What is one nature shared by all human beings from the beginning of mankind to the civilized present? The answer, inherent evil, is revealed in Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The author demonstrated that although evil exists within everyone, it could be suppressed by self-control, laws and orders of an educated society. Through Ralph and Jack, two characters that represented two different beliefs, Golding showed the readers that the surfacing of the evilness …showed first 75 words of 1398 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1398 total…The fire that he started destroyed the food that was need for survival and left the island and civilization in ruins. Through the two main characters of novel, Golding proved that an inherent evil nature exists within every human being. Although Ralph and Jack represented two entirely different views of governing, they both showed that self-restraining of the evilness is achievable. They also proved that the lack of restraining would lead to a disastrous destruction.