It is clear that the boys on the island are savage, as evidenced by murdering people, raping, and abusing others; everyone did one of these three things at least one time throughout the book. As time went on in the island the kids were starting to become more and more savage, especially Jack. One example would be when he killed the poor Sow. You would think that he will kill it fast to put it out of it’s misery, but no. As stated in the text, “Jack was on top of the sow, stabbing downward with his knife” (Golding 135). This quote shows the abuse that is happening to the poor sow. Jack and the other kids are beating it up and letting it bleed out. They’re stabbing it and Roger even inserts his spear in it as deep as he can just to hear it scream. This is both abuse and murder at the highest extent. The sow is not the only thing on the island they murder …show more content…
though. Poor Simon just happened to walk in the group at the wrong time. Everyone was playing the pig game and Simon happened to become the “pig.” Immediately everyone started chasing him. As stated in the text, “At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit tore” (Golding 153). This shows what gruesome things they are doing to Simon. Simon comes in the circle to save the kid and the kid does get saved. But, Simon gets chased after this and tries to get away. Unfortunately, Simon ends up on the beach where he gets mauled alive. The book does not even say his name showing that the kids really do think he’s the beast. After these terrible things happen, some kids realize who the beasts really are.
Ralph always believed that the beast lived somewhere on the island. But, he did not know that he was living with them this whole time. The real beasts are all the kids on the island. As stated in the text, “And he judged that it was Bill. But really, thought Ralph, this was not Bill. This was a savage whose image refused to blend with that ancient picture of a boy in shorts and shirt” (Golding 183). This shows that Ralph acknowledges the fact that that boy is not Bill anymore; he is a living savage. The beasts are the savages which everyone is apart of now besides Ralph. It’s ironic because even Ralph is becoming savage because of them hunting him. Ralph was growling, crawling on his knees, and was acting completely wild. Some of these kids are making the beast real; without them there might have been no problems at all. In conclusion, the real beasts are the actual kids themselves.
They actually create the beast which is living inside them the whole time. This is because gruesome things happen on the island: Simon gets murdered, the savages abuse the poor sow, and even ralph acknowledges that the beast is actually themselves. This shows that anyone can be pushed to become savage and even become a beast themselves. At the beginning of the novel, who would’ve thought that Ralph, the head of the choir, would become savage. It can be a rich kid that goes to a private school or just a regular old kid that owns a farm. The beast can become anyone if pushed enough to the
limits.