Lord of the Flies and Human Morality

William Golding believes that people instinctively take advantage of unsupervised situations to satisfy their desires. Authoritative figures attempt to drive decent behavior into one's head, but when the cat's away the mice will play. The character Jack from Lord of the Flies represents the id and fulfills his rancorous passions. Jack feels the rescue fire is "wasting [their] time" [101] and spends his time hunting. Golding uses the fire to symbolize civilization, which Jack literally ignores. Although discouraging, Golding accurately views the moral nature of mankind.