LOCKE AND LORD OF THE FLIES

Locke’s Ideas and the Parallels in “Lord” of the Flies” In studying the ideological government established by John Locke’s Second Treatise on Civil Government (1689), a distinct parallel can be drawn to the contemporary film by Golding, Lord of the Flies. Each piece concentrates on man’s struggle with power and his own interpretation of a workable and viable system of rules and codes of conduct. In order to adequately comprehend the nature of …

…participate somehow in the savagery. The world is filled with war, and new people learn to continue this primitive, instinctive behavior on the boys' island and in the world. For these reasons, The Lord of the Flies makes the suggestion that humans are savage and barbaric, having learned little from civilization. Perhaps this idea should be more strongly shown to the world, to deliver the same message that Simon ever got the chance to convey.