Savagery In Lord Of The Flies Essay

No one is truly born evil, they become evil when civilization loses its impact on them and that's what William Golding demonstrates to us. In the novel Lord of the Flies you don’t see William Golding showing immediately how the group of boys that are stranded on the island are evil you see a descent. The boys all started civilized but eventually when they don’t maintain order their society goes bad. Transition Making rules for the boys is a smart move, but that's the easy part going through with them is the hard part. Transition The theme civilization versus savagery is conveyed through the main characters Piggy and Roger.

William Golding contends in his novel “Lord of the flies” that the dangers of evil which lurk inside all of us savagery

Civilization, specifically in the frame of the novel, comes from keeping order and following rules. In the novel everyone starts civilized but only Piggy stays civilized and civilization is portrayed through him. Piggy is a perfect representation of that because he is the only one trying to maintain order because he believes that's the only way they will survive. We see that in the beginning of the novel when piggy and Roger find the conch he says, “We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They’ll come when they hear us-.”(Golding, 16) This shows how piggy is very intellectual for seeing the potential in the conch which not many people would see. Also for realizing the first thing they should do is gathering everyone and have a meeting. Showing how he believes to succeed they need to come together as one society under one rule. Even when Piggy gets stuck on the island you see how he is one of the only kids to actually process how they are stuck and need to formulate a plan unlike the other kids who are struggling to process it. He is the one that suggested they should take everyones name down. This shows how piggy is a civilized human being who believes that everyone should be taken care of each other especially the littluns because if not helped they could get lost or even worse