Analysis of Lord of the Flies
William Golding’s dark masterpiece Lord of the Flies initially portrays a group of normal young boys, stranded on an island due to a plane crash, who eventually evolve into savage versions of themselves. It is fight between savagery and civilization, and Golding skillfully questions the notion which is innate to human beings: are we civilized beings by nature or is civilized behavior only imposed on us, while in essence, we are nothing more than animals? Golding’s answer is all too plain and tragic. In the beginning, the boys successfully manage to organize their stranded group and create a small ...
