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The Lord Of The Flies, By William Golding
Humans in their natural state are corrupt greedy and weak. In william golding's lord of the flies he portrays this by his exquisite theory of wild humans true intentions in life. Men are bound by the chains of sorrow, guilt and sin. This is why people go to religion in the hope that mercy may be shed upon them to be excused from their bad doings. Human are vile, dark, and lonely they are needy of power and two faced. In Golding's lord of the flies he appeals to religion in a way by proving this except he used civilization as a religion or something to live for.
When men go their own path they drown themselves in their own wrong doings. We see ourselves as self sustained and in reality we are dark vile creatures who say things in vain to have
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But what happens if someone does not want to have that commitment to religion but wants freedom? Well they put on a face that someone else has and be like them, so on the outside they are tough guys but on the inside they are sore and torn all over on the inside. As you said to me the other day it's not what's on the outside but in the inside that counts. We can see this all throughout history because it's in human nature. The ancient greek work hypokrites means actor because in theater you would wear a mask that you are not hints hypocrite. This is portrayed in lord of the flies when jack states “you know-dazzle paint. Like things trying to look like something else-.” And before this jack say “like in war.” Jack declares war on ralph viciously jack is trying to be a viscous person, that he is not. We see in the beginning that jack blushes without the votes of the boys. He tries to appeal their vote with his “because i'm chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp” jack is a desperate and weak guy and he needs approval. He does not run to religion but wants to be a god maybe that's what gods are weak men who result to power maybe there's only one but my opinion is bias but true in my opinion truth is a false and weak foundation to argue we can't ever find who was right until we

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