In his book Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes spends a great deal of time examining human nature and how he thinks humans would act without society, government, or a code of moral values (Thomas Hobbes). In relation, William Golding's Lord of the Flies demonstrates human nature without the bounds of society or it's laws through the eyes of young boys. ... When Jack and his hunters catch a pig they throw a big feast and invite all who are willing to come. ... Jack has become clearly superior to the others and shows it in his manner. ... Jack and his tribe never know it was Simon but Ralph an...

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However, Jack uses Piggy's specs to "smoke [Ralph] out and set the island on fire"(217). ... The specs symbolise the greedy nature of mankind. ... Jack's tribe wants fire to cook, Ralph's tribe want the specs to keep the signal fire going. ... His lack of morals lets his greedy nature take him over, and his followers as well. ... This demonstrates the evil within the boys themselves. ...

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Such works that symbolize this quotation is George Orwell's Animal Farm and Jack Golding's Lord of The Flies. ... George Orwell uses many literary and thematic techniques to get his message of struggle across to the reader. ... Ralph, the protagonist, represents order and leadership, while Jack, the antagonist, represents savagery and the desire for power. Both novels demonstrate the conflicts in literature that exist between both good and evil. Lord of the Flies is an allegory which pictures the nature in human beings, whether it be good or evil, and points out that no matter how...

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Often, these changes cause them to waver between two separate versions of their natures, and make them question their own inherent goodness. ... The children described in the stories find it necessary to examine their natures to find where they belong, who they are, and what they believe. ... His struggle between the forces of good and evil are represented by the realms of light and darkness, as well as by the people he meets during his life. ... The Littleuns, lured by the beauty of the jungle, traipse away to play, while Jack Merridew's choirboys abandon their fire a...

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