lord of the flies thesis ; the human race has a natural penchant for brutality, it is only when we are able to live in an unciviliced, lawless state, without concequences, that this inner nature surfaces

Daniel Lopez 7/18/00 English Lord of the Flies thesis B-10 Mrs. Stocks Acts of brutality are strewn about the novel Lord of the Flies. Some examples of violent nature and malice found in William Golding’s literature are 1) When given the choice of assuming any responsibility on the island, Jack chooses he and his choir to be hunters. 2) When hunting they choose a pregnant female pig, and pierce it repeatedly before it dies. 3) Out of three …

…before civilization intervened. The children were prone to become violent the minute they knew they could get away with it. The boys impulsively called the task of killing animals. They took an unnecessary amount of pig’s lives, and made them suffer unnecessarily large amounts of pain. And, they murdered two boys in cold blood. Back home, behavior like they exhibited on the island was unheard of. But, left on their own, it came naturally.