In "The Lord of the Flies" William Golding has attempted to position readers to see that society is destined to failure because of the defects of human nature.

In "The Lord of the Flies" William Golding has attempted to position readers to see that society is destined to failure because of the defects of human nature. He has done this through the characters in the story and their response to certain events. The 2 boys Ralph and Jack represent the two sides of order, rules and civilization. Through his development of these two characters and through events in the story Golding highlights the negative …

…showing the boys do not want to return to civilization - they have become barbaric. In Lord of the Flies, Golding shows that whether society works or not is not so dependent on the political system or rules but individual's ethical nature, i.e. It is how each person behaves. He shows through his characters and their response to events that it is inherent defects in human nature that sees society is doomed to failure.