- Author: William Golding
- Year: 1954
- Famous for: The Beast, a talking pig’s head on a stake, a horrific descent into chaos and savagery.
- Main character: Ralph
Every kid dreams of what life would be like without adults. No rules, no curfews, and as much of your favorite food as you could ever want to eat. Sounds like paradise, right?
Not for the cast of William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies. Of course, the complicating factor for the boys in Lord of the Flies is that they’re marooned on a desert island. Which means they have to worry about survival—and a lurking Beast—and can’t just enjoy life without adults.
The other complicating factor is that Golding’s Lord of the Flies isn’t just some cheerful adventure story. It’s actually a study in the human tendency toward barbarism. It’s about the conflict between civilization and savagery. And it’s about what happens when we let our primal side get the better of us. One hint: William Golding was not an optimist.
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