The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding used a group of British boys beached on a deserted island to illustrate the malicious nature in mankind. Lord of the Flies dealt with the changes the boys underwent as they gradually adapted to the secluded freedom from their society. William Golding's basic philosophy that society was inherently evil could be espied in such instances as the death of Simon, the beast within the boys, and the way Ralph was fervently hunted.

Through the story Simon acted as the Christ Figure. The death of Simon symbolized the loss of religious reasoning. As the boys killed Simon they had let out their savage urges and acted in a cannibalistic manor. Even after the death of Simon Jack and his tribe did not feel any penitence to what they had done, killing to them had become second nature.The circle became a horseshoe. A thing was crawling out of the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly. The shrill screaming that rose before the beast was like a pain. The beast stumbled into the horseshoe."Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!" (Golding 141).In this quote a figure had crawled out of the forest and the ring had opene

One example in the book referring to William Goldong's view to society was the beast. The beast which lied within the boys, represented the evil which dwelled inside humanity. William Golding believed that savagery was always in mankind, but need the proper situation tocome out and cause a transformation of even the most innocent of us. For the boys the fear of the unknown on the island caused the terror of the beast. That fear was allowed to grow because they could not fully accept the notion of a beast, nor could they let go of it. Their attempts to resolve their fears were too feeble to convince themselves. Soon the boys had whipped themselves into hysteria. He raised his arm in the air. There came a pause, a hatitus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm. The pause was only enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be. Then the piglet tore loose of the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth. They were left looking at each other and the place of terror. (Golding 27) In this quote Jack was hesitant to kill the pig, and what other boy would not have been? This showed how when the boys had just landed on the island they could not let go of the rules society had taught them. "Look! We've killed a pig-we stole up on them -we got in a circle" (Golding 63). Once the island's surroundings had taken it's toll on the boys Jack and the others before long had bloodlust. They had killed a pig and were proud of that. Jack and the other boys shortly carv

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