Flies: Savagery

The Lord of the Flies is an extremely vivid piece of writing with abrupt changes that come out of nowhere. The novel is about the attempt and failure of a directed civilization. Through the use of characters, symbolism, the plot, and the setting, Golding shows readers that all people have a drive towards savagery and selfishness when they are not inhibited by other people and rules of civilization.

Throughout the story, The main characters, Ralph, Jack, and Simon, help develop the theme by making them serve as different parts of the island’s society. For example, the character Piggy, is used as the consultant of Ralph. Golding unleashes the savage in each of the boys, who are influenced by things off and on the island. The readers can tell when the boys start to turn barbaric in the second chapter when the boys let the unintentionally made fire burn parts of the island. Ralph immediately tried to condense it and later questioned the boys who ignited it. As a result, the island’s sense of a
In fact, in chapter 8, Jack and his followers believe that the beast is a real, killing monster. They later offer it a sow’s head that they recently cut off and put on top of a sharpened stake, as a peace offering because they’re scared of what it’s capable of. Although the beast is believed to be real by most of the remaining people, it’s simply just something living inside everyone that no one can escape from. With this in mind, in chapter six, Simon states that the beast is “only us”, which later in chapter 9 is proven true after he finds it to be a dead parachutist that was perceived as “the beast”. Due to the uncivilized environment and the fear of the beast, even the most humane characters will eventually turn, for the worse. For this reason, it helps develop the theme of the