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Human Nature Many people have pondered the question "what is basic human nature?" Many ancient philosophers have written on this topic, and their ideas differed greatly. Debate on which view of human nature is correct has raged for centuries, with no winner so far. Human nature is such a sensitive issue because it helps to define morality and savagery. William Golding's story Lord of the flies, has added much to the ongoing debate over human …

…authority is a grown-up. But in the adult world there is no one to step in and stop humankind from destroying itself. I accept Golding's point of view of how fragile and self-destructive mankind can be once it is freed from the civilization constraint. I also agree with William Golding, that savagery was always in mankind, but need the proper situation to come out and cause a transformation of even the most innocent of us.