"When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along." This preceding quote, said by Carl Sandburg, helps people to understand why deterioration of a society occurs. When a civilian, or a country forgets their background or morals, they are unable to demonstrate constraint towards what they would refrain from immediately under normal conditions. These …showed first 75 words of 1353 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1353 total…society into two factions, and finally the act of murder. "The Lord Of The Flies" is key in proving that nearly anyone can commit pure evil. All that is needed is for a person to be placed in completely unusual situations to revert to savage ways. Just consider that upon arriving on the island, the boys thought they would have a lot of fun without and parental guidance, and look at what the outcome was.