Why Is Lord Of The Flies Inherently Wrong

Many wonder what is the root of all evil and most conclude people are innately evil or have a darkness in them waiting to reveal itself. The topic of evil and where it really comes from has caused a debate among many people who take a variety of stances. One such person, William Golding, writes a novel called Lord of the Flies to display his position on this topic. Through his character’s in Lord of the Flies, Golding conveys his opinion that humans are born with natural ill intent which will manifest from lack of society, however, evidence showing people are born with a moral compass, along with the constant appearance of heroes in society, prove people are not inherently evil.

To begin with, it is shown humans know the difference of right

Although it’s true the evidence gained from babies’ can not be definitive, it is because of this reason which makes the evidence stronger. Since the babies can not be communicated with, the research couldn’t have been affected by the researcher or parents teaching them about morality. According to Stanford psychologist Philip Zimbardo, “If you want to change a person, change the situation.”(Zimbardo). At ages under six months old, babies have yet to be able to comprehend their surroundings. As a result, the baby has yet to be molded by the world, and for this reason a baby’s action is completely due to their human nature. This further strengthens the idea that a baby’s goodness means humanity can’t be

In the disastrous Hurricane Katrina people were loaded into the superdome where the rules of society broke down and all hell broke loose. Everyone in there “[had] to fight for [their] life”. Despite this, there were some who still tried to give hope. A Samuel Thompson during this time took his violin, “and leaned into each stretch of the bow as he played mournfully… once in awhile someone at the sports complex will manage a smile.”(Gold). Thompson’s music lit a spark of hope which helped the people survive through the darkness of the their crisis. In the case that ill intent intrinsic then heroism would not exist, and yet this is not what occurs in the world in the world. In another example, a “Fifty-year-old African-American construction worker standing on a subway. A white guy falls on the tracks. The subway train is coming… He's got a reason not to get involved. He's black, the guy's white, and he's got two kids. Instead, he gives his kids to a stranger, jumps on the tracks, puts the guy between the tracks, lays on him, the subway goes over him.”(Zimbardo) Again in an even more extreme situation, a man with nothing to gain decides to go out of his way to do something for others. Given both stories it would be preposterous to say humans are naturally