Human Nature In Lord Of The Flies

Gurbaaj Khasria

Mrs. Jackson

English 10 Honors Period 3

3/13/2023

Human Nature

There are almost 8 billion people in this world, and each individual is somewhat different in their own way. People can be either inherently divine or contemptible. Although there are a countless number of personalities, people’s views can change off of one event, which can reflect how one see’s another as a human being. In William Golding's novel, Lord of The Flies, Golding delineates human nature as immorally malevolent, which is an accurate depiction of the violent nature of humanity.

Evil can take form in many different ways including savagery. Golding’s viewpoints on human nature being evil is shown through violence. This is demonstrated by Jack and all of his violent kills while hunting. When Jack and the others go hunting, they violently chant, “Kill the pig, cut her through, spill her blood”, showing no mercy for the pig (Golding 69). The chanting conveys their desire and determination for violence as they barbarically kill the pig with no remorse. When the

Violence is shown in Animal farm when Napoleon kicks out snowball when he was starting to take over because Napoleon wanted rule. Napoleons dogs violently chase him away all for power and control, “nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for Snowball” (Orwell 41). This conveys that Napoleon would do anything to gain power, even resorting to violence. Instead of reasoning with Snowball, Napoleons first instinct is violence. Evil human nature can be shown how you treat yourselves compared to others. Napoleon and the pigs rise above everyone else when they state, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” (Orwell 100). This conveys corruption and deception which is shown inherently by their nature and how they were