"It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways." This quote stated by Buddha somewhat describes how the boys on the island in The Lord of the Flies change from being nice civilized human beings to mean, evil savages. In The Lord of the Flies written by William Golding in 1954, evil is depicted as a terrorizing force that lives deep down inside of man which must be …showed first 75 words of 884 total…

…showed last 75 words of 884 total…naval officer stood on the sand, looking down at Ralph in wary astonishment." (p. 185) At the end of the novel, Ralph gets lucky and ends up surviving the horrifying getaway from the savages, when they are finally rescued. Two deaths was the final result of Jack's savage nature. If Jack knew how to control the evil that lives deep down inside of all of us then the death of Simon and Piggy wouldn't have happen.