When does the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding take place?

Answer 1

1945 Alternative answer: No dates are ever mentioned during the course of the novel. Allusions are made to a war, the bomb and "the reds," suggesting an implied imagined nuclear war against communist forces, but the time frame is never stipulated.

Answer 2

The book "Lord of the Flies" takes place during an unspecified wartime period, likely during World War II. This setting adds to the themes of the novel about the darkness of human nature and civilization's fragile hold on society.

Answer 3

There is no definite answer, but the fact that they were a bunch of kids traveling without parents and then they were shot down implaies that it was in one of the wars (WW2 evacuations)