In "Lord of the Flies," William Golding presents a rather pessimistic view upon human nature. Golding illustrates through symbolism and characters that the instinctual evil that lies within every individual is unavoidable. It is demonstrated throughout the novel, that without the restrictions and punishments created by society to demonstrate a democratic state, human beings would eventually lose touch of civilization and turn towards barbaric ways to meet the most basic necessities. Therefore, a mortal being is inherently evil, and the evil has always been within a fragile individual’s soul, and is only waiting to be released. Inevitably within every individual there is an aggressive but often misunderstood struggle between the right and wrong. Initially at the beginning of the novel, with the productive leadership of Ralph and the intellectual thinking of Piggy, the boys were able to act according to the moral ideologies present during their upbringing, and listen to their oblivious and uncorrupted conscience. With the conch in power to govern the boys’ meetings and bring order and civilization to the society they were yet to set up. The children seemingly were capable of casting their own personal barriers behind to designate jobs, build shelters and live in perfect united harmony in what could have been described as the Garden of Eve in the perspective of Ralph as “he might have been swimming in a huge bath”, and “set foot on a carefree island of eternal paradise”. As time progressed though, Jack who is the antagonist, and indeed the foil character of Ralph begins to show the progressively evident and more savage side of human nature. His anxious desire for authority gives him the strength to kill another living being, as it is described vividly that “His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living