The book, Close Quarters, by William Golding follows the authors general idea for the savagery and evil of the human race. There is a good deal of foreshadowing in the title even, due to the fact that the words: close quarters is referred to in a nautical sense as fighting hand to hand combat in a cramped sailors cabin. If that doesn’t say anything about savagery, I don’t know what does. Another good example of evil of the human race is when Talbot decides to speak to Captain Anderson again and makes him angry. Without even considering the possibility of politely asking Talbot to leave again, “What Captain Anderson did was to let out a kind of subdued snarl, turn, take a step to the forward rail and held it with both hands above his head, about to hit Talbot in his sudden fit of frustration.” This just proves that when people are on a boat for too long they will go crazy and not be considerate or caring and just move straight onto threatening people with heavy steel bars.

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