the topic of animal Instinct in "Lord of the flies" by William Golding

What would life be like without a mother or a father? What would life be like without any adult supervision? How would a person act if they did not have society to tell them what is right and wrong? Author William Golding believes that a person that wasn't brought up by society would only act using their basic human nature. It is also a part of his believes that this nature is evil. In his …

…an animal without passion, thoughts, or even a soul. When Roger killed Piggy he was not a child. He was not a man. He was an animal. He didn't have the capability to think or reason. When he killed Piggy, Roger was operating on pure survival instincts. He was like a wolf or a bear. In the end Golding proves that at our base we are just wild animals driven to evil by our instincts.