lord of the flies
Reading Lord of the Flies, one gets quite an impression of Golding's view on human nature. He believes that man is inherently evil and that it is the bounds of society that keep us from reverting to our natural state. This image Golding paints for the reader, that of humans being inherently bad, is a perspective not all people share. This opinion, in fact, is a point that many have disagreed with when reading his work. There are many instances throughout Lord of the Flies that state Golding's opinion suggesting an evil human nature. Each of these instances are the bricks holding together his fortress of ideas that are constantly under attack.Lord of the Flies is but an abstract tool of Golding's to construct the idea of human nature in the minds of his readers. Throughout the novel, it is stated that all humans are evil. It is said that this evil is inescapable and will turn everyone evil. At one point in the book, when the Lord of the Flies is representing all evil, this theory is stated as, "The Lord of the Flies was expanding like a balloon" (pg. 158). Along with this idea is the religious symbolism that is used for ineffectively confronting the evil. At a point in the book, Golding has Simon, symbolic
Golding makes it clear that the island, which is the focus of the novel, is merely a microcosm of the entire world. He develops his world as one having a destructive nuclear war. This is meant to demonstrate that everyone, no matter who or where, will turn evil. He paints the image of nuclear war as pure and vile evil. This is not entirely, or at all, true. A nuclear war could simply be a power struggle that has mass power behind it. It might also be the elimination of those who oppose what is considered "good." Nevertheless, the way Golding demonstrates and words many things in Lord of the Flies creates a large and almost impenetrable illusion to support his claim of the evil human nature. No one thing can be all evil or entirely anti-good. Many things can be usually bad or mostly considered bad, but there is some good to be found in everyone. One should not be mistaken, though, that anything could be all good either unless you are talking about Jesus. All people, actions, and things have the potential to be neutral. This can easily be sustained. It can also be tipped to favor good or bad, but besides Jesus nothing is purely one or the other. As shown above, Golding has a misguided view of all humans being bad. This cannot be, for nothing can be entirely good or bad. When considering this, one must also remember that each individual had his own consciousness, thus has the abil
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