Theme essay Man's innate evil The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding illustrates how civilization is merely a facade to mask society's underlying instinct of evil. With set rules and regulations of how one must act ethical behavior, is oftentimes only a forced intrusion of civilization, rather than a natural expression of human individuality. When left to their own devices, people will become ferocious, rabid and barbaric. William Golding's basic philosophy that society …showed first 75 words of 793 total…

…showed last 75 words of 793 total…and the way Ralph was fervently hunted were all examples of William Golding's philosophy, that society was inherently evil. A well thought novel that depicted the evils of human nature. Lord of the Flies showed that the evil residing within everyone could be unleashed. It proved the dark side of human nature could be as vicious and as terrifying as the unknown it itself, and even the most innocent of us are vulnerable to it.