Dec 16, 2009
Lord of the Flies | Lord of the Flies
At a glance:
- Author: William Golding
- First Published: 1954
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—closed universe
- Time of Work: An indeterminate time in the future
- Setting: A previously uninhabited tropical island
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Science fiction, Near future and distant future fiction, Robinsonade
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, Politics, Murder or homicide, Superstition, Leadership, Future, Alienation, Emotions, Law or legislation, Violence, War, Islands, Death or dying, Good and evil, Human behavior, Cruelty, Loneliness, Totalitarianism, Boys, Pacific Ocean, Reason or reasoning
- Locales: Islands
The Plot
A plane evacuating a group of schoolboys following an atomic war apparently is shot down, but
not before a passenger capsule containing children is ejected. Initially happy to enjoy an adult- free,
fruit-filled, sunny environment on a tropical island where they land, all the boys are determined to
have fun. They soon see the need for governance and choose the “fair-haired” Ralph
as their leader.
Ralph, like the others, at first sees the absence of adults as an opportunity to have fun, but he
soon feels burdened with the weight of a leader’s...
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