The Lord Of The Flies, By William Golding

The novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding presents that regardless of a person's background, society should recognize that all men are capable of evil. Through verbal and dramatic irony, symbolism, and imagery, Golding turns what begins as a pleasant utopia into a dystopia. The fact that the main characters are young boys suggests the potential of evil inherited in everyone, including young children. For example, Jack is initially keen for rules and civility, but becomes obsessed with hunting – finding his lust for violence. Jack's desire to control becomes even more powerful than his desire for civilization, leading him and the rest of the boys to become savages.
When left to fend for themselves without law or order, humans are inherently

Quickly; disagreements, fear, and the struggle for power and control turn the civilized boys into savages. Early in the story, Jack misses his chance to kill a pig. Being a young civilized boy, killing has never been part of his daily life. Although they need the meat to eat, he is unable to kill the pig. “I was going to…I was choosing a place. Next time.” (Golding 31) Jack cannot kill the pig while hunting, but has no regrets later when he kills an actual human being…Piggy. There is even irony in Piggy’s name, of course, as giving him the moniker of an animal makes him somehow less than human. On the island, the boys hunt and eat pigs, and not only do they hunt them, but they enjoy it to the point where they develop a bloodlust so strong that it takes over their sanity. Piggy’s name suggests that he will become a victim of the beast. Not the beast that the boys on the island fear for their lives, but the beast within the boys. Another example of irony in this novel is the use of fire. As the boys establish rules, Ralph suggests that a signal fire would give a chance of them being rescued. Shortly after, Jack questions the significance of the signal fire and loses interest in it, in favor of hunting. Then, at the end of the novel, Jack's tribe set the island ablaze, attempting to find Ralph, and ironically, the fire catches a ship's attention; leading to

Piggy’s glasses are his way of seeing life for what it truly was. He had a simplistic approach to reality. He believes life to be one big experiment, like there is one correct answer, therefore he relies on Ralph's wisdom to guide him. Simon, the boy with “eyes so bright” was the only boy that understood the presence of the Lord of the Flies, but his voice was not strong enough to warn the boys and drown out the others. Simon suggests that humans can resist their violent tendencies, he is the only boy that did not participate in the island’s savagery, and has the purest moral code and stayed true to himself throughout the novel. And Ralph can neither “see” like Simon, nor is his vision as simple as Piggy’s, but he recognizes that. Ralph seems the most logical, best fit to be the group leader. Ralph is strong and powerful, yet full of wisdom. All three boys have their strengths and weaknesses, but their weaknesses ultimately won out. Piggy lost his life when the hunters destroyed his glasses, which is what he “saw” the world through. Simon, wrongly taken for the beast, was killed while trying to transfer his vision about the true nature of the beast. Therefore, the “Three blind mice” (Golding, 101) can only “see” so far into the phenomena of the evil inherent in