What is the lord of the flies about?

Answer 1

Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding. It discusses how civility created by man fails and how man shall always turn to savagery, using the allegory of a group of school-boys trapped on a deserted island who attempt to govern themselves and fail disastrously. Its stances on the already controversial subjects of human nature and individual welfare versus the common good earned it position 70 on the American Library Association's list of the 100 most frequently challenged Books of 1990-2000. The novel was chosen by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.

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Answer 2

The author, William Golding, decided to make a book on how everyone is born with a little evil inside of them. It is about a group of boys who become stranded on an island with no adults to tell them right from wrong. They lose themselves into the wild and eventually kill a couple of their "friends". The lord of the flies is actually a rotting pig's head on a stick but it symbolizes something way more than that. Each boy symbolizes a different personality in our society. At first the boys decided to have a democracy, which is what is symbolized by the conch, but then eventually give into their fears of the beast. Because of this, their little society turns into a Dictatorship.

Answer 3

"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding is about a group of boys stranded on an uninhabited island who attempt to govern themselves without adult supervision. As their situation deteriorates, the boys' civilization collapses, revealing the inherent darkness and savagery within human nature. The novel explores themes of power, morality, and the loss of innocence.