Essay Archive - Lord Of The Flies: Man's Nature and Characteristics of Simon
Lord Of The Flies: Man's Nature and Characteristics of Simon
Man is indeed a rational creature. In the book, Ralph is worried of
what will come of them. He asks “We can do all right on our own, can't we?”
and Piggy answers “We will do all right on our own, it's them that have no
common sense that make trouble on this island.” Although he is also
concerned that he is becoming irrational like Jack, he is clearly rational
for even thinking about that fact. Most humans are irrarional at times in
their life, and if they are put in the presence of irrarional humans, they
themselves become a little irrario....
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