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William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

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In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there is an island where British school boys crash-landed. The boys have to figure out how to take care of themselves and stay safe. On this island, there is a mix of good and evil, but one boy in particular, Jack, is on the evil spectrum. Jack is a strong example that humans have evil inside them. On the island, Jack and his followers become evil. In Chapter 12 of Lord of the Flies, Ralph has just run away from Jack and the other boys after watching the death of Piggy and the breaking of the conch. Ralph is hiding while watching Castle Rock from afar. Finally, he felt safe, but then the fatal unreasoning knowledge that “[t]he breaking of the conch and the deaths of Piggy and Simon lay over the island like a vapor”(Golding, 184) and the “painted savages would go further and further”(Golding, 184) came over him. …show more content…

After killing the first pig, the boys kept going “further and further”(Golding, 184), becoming more evil by the day. When humans are given power or the sense of power, they will do anything to keep it, no matter the consequences. In the TED Talk “The Psychology of Evil” by Zimbardo, Philip Zimbardo talks about an experiment that was done on 1000 ordinary people. There were two people at a time, one learner and one teacher. The learner was taken and tied up to the shock apparatus in another room and the teacher was told by “the authority, the guy in the lab coat, “Your job as teacher is to give him material to learn. Get it right, reward it. Get it wrong, you press a button on the shock box. “[Zimbardo]” the buttons went from 15 volts to 450 volts, and “[t]hat's the key. All evil starts with 15 volts. And then the next step is another 15

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The learner was taken into a room and strapped onto a chair connected to a shock generator. The shock generator started at 30 volts, and the max was 450 volts. He then had to select a, b, c, or d to answer the questions given. The teacher said long words and then would test the

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People are bad they do so many bad things. They steal and kill other people so that they get what they want. I believe that humans are bad because they kill and steal. William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies shows that humans are bad through killing one another. In the Lord of the Flies Simon is calling out to everyone saying that the beast is not real.

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Ultimately, the boys give into their own evil and the largest example of this, is in the slaughtering of the pigs: hunting. Most the group find amusement and excitement in these hunts. Eventually the boys hurt each other, due to their hunting mindsets, and this is proven when the Lord of the Flies says to Simon “We are going to have fun on this island. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island!”

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“I’m frightened. Of us.” That quote (p.140) was spoken by the main protagonist, Ralph, in Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding after Ralph’s friend, Simon, was killed by the “animalistic” actions of the other boys. Golding explores a whole new world of fiction in his unique twist and style of writing. The novel, can really make us ponder on what really the young boys were thinking and therefore acting upon during their unexpected “vacation” to a deserted island.

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In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies Jack transforms from a boy who 's determined to hunt and find food for the group of boys, to a power hungry savage who disagrees with Ralph. As Jacks chaotic actions increases, the reader will notice how fear and chaos will drive people to extreme behaviors. Jack is assigned to be one of the hunters on the island and he becomes obsessed with killing the pig. Golding sets the scene by writing “the madness came to his eyes again”... “I thought I might kill” (53).

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Avery Fetzer Mr. Fern English 10 17 May 2024 Man’s Inherent Evil Many events have taken place in history that show the world that humans will always be inherently evil, like genocide and world war, which can only be achieved through vile actions. Golding’s book Lord of the Flies is a prime example of how humans are, and can change to be, inherently evil. In the book, a group of British school boys during the Cold War get stranded on an island and try to survive. But, the boys constantly argue throughout the book and try to maintain some sort of order, but ultimately fail resulting in chaos among the boys.

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The novel, Lord Of The Flies, demonstrates that humans are essentially evil through the literary elements foreshadowing and symbolism, for that it is their nature when apart from civilization along with being in a state of fear, they will then unleash their true primitive selves. Through Jack's character, it is clearly evident that with the literary element foreshadowing, humans are essentially evil for that it is their true nature. William Golding’s article, “Why Boys Become Vicious” explains how humans are initially bad and how nurture affects the boys’ personality. It is stated that “when children go wrong” they can consistently “go wrong with a vengeance” and the amount of energy in children is more “powerful than any bomb” (Golding).

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Kids are innocent and kind, they may be a little rough but they are definitely not born with evil inside them. If some people are evil they had to learn it, it didn't come naturally. The author of “Lord of the Flies”, Golding, believes evil is intrinsic to human beings. He thinks in the human mind, placing someone below themselves increases their self-confidence so that they feel

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These white men are not like us and They’re dangerous to us all! We will not be broken and turned into slaves. These are the feelings that these Native American Indian Leaders thought, as they wrote from the heart. Red Jacket wrote “The Great Spirit Has Made Us All” and Tecumseh wrote “The White Men Are Not Friends to the Indians”; the two are quite similar in context but have different meanings from interpretations. These pieces have information containing historical documentation, from how the Native Americans had to go through hardships from the Europeans coming to colonize.

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Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy” ( Golding 202). Piggy was Ralph's friend. He lost piggy from trying to survive from Jack and his group. It's obvious in the book that Golding is trying to show that surviving from others and for yourself can lead to a great loss in your innocence even as a

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As it turns out if an employee is unhappy at work, like over 51% and more of America’s working population is, the boss is mainly to blame. Through no fault of their own, many supervisors are ill-equipped to manage and deal with people and their demands (Robaton). In The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Ralph was elected as the leader of the boys after their plane crash-landed on a stranded island. At first, Ralph was a great leader, teaching the children to adapt to life on the island. He set up shelters and a signal fire for everybody to be as comfortable as possible, and for the possibility of rescue.

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Humans appear to be good-natured, but deep down they might be truly corrupt. There are many good acts that humans may perform, but that doesn’t mean they are an honorable person. The Lord of the Flies William Golding claims that human nature is more evil than good. This is an accurate statement because humans can be cruel and power hungry.

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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.

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