Innate Corruption Humans are beings of emotion and differing morals. While a person’s character can be shaped by situational factors, there are a set of innate characteristic and values tasked to them as a system of survival. In the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding sets the stage of a group of boys attempting to survive on their own amidst multiple conflicts. They crash land on an unknown island, and soon create a makeshift society where there is an obvious power struggle between two central characters, Ralph and Jack. There begins to be a drift between them as opinions on the mythed Beastie arise, and especially after Jack had given up on rescue and only answered to his selfish desires of survival. When there was hope of rescue, Jack
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He observes how the strong emotion of fear affects the boys, and this suggests through his short speech that he is sole person to realise the beginnings of corruption. When the concept of the Beastie is first introduced and stories are told, fear starts growing in and amongst the boys. During the assembly called by Ralph, Simon braves a chance at speaking about the Beastie. Unconfidentally, he suggests that “maybe it’s only us” resulting in ridicule for his statement as the boys become either shocked or blatantly confused with his thoughts (Golding 89). He had concluded things that no one had considered before. Wanting to fully express his full fear and realisation of human nature’s flawed mindset, he spoke again, but “became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness” (Golding 89). Simon has a difficult time figuring out the meaning of his revelation himself, but he is most definitely onto something that the rest of them are blind to. Where the other boys do not see it, Simon witnesses their makeshift society fall apart. It has come to the point where Simon notices these changes with his own eyes without even looking for any corruption. Corruption, or in this case the beginning of corruption, is an inherent flaw of humanity and Golding uses Simon as the observer. Through his words and thoughts, one can note when Simon understands what exactly the so called essential illness of mankind
He observes how the strong emotion of fear affects the boys, and this suggests through his short speech that he is sole person to realise the beginnings of corruption. When the concept of the Beastie is first introduced and stories are told, fear starts growing in and amongst the boys. During the assembly called by Ralph, Simon braves a chance at speaking about the Beastie. Unconfidentally, he suggests that “maybe it’s only us” resulting in ridicule for his statement as the boys become either shocked or blatantly confused with his thoughts (Golding 89). He had concluded things that no one had considered before. Wanting to fully express his full fear and realisation of human nature’s flawed mindset, he spoke again, but “became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness” (Golding 89). Simon has a difficult time figuring out the meaning of his revelation himself, but he is most definitely onto something that the rest of them are blind to. Where the other boys do not see it, Simon witnesses their makeshift society fall apart. It has come to the point where Simon notices these changes with his own eyes without even looking for any corruption. Corruption, or in this case the beginning of corruption, is an inherent flaw of humanity and Golding uses Simon as the observer. Through his words and thoughts, one can note when Simon understands what exactly the so called essential illness of mankind