Surroundings always influence people in both good and bad ways. If you hang around good people you will be successful. If you hang around people that make the wrong choices you will end up being like them.

According to the article, " the roles of praise and social comparison info in the social of pride" this article talks about the surroundings people are by really effect on who the person is going to be. Therefore surrounds effect the person.

In the story, jack is a perfect example of how people change when they are surround by bad influences. At the end of the book jack becomes savage because of the harsh environment they were stuck in.

Jack in lord of flies becomes savage toward the end of the story because of the harsh area all the boys got stuck in. In the psychological experiment, they mention that bad surroundings cause negative pride, which means humans can be evil.