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Top 10 Evil Children in Fiction
Evil can be defined as the intent to violate all or some rules, laws and procedures. It is also a deliberate wrongdoing, designed to hurt others. In his book, In Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche argues that the natural functional non-good has socially transformed into the religious concept of evil. Ayn Rand, on the other hand, believed that reason is man’s means of survival. Anything that tries to destroy or negate a man from living a proper life is evil.
This article examines 10 evil children as they are portrayed in popular culture. Let’s take a look at the role models our children may follow. How may we censor some of the information affecting our children?
10. Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter Series:
This Harry Potter character is truly evil with or without Voldemort’s influences. He definitely deserves to be on this list. His bullying methods were known to be sadistic. Malfoy even had every intent to kill his headmaster, but was beaten to the punch by Severus Snape who happened to be working for the latter.
9. Roger, Lord of the Flies:
This boy is as wild as one child can get. He and others become stranded on an island after their plane crashes. Roger seemed to have fun, taking his stay very lightly. Bullying others, he throws stones at other boys, ruins sand castles the little ones built. The worst came when he killed Piggy with a boulder. He never aimed to miss.
8. Joffrey Baratheon, Game of Thrones:
“Everyone is mine to torment!” This violent and ruthless young ruler, the most objectionable person in all Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, arrives at number 8 on this list. A bastard in both senses, Joffrey is spoiled, sinister and sadistic – but invariably too cowardly to get his own hands dirty. His highlights reel includes large-scale infanticide, ripping out a songsmith’s tongue, tricking Sean Bean into slaying his own pet, using an escort for crossbow target practice and forcing his girlfriend, Sansa, to glance at her father’s severed head. Played by Irish actor Jack Gleeson as a cross between Draco Malfoy, Damien Thorn and Caligula, he’s a character that fans (and, it seems, the whole internet) love to hate. Fans were happy to see their favorite villain die after drinking poison at his wedding feast and dying in his mother’s arms.
7. Charlie McGee, Firestarter:
Charlie can make fire with just one click of a mind. In the movie, Charlie creates a large inferno, which has government agents going after her and her father. Fearing the experiment, they flee, only to be captured by Native Americans and their assassins. Charlie must then use her powers to get her and her dad to safety.
6. Henry Evans, Good Son:
A nice and well-mannered cousin, son and brother at first may be your worst nightmare later. This is one way to describe Henry Evans, the antagonist in the film, Good Son. Fascinated over death, Henry displays psychotic behavior, leading to the death of his brother and the death of the next door neighbor’s dog. This is not all, Henry even dropped a dummy onto a local highway, leading to a massive pileup. Henry’s behavior comes to a boiling point and climax, where his mother has to choose between him and his cousin. Life and death situation where Henry cannot blame anyone but himself for.
5. The Children, Village of the Damned:
In the small English village of Midwich, the populace is subjected to a massive blackout. The whole population passes out for hours before recovering. The only result of the incident was suddenness in unexplained pregnancies. Twelve children are born after this incident–six blond-haired boys and six blond-haired girls. The children are set apart from the rest of the village. Authorities try to make sense of these super-intelligent, emotionless children. The village thus agrees to let the children live in a separate cottage. But danger brews all around, and in morbid acts of self defense, the children are responsible for a rash of suicides and unaccountable deaths.
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