Easy to Become Evil Is mankind really evil? The modern classic Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, explains the faults of man. Lord of the Flies begins with a group of civilized young males becoming stranded on an island. On the primitive island the children attempt to create an ordered society, but the exact opposite is accomplished. The youths lives progress into a state of pandemonium, because their lives are without the pressures …showed first 75 words of 1032 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1032 total…of his cowardice and his quest for power. The novel proves this by throwing together opposing forces into a situation that dowses them with power struggles and frightening situations. By comparing mankind in general to Biblical characters in similar scenarios, the novel provides images of the darker side of man. This darker side of man's nature inevitably wins and man is proven to be a pathetic race that refuses to accept responsibility for its shortcomings.