Essays on Lord of The Flies

“Good and evil” is the most common dichotomy in studies related to ethics, religion and philosophy. There is no holy scriptures that does not talk about good and evil. It is the most prevalent topic of ethics and philosophies. Though they are the main concepts...

A lot of times people tend to act with such a rush that they forget to think about the consequences of their actions. Not thinking about the consequences doesn’t make them not happen. In the book Lord of the Flies by the author William Golding...

Evil is commonly known as the lack of good. Wars, shootings, thefts, and robberies are all evil, but what about losing control? It all depends on how much control you lose and it depends on your definition of evil. Evil an extremely broad concept even...

Given what opportunities, or in what situations, would a person act selfishly or brutally? William Golding addresses this question in his book, Lord of the Flies. In this book, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys from England. At first,...

Every individual in society has gone through the experience of fear. There is fear in every situation, and it is an utterly unavoidable emotion. This emotion can cause us to make poor decisions, and change ourselves in a way that is dehumanizing in a society....

Thomas Hobbes, in his book describing the structure of government and society Leviathan, depicts the human experience to be “A condition of war of everyone against everyone.” Left cynical about man’s goodness due to his experience in World War II, Golding’s Lord of The Flies,...