• The Topic of Animal Instinct in "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

     

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Published: 20.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
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  • Essays 'The Topic of Animal Instinct in "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding', 1.
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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 novel, Lord of the Flies, Golding proves his ideas on the evil at the base of the human nature through the lives of Piggy, Ralph, Roger, and Jack, whom are all young boys trapped on a deserted island in the Pacific.
Piggy was a nonathletic, fat child with glasses and asthma. He was the child who was least effected by the evil inside of himself. …

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