"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Lord of the Flies by William Golding is one of the most complex books in English literature. It describes the adventures of a group of young boys who are stranded on an island. Golding, during his life, had many experiences, a great number of which, like his war service, were rather frightening. These experiences may well have influenced his views on humanity and therefore affected the way he presented the events and characters in Lord of the Flies. He shows us that when people are removed from their natural environment, they become, essentially, more malevolent than good. By stranding a group of British boys on an island without any supervision or the paraphernalia of civilization, we see that they do many things that at first seemed unacceptable. This includes hunting, torture and murder.…