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Theme Of Corruption In Lord Of The Flies

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Society can Corrupt In a society there exists good and people because it’s just part of human nature which can’t be changed. Because of victimization and violence in the society, man is born innocent but are corrupted by society. To begin with, man is born innocent but is corrupted through society due to victimization in their surroundings. For example, in the novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding the boys were victims of the island since they were just boys. “For hunting. Like in the war. You know-dazzle paint. Like things you trying to look like something else” (Golding 63). As well as the island, Jack was a big influence in the way the boys started to become savages and uncivilized. Society corrupts people, but can be born innocent. …show more content…

Violence can provoke an individual to be easily manipulated and become evil or uncivilized. For example, “Other problems include high levels of youth unemployment in the Muslim community, the availability of arms and a highly developed communications and transportation network in Belgium” (Burke 2). Because of the low youth unemployment, Belgium is a main target for Muslim terrorists. European countries due to violence against them and inequality bombed Belgium several times because of the corruption of Belgium. As well as in Lord of the Flies the boys killed an innocent because of that fear of the “beast” on the island (Golding 153). The island itself was their society that corrupted them because of being stranded on the island at a young age. The boys’ fear was larger than anything and the idea of …show more content…

For example, Akinwotu and McVeigh describe how Nigerian schoolgirls were captured and were forced to work for the terrorists groups and do horrible things (Akinwotu & McVeigh 14). The nigerian girls were victims and were forced to do evil things such as killing innocents. This was because of thats idea of discrimination and racism in our own societies that is not officially over. Another example, “...that a large Muslim minority which was poorly integrated and struggles to fit into society” (Burke 2). Muslim terrorists were evil because of the discrimination and low opportunities offered in Belgium. Society can corrupt an individual because of that fear of being attacked as a whole community and your people. In the other hand, man can be born evil and needs society to keep him civilized. For example, in Lord of the Flies Jack throughput the novel didn’t really change and since the beginning he was violent (Golding 35). He needed society to become civilized and stay that way. To conclude, racism, violence, and victimization in society, society can corrupt an individual to become evil. An individual can be corrupted by society to become evil. Human nature is divided between good and evil, but man is not born evil but corrupted by society. Works cited Burke, Jason. “Why did bombers target Belgium? Country’s extremist roots run deep.” Newsela. n.p, 24 march 2016.Web. 02 June 2017

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