Response to Nurses' Sayings - Janie

I don't think that the sayings are meant to be interpreted one way or another. It's not based on a "You agree with one, disagree with the other," ideal. It's meant to show that the law an human nature have a certain relationship that revolves in a vicious circle. It is essentially a paradox. Look at it this way. Nurse Greta says, "You can't change the law without first changing human nature." The Bill of Life was passed after a war, and as we've discussed for William Golding's purposes of writing Lord of the Flies, war can bring out the worst in people. Human nature was changed; people were in fear of the war continuing, thus the law was changed. Nurse Yvonne's contradictory statement, "You can't change human nature without first changing the law," is correct as well. In changing the law, (for example, the law about unwinding) you may adjust people's morals and ideals. Before unwinding, though it DOES say in the Bible to give 10% of everything you earn, we would never think of giving up 10% of our children. After the unwinding law came about, however, some religions interpreted it that way and tithing was developed.
     "Clearly offended, Lev says, 'Tithing's in the Bible; you're supposed to give 10 percent of everything. And storking's in the Bible too.'
     'No it isn't!'
     'Moses,' says Lev. 'Moses was put in a basket in the Nile and was found by the pharoah's daughter. He was the first storked baby amd look what happened to him!'" (72).
As you can see, with the changing of human nature came changing of the law, and with changing of the law came the changing of human nature; the twisting of words and altering of morals.