Lord of the Flies

Today I wrote an essay after reading Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

William Golding’s ‘lord of the flies’ is a story about conflicts that English boys have while they are shut in a desert island. Through this story, Golding wants to show us the ambiguity and fragility of civilization. Furthermore, he wants to tell us all human beings are innately evil.
To begin with, why Golding wrote about children? Most people believe child is innocent and pure; even some people say a child is like an empty paper so whatever people draw on it that becomes the child’s personality. In addition, G.K. Chesterton says, “Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.” As most people belief, children are innocent, however Golding examples these pure children as barbarian, savagery, and uncivilized men. The reason why Golding wrote about children is he wants to emphasize that even children have innate evil inside of their heart.
At the beginning of the story, Ralph and Jack get well. Jack agrees with Ralph’s ideas that they should make rules and keep fire in order to be rescued. In addition, they decide that whenever Ralph blow conch they are going to have assembly. As time pass by, however, conflicts are starting to arise up among children; moreover, they start to separate. It begins with happening that Jack let fire goes off, and Ralph gets mad because he tell Jack and his hunters to keep fire on. This happening develops to separation of children Jack and hunters to Ralph and others. After they are separated, Jack becomes a chief of the other group and he uses spear instead of conch. Later, Ralph and Jack start to hate each other and fight. Eventually, Jack and hunters kill Simon; furthermore, they try to kill Ralph.
At the first, children are very quite, dedicated, and innocent. As soon as, however, Jack against Ralph’s rules, fight each other, and situations are change, children are changed. They are not anymore innocent. They are just animals that follow only own desire, and they follow instinct more than rationality. In spite of the fact that there are only children in an island, who are well known as a symbol of innocent, they hate each other and kill people for just fulfilling their bloody lust. It tells us that all humans are innately evil and we have evilness inside of all of us.
Through writing this story, Golding wants to show all people have two faces; that are good and evil. When a situation goes well, we show good face to people, however, on the other hand, if it does not go well we start to reveal our evil face like dictatorship is revealed when democracy is collapsed. We cover our darkness with with our good thing. Therefore, there is no good man; all humans are innately evil whether young or old.