What does William Golding show us about the nature of evil in his novel, Lord of the Flies? In your answer include relevant examples and quotations.
...zation, Ralph, Piggy and Simon. There are other characters who allow themselves to become savage and eventually destroy all hopes for civilization, Jack and Roger. This conflict gradually emerges in the book and escalates until eventually the savages win over the island; however they only do so at the ultimate cost of Piggy and Simonfs lives. In the allegorical context of Lord of the Flies, Ralph, the protagonist represents democracy and civilization while Jack the antagonist represents anarchy and savagery. Piggyfs behavior represents rationality, common sense, and knowledge, while Rogerfs behavior represents evilness and sadism. By the second chapter of the book, the boyfs evil intuition had already led them to choose Ralph, the charismatic one with the conch over Piggy, the intellectual one, as their leader. An example of this is when Piggy suggests for the boys to develop a way to help ensure their rescue, the boys ignore him. However when Ralph agrees, they take action. The same thing happens to Ralph towards the end of the book, when Jack leaves the group, geIfm not going to play any longer. Not with you.fh ge[Ralph is] like PiggycHe says things like Piggy. He isnft a proper chief.fh This is another example of when the boyfs choose what is savage over what is civilized, they choose hunting with Jack over survival and rescue with Ralph. Golding also uses symbols to portray the stark contrast of good and evil in the book. The eConchf symbolizes law, order, and political legitimacy. In comparison, the Lord of the Flies represents the devil, or Satan, the exact opposite of law and order, and the Beast stands for the capacity of evil that exists within everyone. Similar to when Simon and Piggy were murdered, when gthe eConchf exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to e...