Good Vs Evil

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Parents are authoritative figures who keep their children in check by stating what is right and wrong, although it then poses the question; what happens when the kids are alone in the house without any kind of person in charge? George R.R. Martin, the author of novels such as A Game of Thrones and The Winds of Winter, once said that “There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear…the beast stirs.” What Martin is trying to convey is that in every human, there is a darkness that we are all born with and that darkness will be released where bloodshed occurs. As a result, the children’s “sword” is the parents’ dismissal, which allows the children to do what they choose because without consequence, there …show more content…
After joining Jack’s tribe, Roger has become dangerously more brutish in the way that he cares of nothing but to satisfy his primitive wants. When Piggy confront Jack’s tribe about his stolen glasses, “…Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever…The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist” (Golding, 180-181). Here, Golding illustrates Roger’s deliberate attempt to kill Piggy as a complete transformation to an untamed, wild animal. When Golding says “the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist,” he uses symbolism to portray how darkness can overcome the good of people. The conch was a symbol of order of the island, although now that it is obliterated, the stability of the island rests entirely upon the Jack’s barbaric tribe. The death of Piggy by the hand of a savage also symbolizes the death of human intelligence and the last remaining link to the civilized world. Further in the novel, Ralph is being hunted down by Roger because he chooses not to become a barbaric animal like the rest of them. Earlier, Sam stated “Roger sharpened a stick at both ends. Ralph tried to attach the meaning to this but could not. He used all the bad words he could think of but could not” (190). Golding portrays …show more content…
After the first hunt, Jack has “…memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, (70). Golding suggests that Jack does not hunt because of the boys’ hunger or the good of the group, but because he can appease his primitive needs. When Golding states that Jack had “taken away its life like a long satisfying drink,” he illustrates that Jack murders living creatures in order to satiate his primal wants and desires. According to Golding, this would include creating violence amongst other living creatures by imposing will upon them. Later in the novel, when Robert pretends to be the pig in a mock hunt, “[He] was screaming and struggling with the strength of frenzy. Jack had him by the hair and was brandishing his knife (114). Here, Golding is describing Jack as a cruel and dangerous individual because of his inner savage’s barbaric demands for violence. Even though Robert was screaming out and was clearly being hurt, Jack continued to beat him and cause him harm. Henceforth, Jack’s barbaric demands for a primeval reality, reverts him back to an unrestrained animal without any moral boundaries. Golding proposes that with each savage request fulfilled, Jack becomes unsustainably more primitive with each hunt and each open door to a more uncivilized