Class Project 4/19

[Caden]

This is for a class project.

The book Lord of Flies by William Golding works masterfully in presenting the concepts of groupthink and inherent evil in humanity. Roger especially as a character illustrates how evil, unchecked, can manifest itself in humanity. Over time with a prevalence of morals becoming more and more dissipated, and the idea of any Deus Ex Machina or divine intervention becoming forgotten, the boys essentially become unchecked in their actions and activities. For a character like Piggy who needs societal structures and punishments to survive, this manifests in death at the hands of a Sadistic Roger who has finally realized that his madness is allowed in an open world and even tolerated by Jack who has completely given to the idea of directed anarchy.