Inside every person is a darkness,
a part considered hell in a place called heaven. For Ralph and all of the other
survivors in Lord of the Flies by William Golding their darkness, their
hell burns through. They are able to unleash the evil hidden within us since
birth. While most beasts lurk beneath the surface of the soul with no chances
of escaping, the boy’s are less fortunate having their inner demon escape on
the island that lacks a sense of society - simply showing how a life without
the existence of a society would cause total chaos.
The
island, with no social order, brings out how animalistic a world would be with
no guidelines. Although it is harsh to face the evil that the island conveys in
the boys, they still must face their fears. Many biblical references compare
the ‘beastie’ to the devil, exactly how the boy’s ‘beastie’ is portrayed as
darkness. Inside of them “… four unwinking eyes aimed and two mouths open… (98)”
shows the devil living inside them. The twins up on the mountain faced their
devil, a monster beyond recognition-themselves. Those moments on the island
when they had to face the appalling side of them, the realization hit of why
they hid behind the masks in the first place, “If faces were different when lit
from above of below-what was a face what was anything? (78)” The island is all
about choices, the option for below, a burning pit of hell, or the option for a
glistening light of heaven with arms wide open. Although the boys will never be
able to overcome their weaknesses, their fatal flaws, if they cannot even face
the uncertainties.
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