Evilness In Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

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Most people are born inherently good, but some of them are born evil and people would not even know. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, the author, William Golding, portrays a character named Roger. He seems civilize and shy in the beginning. But, when he starts to drift away from a life of rules and consequences, he starts to express his inner self in a negative way. Therefore, Roger is born inherently evil, because he shows his true self by hurting others for his own need. Roger demonstrates evilness, when he tortures, scare innocent people, and not have any care of hurting anyone. When, Roger walks on the shore, Golding writes, “Roger stopped, picked up a stone, aimed and threw it at Henry – threw it to miss (Golding 62).” This proves the

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