Are Humans Good Or Evil Lord Of The Flies

“Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick” (Golding 103). William Golding in his novel, The Lord of the flies represents how the man is evil although that we still have a moral side that pull us away from that. It gives us a visual of how society changes us to be more civilized. We humans have a moral and immoral side although mainly our moral side dominates more then our immoral. In the article, Are Humans Good or Evil? Naughty or Nice? “When in a stable and safe environment with enough food in our bellies, having a biology of morality sustains our place in the community of humans who help ensure our biological imperatives. In highly stressful, recourse poor environment, We’ll step on whoever is in front of us if it helps us survive” (Paul J. Zak). As humans we are naturally born to be selfish and to do whatever it takes for us to survive. If we are around acceptable environment we are in a civilized state. Such as Maslow’s hierarchy of needs which include physiological needs, safety, love and belonging, esteem for ourselves, and self-actualization.

I am strong. Why should I not use my gift? If I wish to hunt, why should I not? I hunt the scum of the earth: sailors from tramp ships--lassars, blacks, Chinese, whites, mongrels--a thoroughbred horse or hound is worth more than a score of them “ (Connell). General Zaroff seems, on the surface, to be a mannered, cultured individual. It is only his ideas and actions that show him to be a truly amoral man, almost a sociopath, as he cares nothing for the lives of other people, not even his own servants. A man who never seemed to value the life of other humans and thinks of hunting people and murdering them is some sort of