The novel begins with a plane crash. The scene is set with a group of English school boys stranded on an uninhabited deserted island. The setting of the story plays a critical role, in which Golding’s island represents the outside world of society. What happens on this island represents the world during the period of World War Two. The island setting means that the boys are removed from adult supervision. Their attempt to establish a civilized democratic system on the island by holding elections and having rules fails, when savagery, fear and power corrupts the islands inhabitants. The failure of society and how evil forces dominate human nature is what Golding explores. Goldings belief that “man produces evil as a bee produces honey” or that “fear is the path towards the dark side”, is the main theme that Golding’s novel portrays. This main theme and the island setting h

Simon (Hebrew for “Listener”) is the scapegoat. Simon knowing that the beast is only inside of us, showing his courage, goes up to the mountain to confront the “beast”. Simon is the only one brave enough to do this and discovers it is only a dead parachutist. “The creature lifted its head, holding towards them the ruin of a face”. This also represents “what is dead but will not lie down”, old hatreds and enmities between people that cause wars.

elp create the ideal situation to manifest the actions of society when freed from the jaws of law and justice.

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