Human Malevolence
...(Golding 101). Jack’s hunting develops his savagery, making him more agitated to get something done without stopping to take a minute to think it over. “Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong, we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat!” (Golding 101). In this moment he isn’t being rational/spiritual like Simon who sees the beast as part of the of human beings behavior, but instead as a concrete being. This intensification in Jack’s savagery is also happening with the other boys, no good will come out of it. Piggy’s broken specs are a consequence of human malevolence. His specs were what created the fire, but when they were broken hope was lost with it. That fire was what would eventually save the boys. Ralph goes nuts when he finds out that Jack lets the fire go out, because a ship passed by: “There was a ship. Out there. You said 1. you’d keep the fire going and you let it out!” (Golding 76). Piggy’s broken specs also represent how the savagery in the boys has grown, especially with Roger: “There was a slight, furtive boy whom no one knew, who kept to himself with an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy.” (Golding 19). His secrecy is the fact that he likes to hurt others. Piggy’s glasses also represent a symbol of vision and truth, but when they are broken the last link to adults vanishes. Piggy’s death is the consequence of the boy’s savagery. The beast is what creates Piggy’s death, or Jack’s savagery. The beast is the little devil inside every one of us. Roger enjoys hurting people-this enjoyment/pleasure is what the beast is all about-, but keeps it to himself: “Who kept to himself avoidance and secrecy.” (Golding19). Roger is the one who kills Piggy by dropping a boulder on him. His malev...