Jealousy In Lord Of The Flies

To be kind, you must work against your human nature. Humans are mean, evil creatures. People destroy, kill, and manipulate others. Evidence of this is seen throughout the world. In his novel Lord of the Flies, Golding portrays the idea that human nature is inherently evil; this is accurate as displayed in the real world and in literature.

Golding portrays human nature as evil throughout his book, Lord of the Flies. He gives human nature an accurate description of his literature and how the boys act. He reiterates this with the scene in which the boys discuss having killed Simon. When Ralph and Piggy were talking about what had happened, they seemed to speak with an unpleasant "excitement in [their] voice[s]” (Golding 157). The boys were discussing

People can experience jealousy for several reasons. Jealousy can cause you to feel a lot of emotions. One is the phenomenon called compensation. It is a pleasure felt by seeing another person’s misfortune or pain. Studies have been concluded to figure out why people feel this and enjoy others pain. One study showed how “people experienced happiness when someone they were jealous of. had something negative happen to them” (Castillo). When someone is in pain, the most immediate emotion should be sympathy. But sometimes our conscious makes us feel happy or relieved at their pain. Some people will even relish in the fact that someone they do not like is upset. Our human nature allows these feelings to be expressed because it is simply how we are. We are evil and jealous, and those feelings never have good endings. They will sometimes put people at a safety risk. In a study conducted by researcher Gibbons, jealousy was the prime motivator of 22% of homicides in 1958 (Mullen). But jealousy does not always lead to violence. Sometimes it only causes a build up of hatred and resentment. Like how in Lord of the Flies, Jack does not like how Ralph becomes chief. When Ralph was first declared chief, Jack showed signs of anger; his face “blushed with mortification” when the vote was made (Golding 23). He was extremely jealous of Ralph because he thought that he deserved to be chief. Therefore, when the announcement was made, he was embarrassed to lose. So, he started resenting Ralph. Which eventually led to him leaving the group and creating his own. He could not feel happy for Ralph because he had an overwhelming feeling that he was being ignored for a position he deserved. This feeling of jealousy is what first started the havoc that would happen on the island. Jealousy occurs often, and when not dealt with correctly, can lead to major problems. But jealousy cannot be avoided. It is a part of nature, and