Lord Of The Flies Good Vs Evil

Is humankind inherently kind or cruel? Humans are the product of their environment; humans are capable of both good and evil based on what shapes them. This topic can be seen in the memoir “Night” by Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the Holocaust sharing his experience, which raises the question, “Is humankind inherently good or evil? Humankind is intrinsically kind; we couldn’t benefit if we were all cruel towards each other, we rely on each other, and a bad influence drives hostile behaviour.

The question as to whether humans are inherently evil or good has been asked time and time again. Despite the fact Humans are naturally evil based on how they act under grim situations, the tendency of people to follow leaders that are evil, and how people have caused destruction, and have committed terrible acts throughout time. Humans often do terrible things when the situation for them is dire, even with the knowledge that doing said terrible things will only further the problem. A famous example of this is present in the story surrounding the wreck of the french ship, the Méduse.

“The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.” (Phillip Zombardo) William Golding, the author of a well known book, “Lord of the Flies”, beliefs what Phillip Zombardo said about good and evil. According to the book he wrote, he thinks that humans can very easily cross the line between good and evil.

There is an old Cherokee parable in which a little boy compares his internal struggle between good and evil to a fight between two wolves. His grandfather assures him that everyone experiences this same struggle, but the wolf that wins is “…the one that you feed” (Two Wolves). The evil wolf wins if he is fed anger and aggression, and the good wolf wins if he is fed kindness and empathy. Although the capacity for good and evil exists in everyone, evil will triumph unless one makes it a point to feed the good

The novel highlights the boys’ impulsive or pressured decisions, resulting in choices that decline into chaos, destruction, and death on the island. To begin with, careless actions cause trouble for the individual

The boys had no authority on the island, and therefore had no direction and would act differently because they won’t get in trouble for their actions. In addition, they had been disconnected from everything about a civil society. On the island, they only had memories of a civil society, and therefore, they quickly forgot how to act and what to do. Moreover, there were benefits for the boys to be uncivil as they were able to get meat and allowed to have fun with little work. Through and through, the environment around the boy's caused them to change how they acted and what they

Are People Inhertily Evil Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. (Xun Zi). For example in the book Lord of the flies, The author Williming Golding talks about how people are inherently evil but society keeps everyone in check. You can see this throughout the Lord of The Flies, An example of this would be Jack one of the older boys who broke away from the rest of the kids to form his group all about killing animals and the beast.

Remembering that the boys on the island are very young, we can understand why the boys felt the

(Golding 8) But little did they know that their point of view on an island without adults would change. After all the boys met up, there were stories about a “beast”. The little kids were scared of this “beast”, and they had nightmares. The older boys too had moments where they were scared that they might come across it while traveling across the huge island. The fear in their minds began to change them from who they were when they arrived on the island.

They think the island is nice, they vote, they decide who will be the  leader and they all  think they can live together  on the island until they are rescued.   They begin to realize that life on the island is much different than the life they knew, but if it weren’t for the island they would all be dead.   The boys  continue

The island the boys are stranded on appears as a paradise at the beginning of the novel, but as the boys’ proceed through their descent into savagery the island itself becomes more of a nightmare (Sova 1). In the beginning of the novel Golding puts the emphasis on the beautiful beaches and the palm trees that are on the island, but as the novel progresses Golding begins to put the emphasis on gloomier aspects of the islands such as the rocky cliffs that Simon falls off of while running away from the boy (Kruger 2). Later in the novel the boys use the island to murder Piggy by pushing a boulder down the mountain and hitting Piggy with the boulder. This act shows how the boys not only have descended into evil but now view the island as a way to pursue evil rather than the purity originally established (Sova 1).

Lord OF The Flies All people have evil inside of them, no matter how innocent they may seem. In the book Lord Of The Flies by William Golding, evil can be found in places we least expect to look in, witch is ourselves. The book has many elements of evil, and some of the boys know that and use it towards their advantage to gain power. As the book progresses, the boys transform from being a group of educated school boys, to a group of wild scavengers who have the thirst for excitement.

The boys hope to get off the island. They have no way of getting out. Only a person can save them. Irony: -The group of British boys are supposed to symbolize the growth of society however, they turn into wild, bloodthirsty creatures.

The island itself was their society that corrupted them because of being stranded on the island at a young age. The boys’ fear was larger than anything and the idea of

In America’s culture today, many high school students are on social media sites where you have to be careful about what you say and post in order to be safe. If you send a harmful message to another person, you have been evil towards them. If you realize what you have done is wrong and proceed to apologize to the person, then your good has overruled your evil. With their being an abundant amount of situations similar to this in the American culture today, the coincidence of good and evil is something everyone should hear and