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    The boys initially make logical decisions to establish order on the island, such as calling meetings, choosing a chief, and assigning jobs. However, over time Jack and many of the boys neglect their responsibilities and become entirely focused on hunting and killing. They engage in savage rituals centered around slaughtering pigs and see killing as fun. This escalating violence eventually leads to the murder of Simon and Piggy, and an attempt on Ralph's life as well. The document argues that this reveals men's inner evil nature and that civilization is what constrains our inherent violent tendencies.

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    The boys initially make logical decisions to establish order on the island, such as calling meetings, choosing a chief, and assigning jobs. However, over time Jack and many of the boys neglect their responsibilities and become entirely focused on hunting and killing. They engage in savage rituals centered around slaughtering pigs and see killing as fun. This escalating violence eventually leads to the murder of Simon and Piggy, and an attempt on Ralph's life as well. The document argues that this reveals men's inner evil nature and that civilization is what constrains our inherent violent tendencies.

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    The boys initially make logical decisions to establish order on the island, such as calling meetings, choosing a chief, and assigning jobs. However, over time Jack and many of the boys neglect their responsibilities and become entirely focused on hunting and killing. They engage in savage rituals centered around slaughtering pigs and see killing as fun. This escalating violence eventually leads to the murder of Simon and Piggy, and an attempt on Ralph's life as well. The document argues that this reveals men's inner evil nature and that civilization is what constrains our inherent violent tendencies.

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    CarissaReulbach

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    LordoftheFlies
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    Assoonastheboyslandontheislandtheymakethelogicaldecisionofcallingameeting
    todeterminewhatthesituationtheywerein.Theychooseachief,delegatejobs,explorethe
    island,andbuildsheltersallofthoseareimportantcharacteristicsofanorderlysociety,but
    slowlythesocietyfallstopieces.Jackandmostoftheotherboysbecomeentirelyfocusedon
    hunting,andstarttoneglecttheirotherresponsibilities.Theybecomecompletelyfocusedon
    huntingandkilling,astheybegintoforgettheproperbehaviorstheyhavelearned,andthey
    begintobereferredtoas"savages"(141).Theyperformritualsanddances,allcenteredaround
    killingthepig,astheyyelltheirchant,"Killthebeast!Cutitsthroat!Spillitsblood!"(152).They
    eventhinkitisfunwhenkillingthelargesowthatwaslyingpeacefullywithitsbabies,andwere
    "excitedbythelongchaseandthedroppedblood"(135).Eventuallyallthiskillingleadsupto
    themurderofSimonandPiggy,andtheyevenattempttokillRalph.Thisshowsthatastheboys
    areisolatedfromtherestoftheworld,theirinnerselfisrevealed,andthatinnerselfisextremely
    focusedondeath,killing,andmurder.Thesecharacteristicsareslowlyrevealedastheboysare
    ontheisland,revealingthatmenareinherentlyevil,astheyfindjoyinkillinganddeath.
    Therefore,theviolencethatdevelopsintheboysonislandisduetothefactthatmenare
    inherentlyevil,andthegoodinmencomesfromtheirconditioninginsociety.

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