In Lord of the Flies, William Golding is trying to convince its readers of an evil nature that exists in all civilization, in spite of certain admirable qualities humans possess, that can be unleashed with immense force. This innate vice exists in the young British schoolboys even though humanity tends to deny its very existence. Lord of the Flies presents a analysis of how an over dependence on political systems, nationalism, and/or rationalism lead adolescent boys away from the values they once embraced and people they once respected. The only way they could overcome this immorality was to acknowledge it and see man as he truly is, but, unfortunately, the road they took to get there was not smooth. All the boys who followed Jack (who eventually gained power of all the boys excluding Ralph) eventually became complete savages, acting more or less insane, resulting in cruel behavior and the deaths of two peers. If they would have faced their emotions, their evil impulses could have been more easily understood. The individuals would have then been in a better position to regulate their positive powers and discipline their negative ones, resulting in a smoother life on the island.
In the beginning, the boys assume that they can manage easily on their deserted island strictly because they are English. They do not realize that even though they are English, they are still human beings and make mistakes, just as we all do. At first, the platform on the beach and the conch work great for a makeshift government. They vote Ralph as leader, but soon many of the boys want to "play around" and none of them want to be made responsible for the signal fire. Jack manipulates all except Ralph into following him in his savage ways. Shortly thereafter, the temporary government disintegrates, giving rise to Jack's brutal gang bent on obliterating the boys who tried to form a just society. .
The boys should not have depended on the political system, however apparently logical or respectable it seemed at the time, but on the ethical nature of each individual.
