A review of William Golding's "Lord of the Flies"

The short novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, deals with a group of British school boys between the ages of six and twelve trapped on an island, they gradually fall from civilization into a savage tribal life. The boys are marooned on a deserted tropical island when their plane crashes on an attempted evacuation from England because of nuclear war. They are on an island with adequate food, water, a favorable climate, and …

…get them back from the savage's fort at Castle Rock, Roger kills Piggy, Samneric captured and Ralph chased away and hunted like an animal. After they capture the twins, Roger tortures them.         Under the influence of Jack and their fear of the `Beast', the boys become a group of painted savages and they discard nearly all remnants of an orderly civilization. Instead the boys adopt a savage life of war and fear of the unknown.