Monster Essays - Evaluation of The Lord of the Flies
Evaluation of The Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies is a 202 page long adventure story written by
William Golding in 1954 about a number of boys marooned on a tropical
island and left to fend for themselves. While on the island, they discover
quite a bit of evil within themselves.
A few years after World War 2, a planeful of boys as young as 5 or
6 but most no older than 11 or 12 crashes near an uninhabited tropical
island. As soon as they land, one of the eldest assumes leadership of the
others, but not before befriending an overweight, asthmatic boy nicknamed
Piggy. Ralph takes control of the boys and organizes a small expedition up
the mountain. He....
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