the topic of animal Instinct in "Lord of the flies" by William Golding

What would life be like without a mother or a father? What would life be like without any adult supervision? How would a person act if they did not have society to tell them what is right and wrong? Author William Golding believes that a person that wasn't brought up by society would only act using their basic human nature. It is also a part of his believes that this nature is evil. In his …showed first 75 words of 935 total…

…showed last 75 words of 935 total…an animal without passion, thoughts, or even a soul. When Roger killed Piggy he was not a child. He was not a man. He was an animal. He didn't have the capability to think or reason. When he killed Piggy, Roger was operating on pure survival instincts. He was like a wolf or a bear. In the end Golding proves that at our base we are just wild animals driven to evil by our instincts.