Americans, in their daily lives, don't very often see the corruption of power here at home, so they very often forget the suffering of other nations under the power of oppressive regimes. It is important to remember that human power, in its pure form, will tend to be used for evil rather than good. In fact, Golding creates such a situation in his book Lord of the Flies, which we will see later. It is also important to know that even though a person is conditioned to use their human power for good and not evil, the temptation to use that human power for evil is often so great that the user will succumb to the temptation and can use it. human power to do something terrible. This is seen in both I Only Came to Use the Telephone and Lord of the Flies. Another important aspect of human power is that human power with good intentions is often stifled by human power with bad intentions. This is demonstrated by some characters in Lord of the Flies. So basically, human power is a blind force that can be used for good or evil depending on the human giving up said power; however, in general, human power is used to fulfill selfish and evil desires. The subject of human nature, in its pure form, will tend to use its human power for evil rather than for good. This topic is illustrated in Lord of the Flies in a series of quotes that show how a boy named Jack acts when his human nature in its pure form takes over. This first quote establishes that Jack's human nature in its pure form will eventually manifest itself, showing that Jack is on an island with only himself and other children: "Beyond the hollow lay the square top of the mountain and soon they were standing on it. They had already guessed that it was in the middle of paper... they had painted their faces. Sam and Eric started out as some of Ralph's followers in that they thought it was wild to paint your face and that to be wild was to be evil. However, now that they have been injured, the temptation to use their human power for evil, by supporting the savages with their painted faces and actually engaging in participating in the savage acts and allying with the savages. This reinforces the topic that even though a person is conditioned to use their human power for good and not evil, the temptation to use that human power for evil is often so great that the user will succumb to the temptation and could use this human power to do something terrible. Works Cited Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Perigee, 1954. Print. Mark, Grabriel. I only came to use the phone. Oveja Negra, 1992. Print.