What Is Evil In Lord Of The Flies

If humans believed the world would run peacefully without laws and law enforcers, there would not be a government. However, there is a government which helps people think twice before committing a crime. William Golding, a famous author, supports the idea that society keeps humans’ evil nature in line. In Golding’s book, Lord of the Flies, a plane carrying British boys crashes, killing all adults on the plane and leaving the boys alone in an unknown uninhabited island. In the beginning, the boys create their own civilization. However, as time goes by, the boys ignore their rules, structure, and society and evilness and savageness start to conquer. A historical event that proves once more the idea that humans are naturally evil is The Stanford …show more content…
At the beginning of the novel, civilization still holds limits on the boys, which Roger dare not surpass. However, as time goes by, Roger is one of the only characters who embraces the evilness and savageness that being away from civilization brings. Additionally, the involvement of all the boys in the murder of Simon, proves that all, including the most civilized humans, have evil within them. Lastly, in the Stanford Prison Experiment, a historical event, Zimbardo put a group of young, very similar men in a prison; some as guards and others as prisoners. The circumstances of this prison, eventually pushed the guards to unleash their true nature by acting cruelly upon the prisoners proving that anyone, in certain circumstances, shows their evilness. All humans have evil within them, however, for some, civilization can hide that nature and only certain circumstances can unleash it; therefore, civilization is essential to keep human nature in check and government, order and structure are not the people’s enemy, but its