What is the author saying about our species?

I think that the author of Lord of the Flies is trying to tell us something about our species. I think that people are born to be nice, but throughout their life, they learn how to be mean and selfish. At the beginning of the book, most of the boys are nice to each other, except a few such as Ralph and Jack. As the book goes on and they start to become familiar with the island, they become selfish, rude and want power. At the beginning of the book, Ralph and Jack were the only ones that were rude to the other boys. I think they were rude because both of them had a little power over another person or a group before they met the other boys. I believe that with the little power that they had, they felt like they were extremely powerful. I think that this happened because when a person is somewhere they don’t know with people they are not familiar with, all they want to do is fit in. As they get to know the land and the people, they want to be more noticed. Ralph used Piggy’s nickname “piggy” to get more noticed when he commented about it.

             I think that there is hope for the human species. I think that there is still hope because not all people in the world are cruel and selfish. People only become mean and selfish when they grow up around it. If a parent stops being mean and selfish to their child, there is a less chance that the child will grow up to be mean and selfish.