Lord Of The Flies How Golding Portrays The Nature Of Mankind

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The Innate Evil Within Mankind: How Golding Portrayed the Truth of Humanity. Practically everyone ever alive has witnessed some sort of conflict. Whether it be a small spat that soon subsides or a war spanning years, people are known for their fights. In his novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding depicts a group in which the only success lay through bloodshed, and in this way, he portrays the true malicious nature of human society. Golding was a man raised during the World War I. In his lifetime, he witnessed many of man’s most wicked exploits, and through those he learned the true nature of mankind. In his novel, Golding then depicts his learnings through the characters he created. He portrays the brutality he observed in his life through Lord of the Flies, using young kids stranded on an island to convey his message on the monstrosities of human nature. One such way he conveys this is by demonstrating the kids’ callous dispositions. After witnessing one kid, Percival, cry after getting sand kicked in his face, Johnny “began to fling up sand in a shower,” causing Percival to cry again (Golding 61). Despite witnessing Percival’s distress due to the sand in his eyes, Johnny promptly did it again. He didn’t care about Percival. He didn’t care …show more content…

And he’s correct, humans are innately evil. However, somehow society isn’t altogether bad. Why do you need to be a member? Because people can learn to be good. Despite the immoral impulses of everyone, only some succumb to these urges. Thus, it is possible for people to change. Good and evil are two sides of the same coin. If people are able to be evil, then it must also be possible to be good. Those who are righteous must share their knowledge with the world. With the right resources, everyone can grow past their nature; humanity can learn to be good. All it takes is someone to start

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