Who Is Humane In Lord Of The Flies

Do you think children are capable of murder? Do you think you are capable of murder? How far would you go for power? In the book “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, a bombing in England causes a mass evacuation, but a plane full of boys doesn't make it to its destination. The plane crashes on an island and the boys must find a way to survive, meanwhile the boys true nature comes out. After Jack and his hunters kill the pig they reenact the kill with Robert as the pig and almost beat him to death. Then Jack and his tribe think Simon is the beast and kill him. Jack's tribe also gets their way by killing Piggy and threatening Ralph. Humanity takes many risks for survival yet little were considered humane. Human nature is flawed and selfish.
The boys become more dependent on their true nature after their first kill. They begin to show their human flaws more leading to more deaths and violence. The try to kill another pig and decide to reenact it to themselves and things get out of hand. “...they were all jabbing at Robert… The circle moved in round. Robert squealed in mock terror, then in real pain. ‘ow! Stop it! You're hurting!’ … ‘Kill him! Kill him!’ All at once Robert was screaming and struggling with the strength of frenzy” (pg. 114).
It came darkly, uncertainly. The shrill screaming that rose before the beast was like a pain. The beast stumbled into the horseshoe. ‘Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!’ … At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, lept onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore” (pgs. 152-153) The boys believe that there is a beast and start reenacting a pig kill when Simon comes down from the mountain,but all they see is a dark figure. . Jack’s tribe killed Simon because they thought it was a beast. No sliver of doubt or question when it came to the killing as the boy’s animalistic ways came