Why Did Jack Become Evil?

“To be, or not to be-That is the real question”(Hamlet: 1749) In this soliloquy, Hamlet is debating suicide; asking himself the big questions in life. In this line, he is asking himself why is life worth living? Why live when people do bad things? Why live when all we do is suffer? These pessimistic thoughts fail to shed light on the important question: Why die if there is still hope? “He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling.”(64) This passage it perfectly describes how the once “proper” english boy known as Jack Merridew, had become a bloodthirsty, snarling savage. However, the question is why. Why did Jack become evil? “We’ve all got both light and dark inside of us, what matters is the part we choose to act on,
Even in the darkest of rooms, there is light seeping through the cracks. In the Lord of the Flies when the island was up in flames, the boys saw an angel in disguise, “It was a white-topped cap, and above the green shade of the peak was a crown, and anchor, gold foliage. He saw a white drill, epaulette, a revolver, a row of gilt buttons down the front of a uniform” (200) Even though there seemed to be nothing for the boys on the firey island, there was still a small flicker of hope. As for whether or not there is still hope for humanity. That is a yes too. “We’re a species that is capable of almost dumfounding kindness. We nurse one another, romance on another, weep for one another.” (What makes us moral) There is just too much kindness and compassion within everyone for there to be no hope left. “Riches and honor are what every man desires, but if they can be obtained only by transgressing the right way, they must not be held.” This quote is saying that it is only human for us to lust for the finer things in life. This lust and greed that we have is not necessarily a bad thing. It is just human nature. If we keep this pure human nature within us, there there is indeed still hope for