Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies is a powerful and symbolic title that suggests themes of chaos, survival, and human nature. It implies a story about leadership, morality, and the struggle between civilization and savagery. The title conveys a sense of darkness and primal instincts, making it well-suited for a novel that explores how individuals behave when removed from societal rules. It promises a gripping and thought-provoking narrative about power, fear, and the fragile nature of order in extreme circumstances.

At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate; this far from civilization the boys can do anything they want. Anything. They attempt to forge their own society, failing, however, in the face of terror, sin and evil. And as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far from reality as the hope of being rescued. Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse, Lord of the Flies is perhaps our most memorable novel about “the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart.”

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