Good And Evil In Lord Of The Flies, By William Golding

“Fundamentally speaking, are humans good or bad? It's a question that has repeatedly been asked throughout humanity”(Stafford). Although“for thousands of years, philosophers have debated whether we have a basically good nature that is corrupted by society, or a basically bad nature that is kept in check by society”(Stafford). Humans are born innocent, but it’s up to them which road they choose, their experiences in life help them shape their identity. The book Lord of The Flies by William Golding, the passage “Personal Health: A Bully’s Future, from Hard Life to Hard Time” by Jane E. Brody and lastly an article from BBC news called “ Are we naturally good or bad” by Tom Stafford help support the idea of nurture.
If we see the world around us, we see war, arguments, bullying in various ways and many more
This all leads to a person thinking that we are born this way, no matter how much we try there is evil within us.It is understandable why people believe this way because when you see all of this happen it makes you think of these thoughts and all this darkness leads to the that idea of human beings are inherently evil. Additionally, while people read the book Lord of the Flies their idea of nature affecting us to be this way may strengthen. As it stated in the Lord of the Flies “Jack began to clean his bloody hands on the rock ”(Golding,120). This shows why people believe that humans are evil, this twelve year old just killed something with his own hands and he has no guilt about doing this action. Though people are right that humans are evil it is not true that we were born this way, people turn this way, they are formed into this way. Humans are like liquids whatever container you put them in, they shape according to them. This is the same