The essay is about the darkness in the book "lord of the flies" by William Golding.

Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, brings out the evilness in human beings, which is portrayed by dark colors and overall darkness. The novel begins as a group of young, school boys are plane wrecked on a deserted island. The boys must overcome fate and adversity to survive. Throughout history darkness has been associated with sin and the devil. Ironically the title, Lord of the Flies, has been translated into the devil from the …

…among the tribe. Their evilness causes the tribes to split and for everyone to deceive Ralph. This novel also shows how everyone has a beast in them. Not only did the boys kill two human beings on the island, they killed numerous amounts of pigs. They became savages and anything that got in their way they destroyed. Lord of the Flies is a novel that portrays the evilness of human beings from start to finish.