Is evil something humans learn or is it some thing in our animal instinct we all have? ... This is a natural instinct in the Creation to help and to pay back people in thanks, yet another time of nature poking through. ... He becomes wicked and the animal instinct for revenge shows. ... Although the way you are brought up can change you a bit it doesn't change our deepest animal instincts. Instincts can be good and bad, evil is not something that can be easily learnt. ...

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Naturalism portrays man in his most animalistic characteristics the instincts we use for survival. Constantly though out the novel Crane makes references to how man is like an animal. For example when he says that Henry is like a "proverbial dead chicken- or when the armies "roar- or when Henry "fights like a wild cat- all examples of humans using their animal like instincts which makes this novel an example of naturalism. 5. ...

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The urge of his awakened instinct of fatherhood was strong upon him . . . carrying the ptarmigan in his mouth (pg32). ... White Fang has to deal with conflicts against nature, and how there isn't enough food for all the animals. ...

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Golding obviously supports Buddha's idea that societies have set standards of behavior, because without standards an individual's savage thoughts and instincts overcome any prior training. ... He seems to take great pleasure in torturing a living animal, which foreshadows the ease with which he hunts Ralph. ... Roger progresses from torturing an animal, to killing Piggy with one blow, to contemplating a death filled with excruciating pain and suffering. ...

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Foreshadowing is presenting an indication or suggestion of before hand. William Golding uses foreshadowing to hint the impact of future events. The 3 examples of foreshadowing that impacted the novel most are Piggy's instant trust loyalty and trust in Ralph, the boys ignoring Piggy, and th...

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By the animal instinct that is awakened in us we are led and protected. It is not conscious; it is far quicker, much more sure, less fallible, than consciousness It is this other, this second sight in us, that has thrown us to the ground and saved us, without or knowing how We march up, moody or good-tempered soldiers, we reach the zone where the front begins and become on instant human animals. (55-56 All Quiet on the Western Front) This transformation happens in both novels and soon we begin to see the actions of the characters in both novels reflecting their psychological change. ... In ...

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His work emphasized that people are shaped by their environment and their instincts. In this novel, Zola wrote about the nature of human beings "their animal instincts. ... That is why the characters in Zola's work did not think morally; they followed their instincts. ... Naturalists believed that people were driven by their environment and their nature (instincts). ...

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In Lord of the Flies, Jack is the main representative of the instinct of savagery and the desire for power, to be precise, Jack is almost the exact opposite of Ralph. ... Jack is positive they will be fine as long as they follow the rules as "[they are] English, and the English are best at everything", he implies that they have to be well-mannered, even though he is the first one to give into his primal instincts (Golding 42). ... Jack is not cheerful due to the fact that he helped the group by getting meat, he is cheerful because killing the pig satisfied his primal instincts. ......

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"Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us," said Henri Frederic Amiel. ... Therefore, the drive of superiority led to destruction of balance as the competition between characters over power, courage, and leadership brought out the animal they had in themselves. ... One's instincts can sometimes be a reflection of the amount of control and power they need. ...

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Theme Descriptions of As I Lay Dying William Faulkner portrays all of his themes in the actual human drama of the South, where William Faulkner grew up. Since the death of Addie Bundren, her family is affected in a way that allows them to question and analyze who they really are. In As I Lay Dying...

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