Right Lord Of The Flies Analysis

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Babies as young as three months old have the mental capacity to tell right from wrong. They are born with the natural ability to know the difference between good and evil. Even though humans naturally know the difference between what is right and what is wrong, people still perform unthinkable evils. This concept of choosing to be evil even though humans know what is right is a prevalent theme in the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Throughout the Lord of the Flies, the boys changed from civilized to savage by giving in to their inner evil and losing control of their politics, psychological well being and spirituality on the island. Throughout the novel, the school boys attempted to establish a civilization, but it was ultimately …show more content…

“The pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be. Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.”(Golding 31). At the beginning of their time on the island, Jack could not bring himself to harm the pig even though the boys needed to eat. This shows that Jack was psychologically stable, because he could feel sympathy for the pig, and he knew that he could not bring himself to kill another creature. On the other hand, the longer the young school boys were forced to survive on the island, the more they were unable to control their dark impulses. “‘He’s going to beat Wilfred.’ ‘What for?’Robert shook his head doubtfully. ‘I don’t know. He didn’t say. He got angry and made us tie Wilfred up. He’s been’-he giggled excitedly-‘he’s been tied up for hours, waiting-`”(Golding 159). Towards the end of the novel, a majority of the boys abandoned what they know is acceptable and did nothing to suppress their Id. The boys amusement with Wilfred being tied up along with Jack’s decision to tie up Wilfred prove that the boys have become evil. The once innocent British school boys became so caught up in their savage ways in the island that they were unable to realize how evil their inhumane treatment of Wilfred

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