Lord of the Flies is a novel in which William Golding comments on human nature through a group of boys marooned on a deserted tropical island. William Golding is an Oxford University graduate who also served in the Royal Navy during World War II. In addition to being an author, poet and playwright, he has been a schoolmaster and lecturer (William 2). In Lord of the Flies, a plane carrying all boys crashes on a deserted …showed first 75 words of 1239 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1239 total…and Simon identifies the beast within all people. It takes a turn for the worst when their inner beast takes control of them and they become savages. The story is laced with irony and symbolism representing real-life circumstances. Ralph was left to deal with a raging pack of savages, when all he wanted was a simple fire. The beast within people can get out of control sometimes, as it did in Lord of the Flies.