Human Nature In Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

Exploring One's Nature. Human nature is very fascinating. Everyone is driven by a large number of instincts, emotions, and desires. We have both traits of kindness and cruelty, and love and hate. The contrasts of those traits shape one's behavior and interactions. One side may help us to seek connecting with others, but however, the capacity for greed, and aggression is also possessed. This is a balance between these two dualities that define human nature. The book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the short film The Monsters are Due on Maple Street by Rod Serling, as well as the movie The Purge by James DeMonaco all demonstrate how human nature can really affect someone. In the book Lord of the Flies, the boys are trapped on the island

At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws.” They had thought they killed the beast, but instead killed Simon. “Simon’s dead body moved out toward the open sea.” The boys mistook Simon for the beast they all feared. These quotes show us how they quickly went into survival mode, but didn’t seem to think beforehand. In chapter 11, Roger brutally murders Piggy by pushing the boulder off the hill. “Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea. His head opened and stuff came out and turned red. Piggy’s arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig’s after it had been killed. the body of Piggy was gone.” Roger wanted to show his importance and how powerful he was. This shows how cruel and brutal humans can be. The breakdown and morality on the island was definitely demonstrated here. In the short film “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”, the neighborhood got involved in chaos, which then made the residents suspicious of one another which caused all of them to feel fear and