How Does Golding Present The Evil In Lord Of The Flies

Lord of the Flies by William Golding, published in 1954 demonstrates man’s capacity for the evil which is also revealed in the human nature. The underlying evil within the man is the most noticeable theme of the novel, and probably its most debated one. William Golding represents the evil through his characters, their actions and how they are represented. The way that Golding develops the novel’s theme his symbolism in the narrative on man’s inhumanity towards man, he was able to portray the theme showing that the evil is an inborn trait of a human kind. The biggest representation of the evil becomes the island, because where the novel takes place. Along the way, the main characters striving to maintain a civilized order as well as their own

The first attempt that Jack makes at overthrowing Ralph is at one of the meetings. “’Hands up.’ Said Jack strongly, ‘Whoever wants Ralph to not be chief?’”(127). Jack’s desire to become the leader was first publicly shown with this attempt against Ralph leadership. His desire for Ralph to not be the leader of the group is since Ralph discourages Jacks cruelty and considers his hunting to be unimportant. Through his movement he successfully alters the loyalty of a few boys. “Far off along the beach, Jack was standing before a small group of boys. He was looking brilliantly happy” (133). Now, that Jack has his own follower, the shift of power begins. His excitement of finally becoming a leader, even though he has only a few followers, strengthened his will to overthrow Ralph and his means of doing it become less humane. “’Who’ll join my tribe?’ ‘I will.’ ‘Me.’ ‘I will’”(151). At last, Jack’s wish becomes reality and everyone but Samneric, Piggy, and Ralph are in his tribe. Through repetitive revolting, Jack was able to secure power on the island from

“No one moved. Jack shouted angrily. ‘I said ‘grab them’!’”(178). As an aggressive leader, Jack shouts at his “followers” to do things that they obviously do not want to do. As a leader he is very mean and tortures. “’He’s going to beat Wilfred’”(159). Even with the entire island is in Jack’s command and rule, he finds the harsh was to express his power by tying a seemingly innocent boy and beating him to tears. “’Im Chief!’ Viciously, with full intention, he hurled his spear at Ralph’”(181). After gaining the power Jack completely transformed from an innocent hunter to the violent and mean “beast” that doesn’t take a human life into a consideration. That’s where Jack portrays the pinnacle of tyranny and evil in a