The Good and Evil in Lord of the Flies Do human beings understand good and evil? Or is it something they learn from society? The novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is about a group of boys who are stranded on a deserted island. Human beings learn the difference between right and wrong from society. One of the main characters in the novel, Ralph, becomes the leader and tries to do his best …showed first 75 words of 705 total…

…showed last 75 words of 705 total…on the island became savages due to the lack of society. No one was there to tell them what to do and what not to do. The boys who were raised by a good society, ended up well in the end of the novel. The boys who were raised by a poor society, ended up savages in the end of the novel. Without society, human beings would not know the difference between right and wrong.