Civilization Vs Savagery

Wars of mass destruction allow countries to perform acts of terror and justify them by claiming they have ‘right’ on their side. An author by the name of William Golding, who is a World War II veteran, is appalled by different countries’ abilities to propagandize these acts and brainwash soldiers into thinking killing fellow man is fair. This brainwashing influences William Golding to believe human nature in its natural state is savagery. William Golding in his critically acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies, exemplifies the theme, civilization versus savagery, by the utilization of a stranded island, lack of supervision, and the transformation of characters from good to evil.
The novel Lord of the Flies takes place on a deserted island which
The characters in this novel struggle internally to avoid the conflicting human instincts, savagery, which is brought by the characters being free from adult society.Characters begin to acknowledge this lack of oversight when Golding writes, “In his other life Maurice had received chastisement for filling a youngster’s eye with sand. . . Maurice still felt the unease of wrongdoing” (60). In this quote, Maurice is remembering how when adult supervision was present, you were punished for your crimes. Except, now there is no instruction which, as a result, cultivates savagery because they are not being monitored for their wrongdoing. Ralph illuminates his signs of transformation when he mockingly claims, “‘He’s not Fatty,’ cried Ralph, ‘his real name’s Piggy!’. . . A storm of laughter arose and even the tiniest child joined in” (21). Without civilization or control, acts of evil can go undisciplined. This happens in Lord of the Flies and gradually becomes worse as this previous quote just displayed it beginning to worsen. The absence of discipline is at its pinnacle when Ralph forgets about his upbringing and as a sign of defense Ralph launches “himself like a cat, stabbed, snarling,with the spear” (195). The change the characters experience are all quite similar, starting with showing signs of savagery then becoming consumed by it. Ralph experienced this the slowest but once he adapted this lifestyle there was no return. Avoiding savagery was not possible in Lord of the Flies as time passed and horrible acts of savagery continued, at some point the character would be overwhelmed. This conversion from good to evil took place in everyone and at some point inhumanity would overpower