Debate Over Man Being Inherent
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The ly good or evil is a debate which has raged since the beginning of time. Rousseau and William Golding do not shy away from taking a stance on the subject. But while Rousseau believes "nothing can be more gentle than man in his primitive state," Golding's believes quite the opposite. In his n ....
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.... water. At once the crowd urged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws."
Golding takes the viewpoint that unmasked human behavior is destructive, chaotic and violent. Human nature is not gentle, but rather a beast which comes out to destroy all the order and civility in life. Jack and his band of savages did not care for order, but rather for having fun and making random viol ....
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