Within man lies the inevitable tendency toward evil, but in most cases society's structure and support are enough to subdue this primal urge. In William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies,
             he demonstrates how easily one can regress when such structure is taken away. When they first arrive on the island, they immediately see the need to create rules and have order, as shown when Jack says, " I agree with Ralph. We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, We're not savages. We're English, and English are the best at everything. So We've got to do the right thing"(42). These boys, having lived in England for the majority of their lives, are used to there being rules to follow and when they first gather on the island, they soon fall back in to the habitual need for structure and guidance. While this works at first, the boys quickly realize that such a society is impossible to maintain because its inherent defects can always be traced back to the individual themself. This becomes evident when the boys begin talking among themselves, "Things are breaking up. I don't understand why. We began well; we were happy. And then- . . . Then people started getting frightened"(82). Simon was the only one who realized that the beast that plagued them was actually just a part of the darkness of there hearts that manifested itself physically as the "Beast" that terrorized the boys and dominated their thought's.
             Although shy and somewhat timid, Simon proves to be the most assertive and in touch with his emotions. While the other characters in the novel remain oblivious to the real causes of the group's troubles, Simon knows all along that their strife is something that stems from within themselves rather than something external. Simon tries to convey this to the others by saying "What I mean is... Maybe it's just us.'... Simon became inarticulate in his...