Human nature, as presented in William Golding's Lord of the Flies, is self-centered and evil. Once you peel back the layers of civilized life, you reach the core of every human being. According to Golding, the center of a human is selfish and savage-like. People, when put in certain situations, care about their needs only. Humans do whatever it takes to survive when put in these kinds of situations.
In Lord of the Flies, even the most civilized and well-mannered boys turned into savages at some point in the book. Fear of self-harm caused the boys to do things that they wouldn't normally do in a regular, civilized society. The boys in the book were selfish, greedy, and power-hungry. They all did terrible things to ensure that they maintained or bettered their social status. For example, Jack tried to kill Ralph because Ralph was originally voted chief, so whenever Jack claimed himself to be chief later on, Ralph became a serious threat to Jack's authority over the others.
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