There is hardly ever a man clever enough to recognize the full extent of the evil he does. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, one could argue that man, in the state of nature, is born evil. The boys in the novel, represent a etaphorical idea in which they are born unto the island, and manifest mankind’s true nature. As the story progresses, the boys construct a society and ruin it. They revert to the primitive association in which fear and tyranny lead to ultimate rule. All of the boys that try to do the proper and befitting deeds are killed off. This violently throws them unto impending doom, thus proving that men are born evil.
No evil dooms man hopelessly except the evil he loves, and desires to continue in,
and make no effort to escape from. Jack in an excellent example of this indeed. It is quite obvious that the boys do not need to hunt to survive, however, Jack finds much pleasure in slaughtering vulnerable animals. …
