Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies is an important representative work of William Golding.

It is a famous philosophical novel which discusses the serious theme of evil in human nature by innocence of children.

The story happened during the imaginary World War III.

A group of six-to-twelve-year-old children were trapped on a deserted island on the way of retreat because of air crash.

At first, they still can live together peacefully. Later, they killed each other since the inflation of evil nature, which finally leads to the tragic result.

The author makes abstract philosophical propositions concrete and enables readers to comprehend through reading fascinating stories and stirring battle scenes.

The characters, scenes, stories, images and so on are highly symbolic.

It is recognized as one of the greatest literary masterpieces in the Twentieth Century.