The King Of The Jungle

Henry James's 1903 novella, "The Beast in the Jungle," introduces two characters, the self-involved John Marcher and his steadfast counterpart, May Bartram. Marcher obsessively believes that "[s]omething or other [lies] in wait for him, amid the twists and the turns of the months and the years, like a crouching Beast in the Jungle." As a result, his self-absorption prevents him from realizing that he, and not destiny, controls his ultimate fate. By embracing his fatalistic expectation, he puts his life on hold and waits with acceptance for the ax to fall. Although he displays some moments of sensitivity to May, overall, he appears emotionally unaware. In contrast, James paints May in a very different light. Throughout the story, she

From birth we only learn what we are taught. If their r up bringing is full of corruption and tragedies you are most likely to have a heinous person. As stated in the article “Roots of Evil” “the unmistakable lesson is that ordinary ‘good’ people, devoted to their families, their religion and their country, are capable of inflicting horrific harm on those whom they dehumanize and demonize” (roots of evil, p10,pg 3 sharon begley). This meaning that people can easily be influenced by the people they trust in the most to lead them to make wrathful decisions, but, ultimately if a person was raised parentless , their outcome would be substandard due to the fact that they were never taught any morals and they could not contradict between right and wrong. Better yet, if a person has a very structured lifestyle with great parents that teach them good morals then there is a better chance they will turn out congenial.

1. The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair, was a cause for some forms of Progressive-Era legislation, such as the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act. The Jungle depicted a terrible scene of how animals were slaughtered mercilessly. According to the excerpt, "The shriek was followed by another, louder and yet more agonizing — for once started upon that journey, the hog never came back; at the top of the wheel he was shunted off upon a trolley, and went sailing down the room.

Since the beginning of time there has been confusion about every aspect of life and with confusion comes a number of questions we cannot completely answer or forget. How did we transform from one creature to another? Why are people so violent? Are we inherently good or evil? These are questions that have been asked for centuries, and have taken ever longer to possibly answer. It might be numerous decades from now before they finally answer these questions but, nevertheless many people are trying by using evidence, theories, faith, and science to answer these questions as accurately as possible. Mainly the question about whether we are innately innocent or not. Most people, say humans are inherently evil, that there is evil in all of us. That could be the reason why kids enjoy watching ants succumb when they burn them with reflected rays of sunlight. However, many believe that we are born good with a clean slate and that it is society of whom changes that. I believe that we are born sinful/evil and that society influence us to be good. The facts have proven humans to be innately evil through genetics, control, and mistreatment.

From looking at the world now, it is ridiculous to say that we are naturally good. However, if one person believes that stealing is evil, another might believe that stealing is good if it's for a good purpose. So it depends on the person’s views. When a newborn is brought into this world you tend to see purity and simplicity in his eyes. For instance if a child executed a man, we cannot judge nor blame the child since the child knows nothing in life yet. In fact for quite a long time, many philosophers, as well as most individuals, have contemplated on the question “ Is human nature good or bad?”

It is the innate darkness and leaning towards the evil that disposes us to committing acts of brutality and insensitivity.

“Human nature is evil and goodness is caused by intentional activity” - Xunzi. Humans by nature have natural tendencies to evil however not everyone acts on those emotions.

However, when a person is born with bad character traits but the influences from their surroundings repudiate these, said person will more likely suppress these traits.

Those people who were very lucky to get the jobs in mills, factories and mainly inside the industry of meat packing. Jurgis was the most dissatisfied person, experiencing the terrible circumstances which workers met. Along with these terrible circumstances, they joined job for small amount of salaries with hard and very lengthy timings, and in the environment where safety of employer had no value. Initially, here was no any migrants to move to, thus several suffered enormously. Afterward he would study of worker unions and different other unions to help the employees, but unfortunately the initially times of his Americanized life were packed, with joblessness and throughout a demoralizing; painful and depressing “new begin” (Conlin, 2009, 444-449).

The question “What makes us who we are?” has perplexed many scholars, scientists, and theorists over the years. This is a question that we still may have not found an answer to. There are theories that people are born “good”, “evil”, and as “blank slates”, but it is hard to prove any of these theories consistently. There have been countless cases of people who have grown up in “good” homes with loving parents, yet their destiny was to inflict destruction on others. On the other hand, there have been just as many cases of people who grew up on the streets without the guidance of a parental figure, but they chose to make a bad situation into a good one by growing up to do something

Humans have never been known as the kindest in the animal kingdom and we seemed to have quite the bloodthirsty tendencies. War would be in the news on a daily basis. No one could agree on anything, and when we got too frustrated we went straight for the throat. The only thing we seemed to know

All animals including human beings ultimately have one goal in life and that is to survive no matter the cost. If multiple humans are stripped from society and placed in an area where there are no rules and government it will lead to evil intents and actions. Humans are highly intelligent and prefer to think rather than act on primitive instincts because society says that is true. All humans contain an evil deep within them that is constantly trying to escape but cannot due to the rules of society. “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.

The article makes an apt comparison, finding that, “Overall, humans and chimpanzees showed comparable levels of violent death from aggression between groups.” At the point when humans—the pinnacle of evolution, the apex predator, the perfect machine—can objectively be compared to chimpanzees, an arguably lesser evolved animal, shows that we have no right to call ourselves evolved. Biologically we may be superior, but morally and emotionally, we have a long way to go. The evolution of murder as an effective means to a desired end, what the article calls a “by-product” of competition, is proof enough that we cannot call ourselves evolved. If we can produce such an atrocity simply as a by-product, humans cannot claim to function any different than wild animals. Evolution entails ascension, not only biologically, but also mentally, emotionally, and, most importantly, morally. The moral evolution that humanity has yet to achieve will provide the stepping stones towards substantial

Whether human beings are instinctually good or evil in an elementary natural state is a question that has been boggling the minds of even the greatest philosophers. There is a spectrum of theories that support both good and evil within the human race, each with valid points that explains the range of our interests, being either for ourselves or for others. However, my personal stance is the sensible theory of Altruism. Past experiences and observations allow me to take the stance, and support the argument that humans are caring and genuinely good individuals and have the will and desire to help those around them.

When we are young our morality is shaped as we learn from our family and the environment. “Psychologists say a child must develop a sense of values by the age of seven to become an adult with a conscience” (Rosenstand 4). Children experience a plethora of information and subsequently build their personalities based on what they learn from growing up in their given culture. We are a product of our environment in the sense that we