War has brought mankind a seething world,and the evil of war has brought western civilization and morality to a dead end.This paper discusses William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies and Graham Greene’s The Destruc...War has brought mankind a seething world,and the evil of war has brought western civilization and morality to a dead end.This paper discusses William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies and Graham Greene’s The Destructors.To have a better under⁃standing of the autho’s thought:war is rooted in the original evil of human nature.In the novel,there is no external binding force,such as ethical,moral,legal and religious control.The original evil of human nature is revealed,and the fierce conflict between civi⁃lization and barbarism is aroused,which are intertwined and manifest themselves through multiple symbolic meanings.Based on the theory of symbolism,the paper will classify the name,objects and characters with symbolic significance that appear in large numbers in two novels,and discuss its symbolic meaning and the function of these symbolic meanings to the development of the theme respectively.In order to better grasp the moral of the novel as a whole,ring the alarm bell for human beings,and cause peo-ple to ponder over the various evils of human beings.展开更多
For more than two thousand years, the chapter of the Xunzi titled ＂Man＇s Nature Is Evil＂ has labeled Xun Zi as a representative of the doctrine that human nature is originally evil. In fact, Xun Zi holds to a belie...For more than two thousand years, the chapter of the Xunzi titled ＂Man＇s Nature Is Evil＂ has labeled Xun Zi as a representative of the doctrine that human nature is originally evil. In fact, Xun Zi holds to a belief in human nature as originally simple and ＂uncarved.＂ The ideas of human nature in that chapter conflict with those in the other chapters including ＂Discourse on Ritual Principles,＂ ＂An Exhortation to Learning,＂ ＂Discourse on Nature,＂ ＂On the Correct Use of Names＂ and ＂Of Honor and Disgrace.＂ According to these chapters, human nature is not evil, but simple and uncarved; its good or evil is undetermined, it may become either good or evil, etc. Furthermore, we can find other evidence, such as the sayings of Xun Zi＇s disciples, the Records of the Grand Historian, the doctrines of human nature in the Western Hart dynasty, and so on, for the statement that Xun Zi holds that human nature is simple and uncarved.展开更多
文摘War has brought mankind a seething world,and the evil of war has brought western civilization and morality to a dead end.This paper discusses William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies and Graham Greene’s The Destructors.To have a better under⁃standing of the autho’s thought:war is rooted in the original evil of human nature.In the novel,there is no external binding force,such as ethical,moral,legal and religious control.The original evil of human nature is revealed,and the fierce conflict between civi⁃lization and barbarism is aroused,which are intertwined and manifest themselves through multiple symbolic meanings.Based on the theory of symbolism,the paper will classify the name,objects and characters with symbolic significance that appear in large numbers in two novels,and discuss its symbolic meaning and the function of these symbolic meanings to the development of the theme respectively.In order to better grasp the moral of the novel as a whole,ring the alarm bell for human beings,and cause peo-ple to ponder over the various evils of human beings.
文摘For more than two thousand years, the chapter of the Xunzi titled ＂Man＇s Nature Is Evil＂ has labeled Xun Zi as a representative of the doctrine that human nature is originally evil. In fact, Xun Zi holds to a belief in human nature as originally simple and ＂uncarved.＂ The ideas of human nature in that chapter conflict with those in the other chapters including ＂Discourse on Ritual Principles,＂ ＂An Exhortation to Learning,＂ ＂Discourse on Nature,＂ ＂On the Correct Use of Names＂ and ＂Of Honor and Disgrace.＂ According to these chapters, human nature is not evil, but simple and uncarved; its good or evil is undetermined, it may become either good or evil, etc. Furthermore, we can find other evidence, such as the sayings of Xun Zi＇s disciples, the Records of the Grand Historian, the doctrines of human nature in the Western Hart dynasty, and so on, for the statement that Xun Zi holds that human nature is simple and uncarved.
