
Lord of The Flies by William Golding
Lord of the Flies delves into the inherent darkness of humanity, revealing the primal instincts that exist within even the most cultured individuals. William Golding crafted this novel as a tragic satire of children’s adventure stories, highlighting the fundamental malevolence of human nature. He guides the reader through a sequence of events that leads a group of young boys from optimism to catastrophe as they strive to endure in their uncivilized, unsupervised, and isolated setting until they are ultimately rescued.
Amidst a backdrop of nuclear conflict, a group of British boys finds themselves marooned on a tropical island, devoid of adult guidance. The group is generally categorized into the “littluns,” who are approximately six years old, and the “biguns,” aged between ten and twelve.