Thomas Hobbes was a philosopher who viewed man as a beast, one who could not be trusted with himself. He thought man is not by nature a social animal; without the power of the state, men would destroy themselves. On the other hand, political philosopher John Locke thinks that most people would still choose to the right thing even if not forced to. He thought that men could control themselves and live in harmony with others, because man is by nature, a social animal. William Goulding disagrees with Hobbes in his novel, Lord of the Flies and supports Locke. This novel is about a group of British boys whose plane crashes when fleeing the country due to an imaginary war. They are stranded on an island not knowing the location and trying to survive. Since there are no adults to take charge, they start out by saying they will have plenty of rules. Some of the older boys such as Ralph, Jack, and Piggy start to take charge. Ralph is a “chiseled” boy who at the beginning is mean to Piggy, because of his weight. Throughout the book however, Ralph and Piggy build quite a strong bond with each other. Meanwhile Jack, the leader of the choir, is all about hunting and killing and he isn’t the nicest boy. As time goes by, the boys get hungrier, dirtier, and more savage, and the rules start to fade away. They walk around with minimum clothing and paint on their faces however, many of the kids do not turn evil, as Jack does, and keep their sanity. By this group of boys who choose to remain good, the author shows man as basically good and capable of rejecting evil around him. We see this through the characters Ralph, Simon, and Piggy. Ralph was a good leader who used his authority for the good of all until he was the last sane boy standing. The boys elected him leader as almost every littleun voted for him, except the choir boys who voted for Jack. Ralph started to come up with rules and ideas for the boys because people were talking out of turn, resulting in chaos. All the older kids agreed that rules are a good idea and even Jack says, “We’ll have rules’ he cried excitedly. ‘ Lots of rules! Then when anybody breaks ‘em-’” (33) Ralph calls a meeting quite often to let others know about