The evil within
In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, Golding illustrates how much the human mind can endure insanity and loneliness before becoming an immoral being. Golding also shows that there is some hope through Simon and his ability to resist intimidation when faced by evils of unimaginable proportions. An example of how much the mind can take the torture and torment of the ‘darkness of man’s heart’ is Ralph. Golding characterizes Ralph as a boy who has trouble reality and dreams. As Ralph drifts off into dreams, he could remember how nice life was before the plane crash. When he comes back to reality, he realizes how much he has changed in the way he handles things and his overall rationale. Eventually, Ralph would prove that he could not handle all the stresses, thus letting the animalism seep through him when he injures the pig. After this, he is swept up into the moment of death and blood and they all begin a play where Ralph gets too carried away and actually jabs Robert so hard that it hurts Robert. Roger is the main character that Golding uses to show this savage evil. Roger never really does seem to be a nice person since he throws rocks at the younger children even when he senses a “ring aroun
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Approximate Word count = 1222
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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