Wilkie Collins once inquired, “The best men are not consistent in good-why should the worse men be consistent in evil?” Innate human nature has been a heated discussion among society for an extremely long time; are we born good or evil? In the novel The Lord of the Flies, the short story The Most Dangerous Game, and in another short story Thank You Ma’am Wilkie Collins’ inquiry is prominent in each text as characters display both traits of good and evil. People are good to the extent where their situation and upbringing will reflect their innate nature as seen through Ralph and Piggy in Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, Rainsford in The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connell, and Roger in Thank You Ma’am by Langston Hughes.
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On page 171 of chapter 11 Piggy states, “You can take spears if you want but I shan’t.” In this example, the readers can see that Piggy isn’t a violent person and wants to reason with Jack to get his glasses back rather than fight the tribe to dominant. The evidence suggests that Piggy is someone who doesn’t choose to hurt others to get what he wants but rather tries to reason and propose a compromise. A bad person would’ve done anything to get what they wanted, such as hurting others or demanding their way, but Piggy decides to reason showing his true innate nature of consideration and kindness. This suggests that Piggy was raised in a house that was against violence and encouraged reasoning during a conflict. On the other hand on page 23 of chapter 1, the author points out, “Ralph looked at him, eager to offer something.” By looking at the words ‘eager to offer something’, readers can assume that Ralph is willingly to share part of his power with Jack so that everything is fair. It is important to note this because if Ralph was a bad person he would've just kept all the power to himself and wouldn’t share but he didn’t. Ralph realized that Jack also wanted to be a leader so Ralph allowed him to lead his choir group as hunters. This shows that Ralph is a considerate person because noticing some one's true feelings is not a skill that can be taught, more like born with and reveals that Ralph most likely came from a polite household because our parents guide us down the right path. However people may argue that not all the boys are good people by looking at how the boys become more and more savage, but their current situation had caused the boys to fight for survival. Nothing is ever said that the boys chose to hurt each other for fun but they hurt each
On page 171 of chapter 11 Piggy states, “You can take spears if you want but I shan’t.” In this example, the readers can see that Piggy isn’t a violent person and wants to reason with Jack to get his glasses back rather than fight the tribe to dominant. The evidence suggests that Piggy is someone who doesn’t choose to hurt others to get what he wants but rather tries to reason and propose a compromise. A bad person would’ve done anything to get what they wanted, such as hurting others or demanding their way, but Piggy decides to reason showing his true innate nature of consideration and kindness. This suggests that Piggy was raised in a house that was against violence and encouraged reasoning during a conflict. On the other hand on page 23 of chapter 1, the author points out, “Ralph looked at him, eager to offer something.” By looking at the words ‘eager to offer something’, readers can assume that Ralph is willingly to share part of his power with Jack so that everything is fair. It is important to note this because if Ralph was a bad person he would've just kept all the power to himself and wouldn’t share but he didn’t. Ralph realized that Jack also wanted to be a leader so Ralph allowed him to lead his choir group as hunters. This shows that Ralph is a considerate person because noticing some one's true feelings is not a skill that can be taught, more like born with and reveals that Ralph most likely came from a polite household because our parents guide us down the right path. However people may argue that not all the boys are good people by looking at how the boys become more and more savage, but their current situation had caused the boys to fight for survival. Nothing is ever said that the boys chose to hurt each other for fun but they hurt each