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All People Can Be Savages Given the Right Circumstance
In today's modern societies, it is believed that a sophisticated way of life is what makes people civilized. It is also believed that people who do not have things such as a sophisticated political system and have little or no contact with the outside world, are savages. Without social norms, structured rules, contact with civilization, or other circumstances such as anger or war, people may become the savages that they truly are. This is displayed in the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the author shows that all people can be savages under the right circumstances. In Lord of the Flies, a group of young boys are stranded on an uninhabited island. They try to maintain a civilized society on the island, but slowly become savages.
People need some type of government structure in order to make...
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