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…showed last 75 words of 3729 total…our own original sin and depravity. Once removed from the bounds and rules of civilization we have a strong tendency to revert to uncaring and self-centered animalism. As Golding illustrates with Simon, though, there is goodness within us as well. If that goodness is reinforced, as it is in the more enlightened societies of the world, we have hope of overcoming the evil. Still, the darkness is there and we ignore it at our peril.