Human Nature In Lord Of The Flies Research Paper
Golding was in World War Two, he saw how destructive humans can be, and how a normal person can go from a civilized human beings into savages. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses the theme of human nature to show how easily society can collapse. Throughout the story Golding conveys a theme of how and where self-destructive human nature can lead us to be. Many different parts of human nature can all lead to the collapse of society. Some of the aspects of human nature Golding plugged into the book are; destruction, demoralization, and panic. These emotions all attribute to the collapse of society. Golding includes character, conflict, and as well as symbolism to portray that men are inherently evil.
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One occurrence which portrays this concept is when Simon is murdered. After Simon’s encounter with "The Lord of the Flies," he scurries back in fear to the tribe finding them dancing around the fire. He gets into the middle and the boys mistake him for a beast and vigorously stab him pouring out all the fear that they locked within themselves. Jack stands there encouraging the boys on, not caring whether it is really a beast or Simon. The "beast" talk has been going on for a while now, and the anxiety as well as fear has been building up inside everyone on the island. As a result, everyone feels a sense of relief when they think that they have the beast and they really want to get rid the beast as quickly as possible. "Him Him!" they all shouted. "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!" (Golding, pg.138) Evil is vital to Jack’s world and he does not tolerate anything lower than evil. Moreover, Simon represents the good in man. He is indeed the "conscious" and the "nice guy" on the island. As a result, Jack finds a need to eliminate Simon from the island so that, in the end, evil will be able to dominate the entire place without any interference.
With the use of character, conflict, as well as symbolism, Golding slowly leads up to his theme that man is born with evil tendencies. With the memories of his past experiences, he successfully weaves this theme into the novel, Lord of the
Golding makes very good use of characters …show more content…
One occurrence which portrays this concept is when Simon is murdered. After Simon’s encounter with "The Lord of the Flies," he scurries back in fear to the tribe finding them dancing around the fire. He gets into the middle and the boys mistake him for a beast and vigorously stab him pouring out all the fear that they locked within themselves. Jack stands there encouraging the boys on, not caring whether it is really a beast or Simon. The "beast" talk has been going on for a while now, and the anxiety as well as fear has been building up inside everyone on the island. As a result, everyone feels a sense of relief when they think that they have the beast and they really want to get rid the beast as quickly as possible. "Him Him!" they all shouted. "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!" (Golding, pg.138) Evil is vital to Jack’s world and he does not tolerate anything lower than evil. Moreover, Simon represents the good in man. He is indeed the "conscious" and the "nice guy" on the island. As a result, Jack finds a need to eliminate Simon from the island so that, in the end, evil will be able to dominate the entire place without any interference.
With the use of character, conflict, as well as symbolism, Golding slowly leads up to his theme that man is born with evil tendencies. With the memories of his past experiences, he successfully weaves this theme into the novel, Lord of the