8B Human Nature by Catlin Tucker

Sam Drew

2013-10-23 20:06:28 UTC

William Golding has a view of human nature that humans are more chaotic than orderly.

This was seen when the boys go on hunts and have their chants or when Ralph is alone in the jungle

he thinks of the other boys as "savages".

Mike Tran

2013-10-23 20:06:37 UTC

William Golding sees that humans are violent and dangerous things. The boys are hunting and they start to chant " Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!" (Golding 114) Just as shown here you can tell that he sees that humans are terrible things. They are cruel and selfish. Just like how he showed that the boys are brutally killing the pig.

Christopher Licea

2013-10-23 20:07:37 UTC

William Golding views that humans are more chaotic and born evil rather than

being orderly. Numerous times, Golding refers to the new group of boys as "savages".

"The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee... the body of Piggy was gone...

'See? See? That's what you'll get! I meant that!" (Golding 181)

Aliezah Hulett

2013-10-23 20:07:46 UTC

Wiliam Golding viewed human nature to be more chaotic than orderly, as displayed when, "Simon's dead body moved out to sea" (Golding, 154) after he was killed by Jack and his group of "savages," as they were described by Ralph.

Kimberly Rosas

2013-10-23 20:08:07 UTC

William Golding expresses in the novel that human nature is more chaotic than orderly. He writes in in the book that the children on the island are savages, which is a sign that they are out of control and acting like animals now.

They are attacking each other for no reason, just for the thrill of it. Toward the end of chapter, Jack and his tribe start getting violent. " Viciously, with full intention, he hurled his spear at Ralph"(Golding 181). Ralph has doing no

harm to Jack and for some reason Jack felt like he needed to prove himself and make a statement because he thinks he is the new chief. Golding is using visual context to explain that humans are naturally chaotic and evil, not good.

Claire LoCicero

2013-10-23 20:08:26 UTC

William Golding's view of human nature is that humans are more evil and chaotic than good and orderly.

There is the occasional wonderful person as Golding demonstrates through Simon, however Golding

displays two extremely violent characters Ralph and Jack and their violent followers. They are described even as "savages"

throughout the novel. "Ralph glanced up at the pinnacles, then toward the group of savages" (Golding 177). This quote just

shows how they are known as savages. Jacks group is clearly chaotic and Ralph's group is somewhat chaotic.

Angela Chavez

2013-10-23 20:08:51 UTC

William Golding's view of human nature is that humans are more chaotic rather than orderly. He also views humans as violent and evil rather than good. He thinks humans are inherently evil. "Savages appeared..."(Golding175). This shows that humans are savages and are evil.

Ciara Johnston

2013-10-23 20:08:53 UTC

William Golding has a really opinionated view of human nature. within the book, order was followed it chaos. That being said it shows that with good comes evil and really humans are not one or the other but actually both, some more evil then good. There's a beast inside us and our actions reflect who we really are, our intentions are selfish and selfishness brings out tje beast. “Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

Zack McDowell

2013-10-23 20:08:56 UTC

William Golding views human nature as very chaotic and not as much order. Many of the boys when they hunt are very savage like and are considered kind of evil in this book. Simon displays when talking to the Lord of the Flies what Golding is trying to get a crossed in his book. That human nature is naturally chaotic and evil and selfish.

Jasmine Jolly

2013-10-23 20:09:00 UTC

I think that Golding believed that humans can be orderly and good but they can quickly change their ways and become chaotic and evil. A good example of this is Simon, one of the kindest boys on the island who changed so quickly and went crazy. He refers to Jack's tribe as savages and explains in detail the cruel and crazy things they do.

Nolan Sweeney

2013-10-23 20:09:11 UTC

William Golding's view of human nature is that most human want to be good, but

when faced with a situation such as

survival, they will do what ever it takes to survive even if that means not being

good.

Lexie Fraser

2013-10-23 20:09:39 UTC

William Golding, views human nature as being a chaotic wreck compared to an ordered society. He only sees the violent parts and evil things humans do, he never can see any good. He shows this in his novel, by demonstrating it through Simon. When Simon went to talk to the Lord, a lot of evil in human nature is shown, "...swung at Ralph with his spear" (Golding, 177). This is how William described all of the evil human nature has.

Alex Zapata

2013-10-23 20:09:55 UTC

William Golding's view of human nature lean more towards chaos, rather than order. He uses the boys as an example. When they first arrived at the island, they were extremely orderly telling other boys what was right and wrong. In the beginning of the book, Jack was frightened and didn't kill the pig he saw. "'Why didn't you?'...They knew very well why he hadn't: because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood" (Golding)Now all Jack can think about is to hunt and have meat.

Kane Dimitriadis

2013-10-23 20:09:58 UTC

William Golding's view on human nature is that people are violent and are savages. The boys are very gruesome about killing pigs, they have a special chant for killing pigs "Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in! (Golding 114) and this is just showing how violent they can get because all they should do to kill the pig is quickly.

Brady Michnevich

2013-10-23 20:10:03 UTC

William Golding sees humans as being who wish to have order, yet are eventually going to submit to chaos and disorder. When Golding writes of the kids, they are yelling "Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig!" (Golding 114). from this quote you realize how Golding feels that humans will eventually give in to the chaos.

Kendall Meyers

2013-10-23 20:10:18 UTC

William Golding's views human nature as being chaotic. He feels that many people are born evil, some follow others' evil ways, and few are

born good. In the novel Lord of the Flies, Golding describes the chaotic boys as "savages". The "savages" murder, steal, and lie. Most of the

boys end up turning into these "savages". Few remain good.

