Lord of the Flies Human Emotio

In William Golding’s novel, The Lord of the Flies, Golding suggests that the ability of human beings living peaceably is not possible, because human nature forces people to judge others based on trust, hate, and differences. Golding implies that making judgments leads to disorder in a group of young boys, but not necessarily all human beings. When the group of boys first forms, the members all single out one member who they can trust …

…was holding the group together with his creative ideas and Ralph realizes he is a nobody without Piggy. But finally the leader is dead and it is too late, because there was no way of bringing Piggy or the tribe back. Society fails to live peaceably because of judgments made by others that cannot he held back. These feelings of trust, hate, and differences are all expressed in Golding’s novel, either directly or symbolically.