“The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-masturing” (115). William Golding's novel, Lord of The Flies, focuses on the allegory of young boys who become beached on a tropical island. In the novel, Lord of The Flies, Golding makes good use of the characters by showing both good and evil through each of them, but by the end of the novel it is evident that inherent evil exists in all of the boys. Golding makes it apparent how the boys transform from being civilized to savage, ritualistic beasts. From the time the boys landed on the island, the first signs of the boy’s evil appears. Ralph and Piggy are two boys who find each other on the island, together they come across a conch shell and summon an assembly. When the rest of the boys meander from
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Before long, Jack becomes accustomed to the hunt of the pigs and because of this, he began to crave a more challenging hunt. “Viciously, with full intention, he hurled his spear at Ralph. The point tore the skin and flesh over Ralph’s ribs, then sheared off and fell in the water” (181). This action revealed Jack’s true character. Throughout the story, Jack becomes less civilized and will kill anyone and anything that crosses his path. Golding exhibits Jack as a devil-like character that has no sense of remorse. His emotions and feelings of grief had been lost, but the island had other effects on him as well. The boys also struggled with the figure of the beastie. Many of the boys had different views on what the beast was and they all tried to hunt it down. The idea of the beast frightened all of them. “‘Maybe,’ he said hesitantly, ‘maybe there is a beast.’ ‘I don't know.’ said Simon. His heartbeats were choking him” (89). Simon found that it was a terrible creature the boys had created themselves and there was no way of hunting it down. The beast told Simon that if he told anyone what it was he would be killed without delay. Simon became conscious thinking the beast was apart of the boys imagination so he went to tell the boys what he had heard, he ran in the dark toward the boys. At the first sight of Simon, the boys mauled him to death. “ At …show more content…
Ralph always stayed away from the hunting aspect of the island and focused more on keeping order. Golding never seemed to make Ralph into a vicious character, but Ralph ends up spearing a pig and to his surprise gets a rush like the rest of the boys. “‘I hit him,’ said Ralph again, ‘and the spear stuck in a bit’ He felt the need of witnesses” (113). Ralph was surprised with himself that he had the capability to kill a living thing. The fascination of hunting and killing the pigs that inhabited the island, was another indication of the evil within the boys. In conclusion, Lord of the Flies was an adventure into the inferior region of the mind. Golding well portrayed the evil in human nature through each character. Lord of the Flies made it clear that the evil residing in everyone could be unleashed. It proved that the dark side of human nature could be as vicious and as terrifying as the unknown it itself, and even the most innocent of us are vulnerable to
Before long, Jack becomes accustomed to the hunt of the pigs and because of this, he began to crave a more challenging hunt. “Viciously, with full intention, he hurled his spear at Ralph. The point tore the skin and flesh over Ralph’s ribs, then sheared off and fell in the water” (181). This action revealed Jack’s true character. Throughout the story, Jack becomes less civilized and will kill anyone and anything that crosses his path. Golding exhibits Jack as a devil-like character that has no sense of remorse. His emotions and feelings of grief had been lost, but the island had other effects on him as well. The boys also struggled with the figure of the beastie. Many of the boys had different views on what the beast was and they all tried to hunt it down. The idea of the beast frightened all of them. “‘Maybe,’ he said hesitantly, ‘maybe there is a beast.’ ‘I don't know.’ said Simon. His heartbeats were choking him” (89). Simon found that it was a terrible creature the boys had created themselves and there was no way of hunting it down. The beast told Simon that if he told anyone what it was he would be killed without delay. Simon became conscious thinking the beast was apart of the boys imagination so he went to tell the boys what he had heard, he ran in the dark toward the boys. At the first sight of Simon, the boys mauled him to death. “ At …show more content…
Ralph always stayed away from the hunting aspect of the island and focused more on keeping order. Golding never seemed to make Ralph into a vicious character, but Ralph ends up spearing a pig and to his surprise gets a rush like the rest of the boys. “‘I hit him,’ said Ralph again, ‘and the spear stuck in a bit’ He felt the need of witnesses” (113). Ralph was surprised with himself that he had the capability to kill a living thing. The fascination of hunting and killing the pigs that inhabited the island, was another indication of the evil within the boys. In conclusion, Lord of the Flies was an adventure into the inferior region of the mind. Golding well portrayed the evil in human nature through each character. Lord of the Flies made it clear that the evil residing in everyone could be unleashed. It proved that the dark side of human nature could be as vicious and as terrifying as the unknown it itself, and even the most innocent of us are vulnerable to