Inhumanity And Carelessness In Lord Of The Flies

Mankind is always trying to better itself but seems to create an issue along with it. This includes things inventions such as the automobile that, while it is a more convenient way of transportation, is depleting nonrenewable fuel as well as causing major pollution. The creation of the atomic bomb was initially a way to keep a certain country safe from another, but killed thousands of people and created a high amount of leaked radioactive radiation. The worst part of this is that it becomes a cycle. Humans attempt to fix and destroy instead, leaving more questions open ended. This cycle leads to then the inhumanity in society today as people leave problems unfixed or worse as the attempt to solve the problems falls through. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the author leaves conflicts unresolved in the last chapter of his novel to expose mankind's inevitable ability to create new problems by trying to fix old ones; explaining one of the many causes of inhumanity and carelessness in the world. …show more content…
The boys leave the death of the child with the birthmark unaccounted for. Originally the group of children had planned to use the fire to rescue themselves from the island, yet end up creating more of an issue by killing one of the boys. Leaving the boy’s death unresolved and open ended. Golding does this to symbolize mankind's obsession with invention following destruction. Creating a win lose situation involving humans or something non living, such as the environment. Proving his point of how humans invent new problems by trying to solve others. This produces readers to be full of questions about the characters overall humanity even after being