Part one of term paper
In the novel Lord of Flies, the author, William Golding feels that when people are left to their own devices, the vast majority will choose irrational evil over reason and order. Irrational evil is something that causes misfortune, suffering, or difficulty. These acts are illogical and done in moments of chaos while reason and order repres ...

Part two of term paper
... are left to their own devices for a long period of time, their natural animal instincts come into effect and these are deemed evil by society. People will choose irrationalism and evil because they involve no work on the person's part and are enjoyable. At the beginning of the story all of the children, including Jack were in favor of having rules and following them. One of the rules was that the children would come to gather for an assembly upon hearing the sound of the conch. It is stated tha ...