The main themes in The Lord of The Flies

In the novel Lord of the Flies, there are many different themes that are presented to the reader to add to the richness of the story. Many conflicts arise and basically in any of the situations the winner is determined by the survival of the fittest. As each conflict arises the boys slide back down into a unordered world of savagery and this is caused by the breakdown of the ordered society that the boys …

…the plot has us thinking about many themes. The survival of the fittest is a very important one as it eventually determines who will be alive at the end of the story. Once the boys regressed back into savagery their minds were filled with fear so they acted without a second thought to what they were doing and even though Ralph fought to regain the balance of good and evil, evil eventually took over completely.