Lord Of The Flies Paragraph
- Symbolism In Lord Of The Flies - Symbolism In Lord Of The Flies One of Golding's main techniques for presenting his...
Submitted by LikWiDsix on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Lord Of The Flies Paragraph
Have you ever been laughed at, made fun of, or teased by one of
your friends and then thought to yourself, god, I wish he would just die.
What that feeling is, is the feeling of evil. Certainly it can't be good
if you wish your friend would die, even if you are just kidding. So where
does this feeling of evil come from, its not something you can touch or
look at and its not something you can pick out of a magazine and buy. The
feeling of evil is something that is in all of us. It comes from way down
in your gut, where you can really feel it. One place that this feeling of
evil is present is in William Golding's Lord of the Flies. In this story,
the lord of the flies is right in saying that man is inherently evil. This
presence of evil, is shown through character evolution, my personal views
and experiences in the real world and the source of evil itself.
During the coarse of the story the characters do and say many
things that reveal their inner devil. One of the characters that we see
the most change in is Jack. By watching Jack we witness many acts of
savagery. When Jack first starts to turn to a savage, was when he changed
himself into someone different by putting paint on his face and acting like
a wild animal. This is kind of like Jack's own way of initiating himself
into a different person. Then after we see Jack as a different person, we
see such acts as the death of Simon, the smeared blood on the children's
faces, and the attempt on Ralph's life. All these things show how his
inner demon's presence. Another place where we see the evil come out is in
the words of the young boys. Especially concerning Jack and Ralph. The
arguments that these two get into never stop from beginning of the story to
the end. A natural desire for leadership takes over their emotions and
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