Sarah Tomaszewski

2013-10-23 20:10:20 UTC

William Golding's view on human nature is that people have a tendency to try to fit in with society, but one society falls away the people become corrupt in a chaotic manner rather than order. "Evening was come, not with calm beauty but with the threat of violence" (Golding 150). In this quote it shows how society was described before it was ruined. In this novel most of the boys have forgotten or don't care about order and would rather choose their own rules.

Ariana Hurtado

2013-10-23 20:10:30 UTC

William Golding's view of human nature is more chaotic than orderly. We see this throughout the novel. revers to the boys as "savages". This refers to the boys as they are out for hunting. With this it creates a more chaotic vibe towars

Kirk Tietsort

2013-10-23 20:10:39 UTC

I believe that Golding believes that there is down right good in people but when people are put in certain situations they become down right evil. Like in the novel Jack starts out following order but then he got to love killing things and became evil. Ralph, on the other hand, was pretty powerful to start off but then as Jack rose to power he became angry and claimed all who followed Jack and Jack himself "Savages".

Bella Medina

2013-10-23 20:10:39 UTC

William Golding views human nature as an evil thing. When Jake killed Ralph he said," Viciously, with full intention."( Golding 181). Willian Golding thinks people are vicious on the inside whether it shows or not.

Alyssa Sprague

2013-10-23 20:11:48 UTC

William Golding views human nature as being evil and chaotic. When Jack and Ralph are fighting after Piggy dies, the narrator shows how evil Jack is, "Viscously, with full intention, he hurled his spear at Ralph," (Golding page 181). Throughout the book the children are called "savages" and this explains the evilness within human nature, as written through Golding'g writing.

Ashley Taylor

2013-10-23 20:12:17 UTC

William Golding views humans or human nature are that people can be good or evil. Ralph, Piggie and Samneric show the good side while Jack and "his boys" show signs of evil. "Supposing we go, looking like we used to, washed and hair brushed---after all we aren't savages really and being rescued isn't a game---" It's important that Golding mentions that Ralph and the boys don't believe that they are playing a game for fun. Jack and the boys don't realize how serious there situation is and want to have fun. Jack and them act like everything will be okay and they will be rescued when they want.

Anna Kaufman

2013-10-23 20:12:19 UTC

William Golding has a cynical outlook on human nature. He clearly believes that when humans are allowed to live on their own, outside the confines of societal expectation, they act as savage beasts. Although Golding creates some characters in his novel that prove to be positive representations of human nature, the majority of his writing depicts the stranded boys as cruel and disorderly. This is demonstrated by Simon's conversation with the "beast" or the dead pig's head. The "beast" taunts Simon, "'You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you?'" (Golding 130). With this conversation, Golding is trying to show that the "beast" is inside of Simon, it is the evilness of human nature that he is fighting against.

Jordan Rowe

2013-10-23 20:12:20 UTC

William Golding views human nature to be evil and chaotic rather then good. On the island, after killing one pig the boys in Jack's group turned into blood crazy savages. "You knew, didn't you? I'm a part of you" (Golding 143). In this example, the pig head is speaking to simon, but it is really simon talking to himself. Golding is explaining that humans are naturally evil. Once the boys of Jack's group experienced the evilness of killing, the evil inside them overshadowed the good inside them.

Georgia Wyman

2013-10-23 20:12:24 UTC

Based off of how this novel unfolds Golding thinks that humans are more chaotic then orderly. '"Let's have a vote." "Yes!" "Vote for chief!"' (Golding 22)

The book starts off orderly but as time passes and the kids get more and more scared of what's on the island and of whether or not they will ever get rescued

everything gets more chaotic. '"Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!" Now out of the terror rose another desire, thick, urgent, blind" (Golding 152). The boys

transform into savages as their fear takes over. In this book Golding shows how as soon as these young boys were free from societal rules and expectations and they

weren't faced with any consequences they became completely chaotic. This shows that human nature is chaotic but because of society human nature is suppressed.

Rules, consequences, and expectations force humans to behave in an orderly fashion and because we have had societies for so long many believe that we are inherently orderly.

However, as soon as we are free from society and can do "whatever we want" we become chaotic once again, because that is our nature.

Valerie Perez

2013-10-23 20:12:42 UTC

William Golding has a view of human nature is that humans are much more chaotic then they are orderly. " The chief smoke to him angrily" (Golding. 182). As shown in this example it is very easy for humans to get angry and this would show how anger makes the situation more chaotic.

Andrew Peters

2013-10-23 20:14:38 UTC

William Golding views humans as violent and greedy. He presents his opinion in the novel Lord of the Flies,

showing that humans are born violent, greedy, and savage like. Humans usually care more about themselves

than they do about others and show acts of selfishness throughout everything that they do. He also expresses

that humans do not care how others might feels or about helping those that need help.

Giselle Silva

2013-10-23 20:15:23 UTC

William Golding views human nature as being both good and bad

There's people like the twins, Ralph, and Piggy that represent how

human nature can be good and not violent, and people like Jack who

show the violent and evil side of human nature.

Jaron Talley

2013-10-23 20:16:08 UTC

William Goldings view on human nature, is that people are naturally violent and chaotic. "Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close!" (Golding 196). The lord of the flies is expressing Goldings view on human nature.