Savagery In Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

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In “Lord of the Flies” there are many elements to show the signs of darkness or evil becoming more menacing and more threatening within the island and the boys. Few of the elements shown are the darkness in their hearts, the mask showing their true faces, and the pig head telling Simon the real truth. The dangers are not necessarily external, but them to be internal. There are not any savages to fight like the littluns think such as on page 35 “Now he says it was a beastie.” “A snake-thing. Ever so big. He saw it.” However, there is savagery that dwells within each of them. There is a moral allegory in the “Lord of the Flies” about how goodness almost always fails to withstand evil. There is some deep truth in that because it is harder to