How would William Golding characterize human nature?

Question

In the book lord of the flies human nature is a theme and i don't really know how to put it in an essay i need help!

Answer 1

I would say that he characterizes human nature as being animal-like and rather "sub-human."  They are quick to lose their sense of civilization and are quick to suggestion.  Good luck.

Answer 2

William Golding believes that all naturally people are wild, chaotic and unethical unless they are put in a strict civilized society.

Answer 3

Recall that the world the boys seemingly have escaped from is at war.  People are innately belligerent and uncivilized, and the boys quickly devolve to the same pattern of behavior.  They form two warring groups which differ in ideology and purpose, and they do not seek compromise but rather Jack's group attempts to dominate the other group.  At novel's close, the island is ablaze and the last vestiges of civilization have disappeared.  The island has become the world in microcosm and the boys have succumbed to the flaws of the adults in the larger world.  What is human nature is innate and inescapable, and it is not good.  

Answer 4

I would say much like Thomas Hobbes: Man in a state of nature lives a life that is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short'