Brain In Lord Of The Flies Essay

The world is plagued, not with a disease but with evil that originates in all of us. We see this in multiple instances such the brain's natural instincts, develope of humans and finally how diseases affect the brain. All of these show how we are naturally “evil” by today's standards due to how the brain is made up to be which is greatly evident even in a book such as Lord of the Flies. In order to understand how everyone is capable of doing evils such as murder we need to understand the most primitive form of the brain. The easiest way to explain the basic brain function is to compare it to a machine. This machine is built to survive, however unlike a machine it gives us emotions and thoughts that dictate how we act to prevent us from harm. This is why we make prejudgements of people before meeting them. For example if you see someone wearing a clown costume walking down the street would you want to be near them? Of course not. Your brain unconsciously is making …show more content…
The way someone gains power like Jack did in Lord of the Flies is by showing qualities that make them seem strong or by being apart of a hierarchy. This is seen not only in the book Lord of the Flies but in real life as well. The most current example would be North Korea using propaganda and lies to make the United States a common enemy among their people. Another reason is due to the brain's development and conditioning. Naturally we are all afraid of death and want to avoid it. That being said if a trusted source tells us about a life experience or a story whether true or false that is perceived as a threat we will generally avoid it. For example if we see school of fish swimming nearby at the beach I notice that people will generally move away from the situation even though the chances of a shark being there rises very