"The Lord of the Flies (by Golding) is a picture of our society today." Discusses the statement and show how this statement applies.

        The Lord of the Flies is about a mini-society of boys formed by chance. Their isolation from adults forced reality upon them and so they had to think for themselves and work together. As a commentary of today's society it does well to explain some of today's issues like violence, laws, pride, greed, fear, religious power and the conflict between living in a civilised society or savagery.         It is all about the choice the boys …

…When laws and morals can no longer apply to man then the darkness of man's heart will escape. This anarchy is a picture of our society today in war, greed, fear, and is the other half of our "civilised society". It is a picture that exists and will remain with man no matter how far we bury the darkness whether we bury it shallow like Jack and Roger or deep like Ralph and Piggy.                                                                                                                                                                  10E3                                                                                 1996                                                                                 1996