William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies is a parable that communicates the theme that in the absence of a structured societal system, all humans possess the potential to succumb to their most evil instincts and desires. At the beginning of the novel, the boys work to build a functional society with the goals of building shelter and a democratic government. Later in the story however, their society begins to decay and break apart as conflict between the two main characters, Ralph and Jack, builds to a climax. By the end of the book, the boys’ society has completely broken down into a corrupted dictatorship lead by the evil Jack, who only wants to hunt and kill. To glimpse these three stages is to glimpse the condition of all human kin
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