Lord of the flies: human are potentially evil

Imagine an ¡§innocent¡¨ baby who is raised with only the basic needs of survival: food, shelter and physical requirements. The baby knows nothing about what is right or wrong, because we intentionally neglect the tuition for the baby. As a result the baby lives on congenital instincts. Once the baby is capable of moving and walking without any aid, we hold out objects that attract the baby¡¦s attention. Predictably, the baby will come and snatch objects he likes without any regard of whose is it. No one has taught the baby to seize, nor ask nicely. Therefore, the baby¡¦

The evil within us is actually being oppressed by our conscience. Before we reach the age when we can maintain self-control, we are constantly being supervised by those who are already capable of controlling themselves. The boys in the novel lack a developed human to supervise them. Therefore consequencly, if the boys are given enough time, they will certainly become true savages whose body is dominated by evil. What shields us from a catastrophic world is simply the education we acquire and the rules we accept. But we must be influenced by the modern inculcation at all times, otherwise we would eventually regress back to the primitive stage.

¡§¡K that man is an aggressive animal will hardly be disputed¡K with the exception of certain rodents, no over vertebrate habitually destroys members of his own species¡K¡¨ (Anthony Starr ¡V Human Aggression). Men are evil. The will to survive and to surpass causes constant competitions between men. Competition occurs everywhere in life: home, school, work, sports and games, and various places or activities. It is true that competition is what motivates us to evolve, but we, humans, are the only creature that draws chaos from it. Often, in movies or on T.V. or even real life experience, we see that one sabotages another just to win: a typical company may use numerous low tricks that cause another company¡¦s failure, an athlete may increase his chance to win by ruining others, or even a sibling may speak malicious comments about the other sibling, just to get more love and attention from parents. In the book, Jack speaks falsehood about Ralph ¡§¡K and t

Some topics in this essay:
P98 Jack, Evil Evil, Human Aggression, Roger Jack, William Golding, P28 Simon, Ralph Jack, Anthony Starr, leadership jack, primitive stage, potential evil,