Human Nature Essay

     I like to believe people can be good but people are definitely evil. They may appear moral ,but many serious situations push us and bring out the bad inside of everyone.

     People are generally selfish. In the text the Lord of the Flies the characters are stranded on a deserted island and they have to survive. Most of them are just trying to live, but a big concern for them is the dispute between Ralph's group and Jack's group over who gets power over them all. In the poem The Cold Within none of the six characters would give their stick to the fire whether there reason be because of social indifference, race and even religion. If they would have given up heir sticks they might have survived.

     People are relentless. Jack would stop at nothing to gain power over everyone and everything in the LOTF by using his threats and lies about a beast that apparently roamed the island and in the gained control over the other boys (all except Ralph). In The Cold Within the rich man would not give up his stick because of the social status he and the poor man shared.

     People are narcissistic. Jack thought every thing he did was right and that everybody should follow his commands. Roger was also kind of narcissistic because he wanted everyone to be evil like him and do terrible things.

     People are controlling. Roger and jack used each other for their own personal gain in LOTF. Jack used Roger to convince people to join him and Roger used jack to create total chaos for everyone.

     Everyone has an bit of evil inside of them whether it as big as Roger's or Piggy's(whom was killed by Roger). People are selfish, relentless, inconsiderate and controlling even though a lot hate to admit it. you may meet some one who seems like a good person, but they really are just better at hiding their dark side than everyone else.