Since the days of Adam, Eve and the serpent, society has had traces of evil even in the most “perfect” people. Today society is mounted with problem upon problem; essentially this supports the fact that man is inherently evil, as man's evil is what causes the problems. The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding presents a group of British boys beached on a tropical deserted island to illustrate the malicious nature of mankind. …showed first 75 words of 559 total…

…showed last 75 words of 559 total…mankind, but need the proper situation to come out and cause a transformation of even the most innocent of us, the beast is an example of such a thing. The beast goes through many transformations from the “creepers” to the parachutist. “[I]t (the beast) goes from being a nightmare in some little boy's dreams in the beginning of the novel to something very real that requires sacrifice if one is to be safe” (Michel-Michot 175).