Lord of the flies - Human Nature

Human nature is unavoidable. In his novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding is making a profound statement on human nature. He is expressing mankind’s essential illnesses through the boys on the island. Golding establishes that the nature of human beings is truly destructive, evil and savage. Before the boys arrive on the island is a beautiful tropical paradise untouched by civilization. When the boy’s plane crashed a “long scar (was) smashed into …

…is right and what is wrong they act using their basic human nature which is ultimately savage. Through the events that took place on this island one can see the tragic truth of human nature. Left to live solely on his own devices, goodness would be forgotten and evil would prevail. Man would not be able to survive without society. Golding sadly confirms the fact that the most destructive, evil and savage animal is man.