Since the inception of humanity, the ongoing argument has reigned of whether man is basically evil or good. Accompanying this argument is the question: Does humanity have free will to act upon the universe as we please or are we fate’s puppet to do as fate deems worthy? In Loung Ung’s, First They Killed My Father and William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, both question and argument are laid to rest as both authors open the window to the human soul with the cruelty of humans and the differing opinions of good and evil. As philosopher Thomas Hobbes said, “Moral philosophy is nothing else but the science of what is good, and evil, in the conversation, and society of humanity. Good, and evil, are names that signify our appetites, and aversions; which in
