Lastly, the stealing of the fire The symbolic of the dominance of evil and descent into savagery among the remaining boys: “There were no words and no movement but the tearing of teeth and claws. ” Ralph and Piggy, two of the boys who retained the most humanity and morality, also participated, caught up in the group mentality, strapping Simon Of his own humanity, “The beast was on its knees in the centre, its arms folded over its face. ” This shows the power of the now presents evil.
Children are thought to be innocent and good, but when the kids from the novel are stranded, they end up tormenting and murdering each other. While they start out in an organized way, the ever important power struggle erupts between the two leaders: Ralph and Jack and then quickly affects all the other boys. The longer they stay, the more the inherent evil begins to take over, “Serves you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies”.
In a very short period of time, the boys lose the intelligence and sophistication they had been raised with, and become wild and crazy and almost completely devoid of any signs of civilization. Clearly, evil has triumphed over good. The boys decent into darkness with the deaths of Simon and Piggy. With the brutal, annalistic murder of Simon, the last vestige of civilized order on the island is stripped away, and brutality and chaos takes over. Indeed, when the boys kill Simon, they are acting on the savage instinct,” Kill the Beast! Cut his Throat!
Spill his Blood! ” Roger, the hereafter least able to understand the civilizing impulse, crushes the conch shell as he loosens the boulder and kills Piggy, the character least able to understand the savage impulse. Further proving that evil has triumphed over good. Fire played a large role during the time on the island. Fire provided light, heat, protection . The fire itself is the primary source of hope for the little ‘nuns, and when Piggish glasses are taken by Jack, the little ‘nuns go to him because he is now the only one who can light the fire.
They are attracted to Jack because he can provide what they want. They choose to ignore the cruelty because Jack can provide for them a signal to be rescued, and meat. Lord of the Flies demonstrates that anyone, even the theoretically most educated, civilized, and well-mannered people can succumb to inner evil. In the end, savagery instincts replaced civilization. Moreover, Simon and Piggy’s death becomes the victim to evil. Lastly, the destruction of the island. Therefore, shows that evil will always triumph over good.
