Golding's Views On Human Nature In Lord Of The Flies

What is Golding's views on human nature in chapter nine, "A view to a death", in Lord of the Flies?

At the start of the book, the kids set rules and stick to them, which is what they have been taught to do. However, in "A view to a death", we see how their moral has decayed and how they join Jack and become more like animals than what many believe to be humans. The main time this is shown is after Simon comes back from discovering the true "beast". When he comes back, Jack and his followers and on all fours chasing around the fire .When he tries to tell them that the "beast" was just a paratrooper and that the true beast they should be worried about is the beast inside of themselves, they kill him. They do this without truly thinking how most would expect a human act as they do not truly know what they are doing and just act naturally and this is like an animal. This shows that Golding believes that we are just animals in nature. As the true beast is the one inside of

Simon finding out that the beast was a paratrooper goes to tell Jack and his tribe about how they shouldn’t be scared of the beast anymore. We can see this in chapter 9 where it says, 'The beast was harmless and horrible, and the news must reach the others as soon as possible.' This shows consideration and feelings towards others because Simon doesn’t want his tribe to be scared anymore and have one less thing to worry about that. William Golding has probably put this in his book to show how there is a contrast of children on the island and how some can keep their humanity better than others. From people like Jack who are selfish and don’t help anyone to people like Simon, a boy who just wants everyone not to be scared and he try's to help others as much as he