Lord Of The Flies

Carol Nguyen
Mr. Gill
ENG3U
Tuesday, June 7, 2010
Human Behavior: Ivan Pavlov vs. William Golding
Throughout history, great thinkers suck up critically analyzed gentle behavior and the nature of humanness. In William Goldings novel The Lord of the Flies, young boys are face up with a plane crash where they moldiness rebuild civilization in order to survive. They encounter adult situations and must beget some sort of structure within the island. However, Ralph, who is 12 eld old is one of the oldest boys is chosen to be the leader must deal with taking care of the other kids and keeping alive. Among the survivors is loutish the voice of reason through the novel. He expresses his ideas and thoughts to Ralph, who then acts upon them. afterwards many long weeks on the island the kids start to turn into what directlys society would call salvages. William Golding portrays human nature passim the book as being dark, and heading towards a down slope. Ivan Pavlov, the great thinker of the mid 1800s to early 1900s believes that human nature can be trained or conditioned to behave a certain way.



The more practical view on human behavior is shown through Ivan Pavlovs theory because he has conducted numerous experiments proving the reflexes and reactions to certain sounds or foods and because of the experiences of every(prenominal) human.
William Goldings view of human nature and behavior is disallow and pessimistic. He believes that society and civilization today are so consumed and distracted by technology that humans dont realize their dark side, in other words his views is that humans are closer to the savagery end of the spectrum rather than the human end. In the novel, Golding shows that when the kids are alone with no structure, the inner sliminess in everyone is revealed and comes out to play. Simon who is a symbolic character representing the Nazarene Christ also shows a dark side. He is the solitary(prenominal) boy who is particularly nice to the younger children, yet at the end of the novel he is...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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