Lord Of The Flies Analysis

Evil is profoundly immoral and malevolent, mankind means human beings considered collectively; the human race. Lord of the Flies starts when a plane crashes on to an island, only leaving about 25 English boys, ranging from ages five to twelve. The boys struggle to form a civilization. The evil that is naturally in mankind stops them from forming a peaceful society, many things go wrong because of disagreements between the boys. The evil present in mankind is one of the main themes in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. The first reason why the theme is the evil that is present in mankind is demonstrated through the characterization of the character, Jack Merridew. The characterization helps create an evil theme because Jack is a greedy, power-hungry, tyrannical leader. This is displayed on page 150 when Golding states, “Power lay in the brown swell of his forearms: authority sat on his shoulders and chattered in his ears like an ape.” This quote shows how Jack feels when he has power and the way the author articulates it, creates an evil characterization for Jack. The characterization of Jack also contributes to the theme because of his violent ways, like when he got angry, tied up Wilfred, and made Wilfred wait for a beating for hours. “The chief was sitting there, naked to the waist, his face blocked out in …show more content…
“The lord of the flies” is the pig’s head on a stick that symbolizes the evil in mankind. That is revealed when on page 143 when Golding writes, “I’m part of you? Close close close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?”. “The lord of the flies” describes to Simon that he is a part of him, which means that there is evil in Simon. “The lord of the flies” tells Simon that he (evil) is in everyone. “You know perfectly well you’ll only meet me down there- so don’t try to escape!”(Golding 143). This quote displays how each of the boys has evil in