The Beast of Society

The book Lord of the Flies by William Golding captures the faults and childish actions of adults and their so called sophisticated governments of today. The book reveals the government as malicious manifestations of human nature. At the beginning of the book the boys establish a miniature controlled government with leaders, hunters, shelter builders and the conch, which is the symbol of power. The boys at the beginning still have their youthful innocence so they …showed first 75 words of 385 total…

…showed last 75 words of 385 total…Ralf realizes that this barbaric awful behavior isn’t just confined to their little island, but is human nature, and “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy” (pg 202). So the barbaric actions of humans that are carefully cloaked by fancy uniforms and cruisers are revealed in the shocking human nature of boys trapped on an island.