Lord Of The Flies Morality

The concept of morality is an interesting concept. Some believe there is good in everyone, while others think that we’re all bad regardless of how we act. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies addresses this topic in a very interesting way. Using the symbolism behind the fire, Jack, and even the good leader Ralph, I will explain how the Lord of the Flies shows all people are inherently evil.
The first piece of evidence in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies that shows that all people are inherently evil, is the idea of what the fire represents. The fire is first created to make smoke in hope of getting rescued, and thus it represents hope and survival to the boys on the island. “Ralph said, “Without fire we can't be rescued. So we must stay by the fire and make smoke’”(Golding 126). However, hopeful as it may be, it was created out of violence. The fire was made using Piggy’s specs as a magnifying glass to focus the sun on some dead wood to make

In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, Ralph represents the idea of civilization, democracy, and leadership. He leads the boys on the island to keep peace and order before Jack’s tribe takes over. “He lifted the conch. ‘Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things’”(Golding 22). While Ralph seems good on the surface, he still has that buried evil inside of him. Ralph is one of the few boys who don’t turn to Jack’s tribe, but he isn’t perfect and he’s far from good. Ralph is constantly shown to be a bad leader, not listening to piggy at the beginning of the book, taking credit for others' ideas, and starting a large forest fire in an attempt to make a signal fire. Even at the end of the book when Ralph is rescued, it’s implied that he is only going off to war, where he will be forced to hunt and kill like the others on the island. So while Ralph’s evil may not have awakened yet, it’s still there, lurking, and waiting to get