Argumentative Essay On Lord Of The Flies

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After reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding, one would typically consider Jack as the main villain of the story, having set the entire island on fire and turning nearly all of the boys into savages. However, Golding might be truly saying that there’s a greater force at work than “kids being kids.” In this dystopian historical fiction novel, a group of British boys crash landed on a deserted island, trying to survive together and find help for rescue. Eventually, the rest of the boys find themselves having killed two of their own and formed a lawless, savage tribe, now trying to hunt down their original leader Ralph, seemingly for sport. The true culprit for such destruction and chaos leading to the island’s downfall is not entirely the boys, but the darkness inside of them, along with the “beastie” they feared the entire time. …show more content…

Paranoia and fear, along with the lack of any adult with the boys, led them to give into their darker sides, this literal “inner beast.” They’d turn savage and their only desires were to hunt, play, and eat. Others may give a counter, saying Jack and Roger are the ones to blame as they were the ones who invited and tempted the others into their newly formed tribe, going against the order and civility of Ralph’s tribe, “We hunt and feast and have fun. If you want to join my tribe, come and see us” (Novel, page 121). However, not only was this abuse of unearned power gained through the boys fearing him as if he were a dictator, but the kids are very impressionable and easily convinced to join through peer pressure. “Piggy and Ralph, under the threat of the sky, found themselves eager to take a place in this demented but partly secure society” (Novel, page 131). Continuing further, the evidence will show exactly how the beast, both literally and symbolically, caused the island’s

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