#3 - Think a bit deeper about the themes present in the book - what do you think Golding might have been trying to say about society and politics?
I think that Golding was trying to say that people are way to easily persuaded to do things. Jack so easily convinced most of the boys that he was a better leader than Ralph was being. He said that he would give them meat (which he believed was the most important thing to survive on the island), and he claimed that his tribe would be better than Ralph's.
#5 - Do you agree with the idea that evil is inherent in people, regardless of age? Discuss in relation to your own experiences as well as those in the book.
No, I don't agree that people are born evil, or have any evil in them when they're born, but I do agree that people's surroundings can make them evil. For example, if a kid is abused by his or her parents, then its likely that he or she will abuse their own kids. They just learn that lifestyle. In Lord of the Flies, the boys aren't evil in the beginning. They were actually pretty decent people. Since they were taken out of their normal lifestyles, and put in such a terrible situation, and they were forced to take care of themselves and survive on their own, they snapped and became evil.
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