Can Good People Do Bad Things?
Can good people do bad things?
In this essay we will talk about the effects of communication in a variety of examples and differences. Such as how well trained boys can change over time in a hostile env In the film Lord of the Flies it shows that even well trained boys that grew up in good homes can revert back to instinct and turn feral and ruthless. We know that they are well trained because of their privileged backgrounds as they all attended a well-credited private school. The story tells of a plane full of refugees from the London Bombing gets shot down and crash lands on an island paradise. All the adults aboard the aircraft die in the crash and all is left are children aged between six and twelve. The story regresses’ as the boys turn from a well organised group of children to a rebellious tribe of savages. * "'We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything.'"
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch. 2
Another novel I’ve read is “The Wave”, it focus’ on the effect of “Power through Discipline” and its results on common high school students. The effect it has on the students slowly influences them into working together as a single unit or society. It almost goes too far as to become a cult of sorts. This was likely based on the Nazi Party of WW2, a single large organisation lead by few policy’s and rules. * “The Nazis might have been a minority, but they were a highly organized, armed, and dangerous minority. You have to remember that the rest of the German population was unorganized, unarmed, and frightened.”
- Ben Ross, Page 12
* “You have to understand that this experiment can’t go any further than I let it go. The whole basis for The Wave is the idea of a group willing to follow their leader. As long as I’m involved in this, I can assure you that it can’t get out of hand.”
- Ben Ross, Page 79
Hunters and Warriors by Justin D’Ath again reveal’s the
In this essay we will talk about the effects of communication in a variety of examples and differences. Such as how well trained boys can change over time in a hostile env In the film Lord of the Flies it shows that even well trained boys that grew up in good homes can revert back to instinct and turn feral and ruthless. We know that they are well trained because of their privileged backgrounds as they all attended a well-credited private school. The story tells of a plane full of refugees from the London Bombing gets shot down and crash lands on an island paradise. All the adults aboard the aircraft die in the crash and all is left are children aged between six and twelve. The story regresses’ as the boys turn from a well organised group of children to a rebellious tribe of savages. * "'We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything.'"
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch. 2
Another novel I’ve read is “The Wave”, it focus’ on the effect of “Power through Discipline” and its results on common high school students. The effect it has on the students slowly influences them into working together as a single unit or society. It almost goes too far as to become a cult of sorts. This was likely based on the Nazi Party of WW2, a single large organisation lead by few policy’s and rules. * “The Nazis might have been a minority, but they were a highly organized, armed, and dangerous minority. You have to remember that the rest of the German population was unorganized, unarmed, and frightened.”
- Ben Ross, Page 12
* “You have to understand that this experiment can’t go any further than I let it go. The whole basis for The Wave is the idea of a group willing to follow their leader. As long as I’m involved in this, I can assure you that it can’t get out of hand.”
- Ben Ross, Page 79
Hunters and Warriors by Justin D’Ath again reveal’s the