Flies. In Williams Golding’s fiction novel, The Lord of the Flies he describes a microsim of a group of innocent boys that represents society. His book then takes a swing that reveals the boys inner nature and the darkness that was hidden in them. The

The savagery of each individual ultimately starts with Jack. Jack begins this book by claiming the boys are not savages but becomes the first to turn to chaos.”Next time there will be no mercy” (31). This quote describes his thought and language process that is running though his head after he has failed to kill the pig that was in his hands. He vows then to show no mercy and next time drive the knife into the pig. This starts off the savagery because Jack seems to lack the sense of order and begins obsessing over the hunt of the pig. This describes how savagery projects evilness in an individual because Jack struggles with keeping a task from becoming an aspect in his life. This then leads Jack to paint his face and let out his inner savage. “Jack planned his new face. He made one cheek and one eye-socket white, then he rubbed red over the other half of his face”(33). This face painting is important because when Jack paints his face, he feels free to let out his inner evilness. The mask painted on by Jack degrades his humanity and shows that he has turned into

The abuse of power is another contributing factor that directly relates to the evilness that is inborn in every individual. William Golding wrote this book after World War 2. During this time he experienced Hitler abusing his power and because of that he directly incorporates that into this book. This book is an example that power is one of the roots of evilness. In the beginning of the book, the boys elect Ralph as the leader but as the story continues the power is diverted from Raph and forced upon Jack..Jack first gains his power by first implementing fear into each individual of the beast that lives in the island. He creates fear and claims that he is the only person that protect them from the beast and provide meat for the children. This is important because Jack realizes power is not coming from him but the children. He realizes if he does create this fear, the children will come running at him and then he will control the power, but evilness is seen when he abuses this power. Jack has used his power to first steal Piggy’s glasses that will help him make the fire. One example is when Jack commands his tribe to tie up the little nuns. “He's been tied for hours, waiting-' 'But didn't the Chief say why?'”(110). This is another example because he uses his power to Jack, orders his tribe to tie up Wilfred and punish him for no absolute