Evilness In Lord Of The Flies Essay

Inside each and every human being lies evilness, it is the one fatal flaw that no one can escape. Besides each human being also lies some sort of fear but unfortunately fear and evil never mix well. In the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding shows the creation of evil is created through fear at night time. Fear of what lies in the dark is the driving point to the boys becoming savages and creating evil. Jack uses this evil to control the boys, using their fear against them. At the savages party they harm and kill Simon out of fear of the evilness of the beast, not knowing that the true evil on the island is themselves and above all Jack. Specifically in the novel , it shows the evilness when it says , “Simon was crying out something about...At once the crowd surged after it, poured down
Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” (Golding 168), that dance was created by the fear of the beast in the first place, which is why in the dark the boys attacked Simon out of fear. The murder of Simon is a clear indication of the creation of evilness. This evil is mostly shown at night when there is more fear but as the savage side of them becomes present so does the evilness being shown at all times of day and night. It shows that the boys have lost the civilised part of them when Roger is able to kill Piggy in broad daylight with no fear of consequences of guilt. Piggy’s death is described in the novel by “His head opened and stuff came out and turned red. Piggy’s arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig’s after it has been killed.” (Golding 201) , it even shows that Jack feels no remorse when he says , “See? See? That’s what you’ll get! I meant that! There isn’t a tribe for you any more!” (Golding 201). It is the fear they held onto in the dark that leads them to kill Simon which eventually makes it ‘acceptable’ to kill Piggy, because they’re too consumed with their evilness to feel