In the Lord of the Flies, Golding's perspectives on how political systems cannot govern society effectively without first taking into consideration the defects of human nature are proved through two of his main characters, Ralph and Jack. He designs Ralph as a primary representative of the order of a civilization and Jack as the savagery, anarchy, and the darker side of human nature. ... Thus, he disregards order and represents evil and violence, the dark side of human nature. ... I think Golding purposely designs Ralph and Jack to represent the good and the evil in human beings. By cr...

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Human nature is unavoidable and often the source of evil. William Golding uses his novel Lord of the Flies to demonstrate this idea. ... The novel displays human's own illness, human nature, through the characters in his story. ... Jack and his hunters revealed it the most, however. ... After that Jack and his group became obsessed and blood thirsty for hunting. ...

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The face paint that Jack wears on his face symbolizes his emerging evil persona and his submission to a primitive and savage way of life. The recurring motif of the beast represents Jack's constant fear of the vast unknown and helps exhibit the evil nature that lies deep within him. ... The other imperative symbol within the novel is the recurring motif of the beast, which symbolizes Jack's constant fear of the unknown and helps exhibit the evil nature that exists deep within him. ... The face paint that Jack wears on his face symbolizes his emerging evil persona and marks his submi...

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In the novel and film Lord of the Flies, Golding and Hook explore the nature of evil that is inherent in "man kind". ... In the novel he demonstrates a very evil behaviour. "Jack wrenched free and swung at Ralph with his spear." ... This very important character demonstrates his selfishness and self-interest throughout the novel. ... "Jack made a rush and stabbed at Ralph's chest with his spear. ...

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By describing the choir as dark, it establishes an evil presence on the island which evolves as the novel progresses. ... His hair colour implies that his character will have a short fuse and his personality is extremely unpleasant. ... This is crucial to Golding's view of human nature and is demonstrated by Jack. ... This is reflected in ˜Lord of the Flies' as Ralph and Jack are showing opposite sides of human nature. Jack represents the darkness of man's heart and this is shown because dislike is originally created for him, although, Ralph represents the fair and civi...

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Simon is by far the kindest and most moral character in the book, to the point where his goodness is as obsolete as Jack's evilness. ... Although Simon is bewilderingly and naturally kind, the want of this trait and the overwhelming abundance of evil is demonstrated when he is diabolically murdered by the other boys. ... This is demonstrated when he is caught up in the thrill of the chase and his evil desires take him over and he participates in the hunt dance. ... By the end of the novel, Jack is lacking any moral at all and is almost completely taken over by evil. ... Regardles...

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"It's a man's own mind, not his enemies or foe, that lures him to evil ways"- Buddha. ... Golding uses characterization to demonstrate when a society gets striped of its law's, human nature becomes more sage to survive. In the novel, Jack represents the evil within us. ... Jack showed us his true side when the chorus boys and jack were all trying to catch the boar. ... However, Jack suddenly proved to Ralph a piggy he wasn't the good innocent chorus boy anymore.Thus proven jack is the evil within the human nature. ...

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In his book Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes spends a great deal of time examining human nature and how he thinks humans would act without society, government, or a code of moral values (Thomas Hobbes). In relation, William Golding's Lord of the Flies demonstrates human nature without the bounds of society or it's laws through the eyes of young boys. ... When Jack and his hunters catch a pig they throw a big feast and invite all who are willing to come. ... Jack has become clearly superior to the others and shows it in his manner. ... Jack and his tribe never know it was Simon but Ralph an...

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One of Golding's main techniques for presenting his dramatic conflict involves the use of symbols. ... Ralph clutches it desperately when he talks about his role in murdering Simon. ... This is most clearly demonstrated when Piggy's glasses are used to make fire by intensifying sunlight with their lenses. ... Ironically, at the end of the novel, it is a fire that finally summons a ship to the island, but not the signal fire: it is the fire of savagery "the forest fire Jack starts as part of his quest to hunt and kill Ralph. ... This is the first moment in which the beast ...

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But what the statement is hiding from our peers is that without laws, rules, and order, our world would revert to a more primitive part of his nature. ... We shall have to look after ourselves. "1 The Innocence and the Loss of It is the existence of civilization that allows man to remain in captivity with his innocence or ignorance about his true nature. ... Jack sneered at him. ... As the story unravels the reader realizes that put in a position to capture a beast you are struck with a certain flash of light that gives you these negative effects on the nature of evil. ... The novel was a sto...

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Golding saw a lot in the war which he claims couldn't be accounted for except on the basis of original evil. ... (Spitz 25-27) Jack is the authoritarian man. ... Jack is distinguished by his ugliness and his red hair, a traditional demonic attribute. ... As Jack approaches with his choir from the darkness of the forest, he cannot see Ralph, whose back is to the sun. Jack is symbolically blinded by the sun. ...

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However, Jack uses Piggy's specs to "smoke [Ralph] out and set the island on fire"(217). ... The specs symbolise the greedy nature of mankind. ... Jack's tribe wants fire to cook, Ralph's tribe want the specs to keep the signal fire going. ... His lack of morals lets his greedy nature take him over, and his followers as well. ... This demonstrates the evil within the boys themselves. ...

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Such works that symbolize this quotation is George Orwell's Animal Farm and Jack Golding's Lord of The Flies. ... George Orwell uses many literary and thematic techniques to get his message of struggle across to the reader. ... Ralph, the protagonist, represents order and leadership, while Jack, the antagonist, represents savagery and the desire for power. Both novels demonstrate the conflicts in literature that exist between both good and evil. Lord of the Flies is an allegory which pictures the nature in human beings, whether it be good or evil, and points out that no matter how...

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Often, these changes cause them to waver between two separate versions of their natures, and make them question their own inherent goodness. ... The children described in the stories find it necessary to examine their natures to find where they belong, who they are, and what they believe. ... His struggle between the forces of good and evil are represented by the realms of light and darkness, as well as by the people he meets during his life. ... The Littleuns, lured by the beauty of the jungle, traipse away to play, while Jack Merridew's choirboys abandon their fire a...

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The other's pick Jack, who is in conflict with Ralph and inserts a sort of anger and savagery in the boys he leads. ... It also demonstrates what will happen in a world without rules. That war had greatly effected the thinking about man's essential nature. Before the war people generally believed that man was essentially good-hearted and society often was evil. ... Goldings" works show his thinking of the influence of this. ...

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Ernest Hemingway's novella "The Old Man and the Sea" and Jack London's short story "To build a Fire" put both powers on display. ... From reading the stories most people assume that man is always pitted against nature, however these stories show man's place within nature. ... The superior force in both stories is nature. ... Soon, however sharks come to destroy the fish (which symbolizes goodness) further demonstrating how evil will destroy righteousness in this world. ... Christ surrendured to defeat similar to the way that Santiago and the man in Jack London's story...

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There are many ways to demonstrate that William Golding's theory is correct by looking to the novel the Lord of the Flies. ... When the time came, Ralph being the leader of the group assigned the Choir as the hunters, and Jack as well to supervise and lead them. ... "Viciously, with full intention, he hurled his spear at Ralph. ... In conclusion to this very eventful adventure on this island, man is supposed to be influenced by his surroundings to become evil, but in this novel the Lord of the Flies William Golding demonstrates how fear of the unknown, loss of religion, and destruction of...

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