Lord Of The Flies Good Vs Evil

Good vs. Evil. Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. Xunzi –. The meaning of “goodness is caused by intentional activity” is that goodness is a result of conscious activity and training. To have good, human nature people have to be conscious and focused on what they are doing. While in Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, he depicts a society riddled with evil, which is an accurate depiction and encapsulates the violent nature of humans across other pieces of literature and the real world. Golding’s viewpoint on human nature when he wrote Lord of the Flies is that it is evil. In chapter 10 after the death of Simon, it is the next day and his body is right by the ocean. Ralph and Piggy are bickering about the death of Simon and

Near the beginning of the novel there were seven commandments; at the end of the book there was now only one commandment that states, “ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS” (Orwell). Throughout the story the progressive changes to the commands and how many there were exemplifies Napoleon's evil human nature as his goal was to manipulate the other animals into thinking he was a good leader; essentially using fear, propaganda, and other manipulative techniques to get his way. His plans for work as humans and pigs are now undistinguishable among them. Another evil human nature characteristic is that someone has the intent of doing harm to others just because they want to. In Lord of the Flies Roger and Maurice came out of the forest after the got done with their job at the fire, “Roger led the way straight through the castles, kicking them over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen stones. Maurice followed, laughing, and added to the destruction” (Golding 60). Later on “Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry threw it to miss” (Golding