Lord Of The Flies: Man's Nature and Characteristics of Simon Man is indeed a rational creature. In the book, Ralph is worried of what will come of them. He asks “We can do all right on our own, can't we?” and Piggy answers “We will do all right on our own, it's them that have no common sense that make trouble on this island.” Although he is also concerned that he is becoming irrational like Jack, he is clearly rational for even thinking about that fact. Most humans are irrarional at times in their life, and if they are put in the presence of irrarional humans, they themselves bec