Lord_of_the_Flies

Lord of the Flies Throughout Lord of the Flies, Golding shows his views of the inherent evil of humans. With the range of characters and their viewpoints, this story taught a lesson about human nature and its evils. He shows how humans can be in such a savage state, practically mimicking the way of life of their prehistoric ancestors. He demonstrates this with acts of butchery carried on by the young stranded children. It all started with a slight urge to hunt down a pig and then continued on to murdering another human being. But how could this have been prevented' Would the rule of Machiavelli’s The Prince better suit the boys in their situation or The Federalist Papers' Golding starts out Lord of the Flies with symbolism of World War II taking place and the plane crashing down. As soon as the boys start to get settled on the island they develop a type of rule and choose their ruler. Ralph, who represented order and civilization and shows civil instincts rather then a savage one was voted group leader. However, Jack a strong willed boy whose instincts are savagery, violence and power becomes obsessed with hunting and begins lord, flies, rule, jack, ralph, government, prince, one, papers, federalist, been, would’ve, people, because, machiavelli’s, end, ruler, power, machiavelli, golding, better, about, two, shows, own, over, madison, loved, himself, form, feared, fear, everyone, different, savage