How Does Golding Present The Beast In Lord Of The Flies

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Characters from Lord of The Flies that best demonstrate the beast within Every person has a beast within them, but not every beast comes out. In William Golding’s Lord of The Flies, a plane full of young boys between the ages of 6-12 end up crashing and getting stranded on a desert island. From hunting to survival, the boys have to work together to ensure survival. Not long after being on the island, everything goes haywire very fast. Throughout the book, the boy’s inner beasts from within started coming out, especially once authority went from Ralph to Jack. These young boys’ true beasts come out when there is no law's, authority, or adult supervision. To begin, Ralph demonstrates the beast within based on his mannerisms. Ralph takes …show more content…

Ralph is seen as more relaxed, kind, and a better leader than Jack. But surprisingly, Ralph takes no authority in this situation, he has the option to jump in and save Simon from the boys, but Ralph decides it was best to let his friend die so he could live. After Simon’s murder, Ralph takes no responsibility in Simon’s death. In chapter 10, Piggy says to Ralph, “That's right, we was on the outside. We never done nothing, we never seen nothing.” (Golding 174). When Ralph and Piggy speak about the murder of their friend Simon, Ralph has acknowledged that Simon has indeed been killed, but he went on to agree with Piggy saying Simon’s death is an accident, they …show more content…

Roger bully’s all of the boys on the island. In chapter 4, Roger and Maurice came out of the forest and decide to bully the younger boys by ruining their sandcastles, “Roger led the way straight through the castles, kicking them over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen stones” (Golding 62). This shows that Roger best demonstrates the beast within because, Roger gets pleasure from bullying the other boys. Roger gets a discomforting satisfaction when he pains others, only a true beast would get a satisfaction from causing harm to others. In the end of the novel where Jack’s tribe was on a man hunt for Ralph, Roger wants to cut off Ralph's head and sacrifice it to the Beast, “Roger sharpened a stick at both ends” (Golding 21). This quote is saying that, Roger is getting ready to behead Ralph. He wants to stick Ralph’s head on one end of the stick, and the other end in the ground so the beast can take it as a sacrifice. This quote shows that Roger is craving the suffering of others, this shows Roger’s psychopathic tendencies, as he wants to have a sacrifice so he can live. Roger may just sacrifice any boy on the island so he can remain alive, so he can have the power. Roger might even sacrifice Jack so he could claim the chief position. In chapter 8, Jack’s tribe went on a hunt and found a sow nursing her piglets. The boys need food, so they kill the pig, but Roger takes it a step further, he

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