Lord of the Flies (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Golding
- First Published: 1954
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fable
- Time of Work: The future, during a nuclear war
- Setting: An uninhabited tropical island
- Principal Characters: Ralph, Piggy, Sam, Eric, Jack Merridew, Simon
- 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 Story:
An airplane evacuating a group of British schoolboys from a war zone crashed on a Pacific island, killing all the adults aboard. Two of the boys, Ralph and “Piggy,” found a conch shell and used it as a horn to summon the other survivors, including a boys’ choir headed by Jack Merridew. An election was held. Jack had the choir’s grudging support, but Ralph possessed the conch and was elected chief. Jack and his choir became hunters.
Later, Ralph called an assembly to set rules. The first rule was that holding the conch gave one the right to speak. A...
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