Lord of the Flies - WR4: Inevitable

When it is inevitable, it is impossible to avoid or prevent from happening. It is certain to occur. Within time, at one point or another, evil will surface from deep inside individuals; either from human nature causing drastic actions or being taught certain traits, evil lurks even in the most innocent of people. Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, sets the boundaries of what is unavoidable and to be expected from all human beings.

            The challenges the boys encounter while on the island are life-changing. They are frightening, they are chaotic, they are uncontrollable.  Sometimes the fast pace of life makes decisions blur by, even though it does not seem like it, every little choice is setting up a person for their future. Because the decisions Jack makes, he first handedly meets the demon within him; the innocent church boy now changed with the status of a grueling monster. He lets human nature free the creature, “He was safe from shame or self-consciousness behind the mask of paint and could look at each of them in turn. (140)” The decisions he makes are irrational, unlike the ‘old Jack’, with no sense of society. Although Jack‘s change is bound to happen on the society free island, he is not the only one. Ralph’s intentions had altered as well, “The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering. (115)” Slowly but surely, Ralph follows in the footsteps of Jack, just as fate has intended. Who the boys are becoming – a beast of a person that hides inside of them – is inevitable to escape from the moment they stepped foot on the island.