"Lord of the Flies" is a novel that explores the nature of power Golding reveals the savage destructiveness of power that is corrupted by violence. Discuss

In the "Lord of the Flies", William Golding manages to display the boys slow descent into savagery as democracy on the island diminishes. In the beginning, Jack and Ralph managed to get along, but as civilization collapses, they become bitter enemies. Many of the biguns on the island brutally torment the littluns and cause destruction, but only to a certain extent, that is until order turns to complete chaos. Finally, the task of finding pigs …

…cannot face the truth about their inner desires. Golding wanted to demonstrate that evil is not existent in specific places or situations. On the island, the beast is central in deadly tribal dances, war paint and the manhunt, in the outside world the same lust for power and control plays out as a nuclear war. Throughout the Lord of the Flies, Golding managed to show that evil is present in everyone when exploited by violence.