Nature Vs. Nurture
Growing up as a child I was always taught that pointing at people was disrespectful, same with talking while other people were talking. Or to always leave a place better than the way you found it. Our brains constantly search for knowledge, when we are young our parents install things into our brains that help us become good people, they essentially nurture us to be acceptable people. Not because our nature is deficient, but because nurture amplifies our natural qualities. Nature vs. Nurture is a topic talked about for centuries, largely spoken about in Goldings book “Lord of the Flies” and since argued because of all the good points from both parties. Ultimately, nurture outways nature, because we are looked at and judged by how we act, not where we come from.
John Locke, an English philosopher, stated that all humans are inherently good. While that sounds outrageous, it's a respectable theory. Humans are who they are made to be, or who …show more content…
The boys were faced with adversity, and the pressure to hold everything together. They were put under extreme amounts of stress and in the hardest of situations. With the boys being no older than 8th graders, it’s hard to confirm how different age groups in our population would react to the hostile situations the boys were put into. “The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering,” (page 115). After being on the island for that long, the violence that surrounded him, started to rub off onto him. Allowing us to see that the evil shown through his actions isn't nature, but nurture. Circling back, role models can be good or bad. In this case, the bad shined through because all respectable nurture was stripped away when they were stranded on that island. After the killing of the pig Ralph was not satisfied with the group's actions,”“Just a game,” said Ralph uneasily.” He was aware of what his conscience allowed, and afraid of
Growing up as a child I was always taught that pointing at people was disrespectful, same with talking while other people were talking. Or to always leave a place better than the way you found it. Our brains constantly search for knowledge, when we are young our parents install things into our brains that help us become good people, they essentially nurture us to be acceptable people. Not because our nature is deficient, but because nurture amplifies our natural qualities. Nature vs. Nurture is a topic talked about for centuries, largely spoken about in Goldings book “Lord of the Flies” and since argued because of all the good points from both parties. Ultimately, nurture outways nature, because we are looked at and judged by how we act, not where we come from.
John Locke, an English philosopher, stated that all humans are inherently good. While that sounds outrageous, it's a respectable theory. Humans are who they are made to be, or who …show more content…
The boys were faced with adversity, and the pressure to hold everything together. They were put under extreme amounts of stress and in the hardest of situations. With the boys being no older than 8th graders, it’s hard to confirm how different age groups in our population would react to the hostile situations the boys were put into. “The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering,” (page 115). After being on the island for that long, the violence that surrounded him, started to rub off onto him. Allowing us to see that the evil shown through his actions isn't nature, but nurture. Circling back, role models can be good or bad. In this case, the bad shined through because all respectable nurture was stripped away when they were stranded on that island. After the killing of the pig Ralph was not satisfied with the group's actions,”“Just a game,” said Ralph uneasily.” He was aware of what his conscience allowed, and afraid of