The Good and Evil in Lord of the Flies
             Do human beings understand good and evil? Or is it something they learn from
             society? The novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is about a group of boys who
             are stranded on a deserted island. Human beings learn the difference between right and
             wrong from society. One of the main characters in the novel, Ralph, becomes the leader
             and tries to do his best to help keep everyone alive and tries to get them rescued. Another
             main character in the novel, Jack, becomes more like a savage, killing animals and even his
             own friends. They have learned these roles from society.
             Lord of the Flies clearly shows that an individual learned the difference between
             right and wrong form society. Society can be a different combination of people, but
             mainly parents. In Lord of the Flies, this is further explained, "Roger stooped, picked up a
             stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry--- threw to miss...Roger gathered a handful of stones
             and began to throw them. Yet there was a space round Henry, perhaps six yards in
             diameter, into which he dare not throw" (Golding 72). This quote explains that Roger
             was throwing rocks at a kid, but he purposely aimed not to hit him. He learned, from
             society, that it was wrong to inflict pain onto others. Even though he was stranded on this
             island, he remembered what he was taught.
             Ralph became the leader of the boys. When he was young, he was probably taught
             the differences between right and wrong from his parents, which are part of society. In
             the novel, he cared for the younger boys, worried about setting up shelter and being
             rescued, and tried to remain fair. "We have lots of assemblies. Everybody enjoys
             speaking and being together. We decide things. But they don't get done. We were going
             to have water brought form the stream and left in those coconut shells under fresh leaves.
             So it was, for a ...