It is our environment that affects the choices that we make as human beings. The argument is, are we as humans, born with the intent of doing evil and we learn manners as we get older, or, are we as humans naturally trying to do good and what is right, but it can vary depending on your environment. William Golding, author of “Lord Of The Flies”, believes that we humans naturally do evil. While on the other side, Jean-Jacques Rousseau believes that it all depends on what kind of environment you are in. There was an experiment held based on Stanley Milgram’s views on how humans reacted when a high position of authority commanded you to do something. Such as deliver a 450 volt shock to someone you have never met before. People were tricked into
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That we are taught manners as we get older to tell us the difference between good and evil. I can see how people have that opinion on how we act. We as babies, don’t know the difference between good and bad. We depend on our parents to tell us the difference, they teach us manners, help us to decide when it’s time do something, and when we shouldn’t do anything. I do acknowledge people’s views on that subject. One way William Golding shows that humans are naturally evil when there is no order, is when the boys in, “Lord of the Flies”, kill their first pig. They start to chant, “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Bash her in.” (pg 75). That part however, can be used for a counter argument as well. In the beginning after the plane crashed, Jack comes across a pig trapped. The boys needed to kill this pig to eat. However, Jack couldn’t do it since he was raised in such an environment that he wouldn’t be able to deal with the thought of a knife piercing thing pig’s skin and blood spilling all over. “Then the pig tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth. They were left looking at each other and the place of terror. Jack’s face was white under the freckles. He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down, replacing the blade in the sheath” (pg 31). This is still when the boys are still used to civilization. He was just recently placed in this environment and he had no clue what to do. Until later in the book, the boys understand the environment that they are placed in and they will need to fight and kill in order to stay alive until
That we are taught manners as we get older to tell us the difference between good and evil. I can see how people have that opinion on how we act. We as babies, don’t know the difference between good and bad. We depend on our parents to tell us the difference, they teach us manners, help us to decide when it’s time do something, and when we shouldn’t do anything. I do acknowledge people’s views on that subject. One way William Golding shows that humans are naturally evil when there is no order, is when the boys in, “Lord of the Flies”, kill their first pig. They start to chant, “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Bash her in.” (pg 75). That part however, can be used for a counter argument as well. In the beginning after the plane crashed, Jack comes across a pig trapped. The boys needed to kill this pig to eat. However, Jack couldn’t do it since he was raised in such an environment that he wouldn’t be able to deal with the thought of a knife piercing thing pig’s skin and blood spilling all over. “Then the pig tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth. They were left looking at each other and the place of terror. Jack’s face was white under the freckles. He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down, replacing the blade in the sheath” (pg 31). This is still when the boys are still used to civilization. He was just recently placed in this environment and he had no clue what to do. Until later in the book, the boys understand the environment that they are placed in and they will need to fight and kill in order to stay alive until