Lord of the Flies Blog Response 2 (300-400 words)

Good or Bad

A lot of the time you will hear people going around and saying that someone is bad, for something that they did. In my opinion, no that is not true. Nobody is really good or bad, it is all about the choices that they made. If you choose to do drugs, then people will think badly about you. On the other hand, if you choose not to, people think you are good. It is also a matter of how you represent yourself. If you do not take care of yourself, people notice and tend to talk. Teenagers love to gossip! It is just what they do, but does that really make them bad people? No, it doesn't really, although it is not a good decision to talk about other people.

Every person will make their share of bad decisions, even if it is little ones. There is still good in everyone. In the Lord of the Flies, you see Ralph who really wants to be organized and keep order on the Island. He tries to instill good, even in bad times. His main focus is to protect and keep the boys as safe as possible. Piggy, also tries to see the good in everyone. Always willing to help the littluns. He and Ralph try to keep the camp organized and under certain laws, as their main goal is to be rescued. Jack, on the other hand lets fear overcome him. Therefore, the choices he makes turns him into a bad person. Hunting consumes him, as he thrives for the kill. He forms his own tribe and turns them against the others. Jack's fear of not ever being rescued allowed terrible things to happen and let death come to some.

In our society today, people in general love to judge. Are people essentially bad or essentially good? Choices they make determine that...not the actual person. Every person possesses good and bad, its nature. In the past fifty years, we have seen our World Trade Center go down (911), it was a result of people fearing the United States and what we represent. Fear, causes people to loose focus and do terrible things. However, in the last fifty years we see our own community come together and raise thousands of dollars to help find a cure and raise awareness of cancer. People loving one another and putting differences aside and helping.

You know the old saying, "You can't judge a book by its cover"? It's true! You should not judge at all. So in perspective there is really no essentially good or essentially bad, it is how you CHOOSE to live your life and determine what classification you fall in, for the decision you made.

A friend can do you wrong and you think to yourself that they're bad. When really, it's not them that is so bad, it's just the choice they made. In life today we have to make so many decisions and what makes them good or bad is the choice we make. How can we determine if Jack is such a bad person? We base our decision on what we read, but were we there? No, until we walk a mile in someones shoes, we should not judge them. I think, Jack feared dying so bad, that he did what he felt he had to do to survive. As well as Ralph, he did what he had to do to survive. Two boys, two totally different decisions and it was all from choices they made. Whether it be bad or good. Only one person can judge their decision.