Food Guilt “Innocence is the weakest defense. Innocence has a single voice that can only say over and over again: “I didn’t do it. » Guilt has a thousand voices, they all lie. »(Leonard F. Peltier). We all have innocence and evil within us. For most, the guilt of doing evil stops us, but for some, the evil within us takes control. William Golding shows how guilt and innocence disappear when laws are not enforced and there are no consequences. In the tragic novel Lord of the Flies, Golding shows how far human will will go when savagery takes over. Simon's place is sacred; a sanctuary-like place that, once introduced, is free from all evil from the outside world. Simon knelt in the forest and “looked toward the clearing,” and a warm, calm atmosphere took over. All that moved was a “pair of screaming butterflies” that seemed to “dance” (Golding 74). This is the first time this sacred place is shown in the novel. As the other boys' evil emerges, Simon reappears in this place. Back in his place, Simon seems to appear as a holy figure. He was on the...