Lord of the Flies was written by William Golding, a British philosopher whose belief about human nature is that all humans are inherently evil and need rules to control their wickedness. Golding's Lord of the Flies is about a group of British schoolboys who survive a plane crash during World War II and find themselves on an island where they slowly begin to forget their morals and turn into savages carelessly hunting and killing two of their own. Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a French philosopher who believes that all humans are intrinsically good and that society corrupts them, which is contrary to Golding's beliefs about human nature (Rousseau). I believe in Rousseau's philosophy because I believe that people can do much greater things than society expects and that if people did not have to depend on society, they would be less tempted to do evil if they were allowed to be themselves. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an 18th-century French philosopher who believed that humans are inherently good and that if they returned to their natural state, they would always be compassionate. Rousseau believes that society creates corruption and that if people are left alone, they can do much greater things than society wants. Rousseau believes that society makes people desire things that are not necessary and he also believes that the reason man becomes savage is because he is only concerned with his own self-preservation, "let us conclude that, being self-sufficient and submissive with so few passions, he could only have feelings or knowledge that suited his situation. (Rousseau) Rousseau believes that society leads people to establish rules to judge themselves to the point that it ruins them, confuses them and makes them hide their true nature, "man frequently deviates from them.. .... middle of paper...... in the novel because Jack and his hunters were too concerned with finding meat to eat to preserve themselves rather than watching the fire so all the boys could be saved rousseau states that society makes you desire things that are not necessary, for example boys desire those who hunt aimlessly have lost their chance to be saved because of their greed. preserves human nature because I believe that people can do much greater things than society expects and if people were not guided by society and society's prejudices, they would be less I believe that the society can help us become more productive people but not necessarily better people. I also believe that without society we could be less productive but not less evil. In conclusion man is fundamentally good even without society.