Humans are intricate. They built civilizations and invented the concept of society, consequently moving from wild primal instincts to disciplined behavior. William Golding, however, does not praise humanity in his pessimistic novel, Lord of the Flies, which tells the story of a group of British schoolchildren stranded on an uninhabited tropical island with no adults: a dystopia. Golding evidently expresses three visions of humanity in this novel. It suggests that, without the rules and restrictions on which societies and civilizations are built, human beings are inherently selfish, impulsive, and violent. Golding believes that all people are selfish, wanting to satisfy their own needs and desires before considering others. Jack, the leader of the choir, has a selfish desire for power. With “simple arrogance” Jack says, “I should be the leader because I'm the chapter chorister and the head boy. I can sing in C sharp” (22). His motivations for wanting to become leader are ultimately self-centered as he mentions nothing about his usefulness or contribution to the group of boys. However, Jack's wish to become a leader is partially fulfilled when he leads a hunting expedition. As a result, the boys' signal fire goes out, but when Ralph mentions it, Jack becomes "vaguely irritated by this irrelevance" (69) but is also "too happy to let it bother him" (69). The self-centered boy has no desire to be saved and would even like to stay on the island, so he puts his desire to hunt before everything else and endangers everyone by not taking care of essential matters. The boys who hunted with Jack also seem to selfishly enjoy the experience, though not without regret (some hunters agree that the signal fire should not have been fired) - that's......half the story. ..... ourselves towards her.... Roger ran around the pile... Jack was on top of the sow stabbing her downwards with his knife... The sow collapsed beneath them and they were heavy and satisfied on her” (135). Indeed, the gruesome description is reserved for Jack and Roger; however it is clear that all the hunters have vehemently piled on the sow as they are killing her with omnipresent violence. In short, human beings are essentially violent, and Golding expresses this with vivid descriptions of the boys' vigor in various violent situations. Golding has a rather pessimistic view of humanity that has selfishness, impulsiveness and violence within, shown in his dark but allegorical novel Lord of the Flies. Throughout the novel, the boys show great concern for themselves, act recklessly, and punch beasts, boys, and bacon. The delicate facade of society is easily overthrown by the true bestial nature of man.