William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

We live in a world where society isn’t perfect. Where different countries have different ways and laws to run society. We live in a world full of chaos and destructions, full of kindness and love. Many philosophers have had different points of views on how to run a society. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding has drawn a comparison between savagery and civilization, and order and chaos. He has used the characters in the novel, to depict the theories of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau. Golding has also depicted “the State of Nature” through his characters.

The novel, Lord of the Flies is about a group of British school boys whose plane crashes on an isolated tropical island while heading to England. There is no adult supervision,

During this chaotic time, he created a theory known as "the State of Nature" or the "Hobbesian Theory" which is the way to prevent chaos is by obeying the government's rules and laws that they have created. People must follow these laws even if the government is corrupt or unethical. If people don't have rules, then society becomes chaotic and it is full of violence. They will turn from calm and ethical to letting out their "inner evil" and being illogical. It dramatizes the real nature of all humans. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, both Jack and Ralph represent the Hobbesian theory. Similar to Hobbes, Ralph believes that having rules and laws is the best way to run and control a society. He establishes rules and expects the group of boys to obey them. For example, in the lines, “If we have a signal going, they'll come and take us off. And another thing. We ought to have more rules. Where the conch is, that's a meeting. The same up here as down there,” (Golding 42) Golding indicates to the readers that Ralph has the ability to establish rules and to maintain order on the island. On the other hand, Jack is an example of what happens when there are no rules on the island. In the novel, once Jack has lured all the boys, he becomes egotistical and violent. He

He believed that humanity is naturally peaceful without government. Individuals had once been good and happy, however as people had joined society, they had been affected by vice and sin. Rousseau thought that civilization corrupted people. It led to jealously amongst people such as Ralph and Jack. Both Hobbes and Rousseau entered competition with one another. In the novel, Jack represents the theory of Rousseau. When Jack is the leader, he creates no rules on the island. Instead, he believes that all the boys should have fun and refrain from doing work except hunting because it lets out their inner evil. For instance, in the lines, "The rules!" shouted Ralph. "You are breaking the rules!" "Who cares?" Jack says (Golding 114), Golding demonstrates to the readers that Jack does not care about rules, and consequently doesn't have