Human nature can be described as good and evil. When an occurrence like the request of help, one can either heed the cry for assistance, or they can walk past and refuse. One might say that neutrality is the way to be neither good nor evil. This is false due to the fact of in this situation, neutrality would be to do nothing about the situation. The action of doing nothing would be considered as evil because you are still denying help to them.
In the story, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, sides are taken by the children. Though it is Edmund who chooses the opposing faction, sides considering good and evil are taken nonetheless. Edmund portrays the White Witch to be good due to the fact she fed him and clothed him when he was cold.
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World War 1 is a perfect example of human nature being either good or evil. Germany was seen as an evil country trying to expand its borders. Despite being one of the superpowers in the war, they did not start it. World War 1 began with the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. This sparked anger with Austria-Hungary and with the assassination came the declaration of war on Serbia. Germany had an obligation to assist Austria-Hungary due to the fact that they had signed a pact in which if an outside nation was to declare war on one of them, they would go to war against the opposing nation. This was the same for many of the countries in Europe. With Austria-Hungary and Germany declaring war on Serbia, Russia mobilised to defend Serbia, their ally. A majority of World War 1 declarations of war were associated with pacts made many years ago. Despite this being the case, The Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire) were seen as evil, and The Allies (Serbia, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium and the United States) were seen as good. Austria-Hungary’s decision to go to war with Serbia was justified due to the fact that the assassin had links to Serbia. It was also Germany’s duty to join Austria-Hungary in its time of need. The stereotype of Germany being the evildoer during World War 1 is incorrect and the reasons for going to war were not of evil