Lord Of The Flies Good Vs Evil

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Many people believe, that in the book “Lord of the Flies”, evil is stronger than good. I disagree. The evidence points to the fact that evil is not as powerful as good. The book shows good will always survive. The novel also shows that there is good in everyone. This doesn’t mean that everyone is good, but it shows that everyone has some type of good in them. What leads this to be true is that without darkness, light can’t overshine, but without light there isn’t any darkness to overshine in the first place.

The novel Lord of the Flies leads me to believe that good is more powerful than bad because of the fact that good always endures. In the book, everyone, (except for Simon and Piggy), is rescued at the end of the book. This means that

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