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'''''Lord of the Flies''''' is an important novel by [[William Golding]]. As one somewhat shallow precis put it: "A plane full of British schoolboys crashes on a Deserted Island, and the darkness of humanity spills forth as they turn against each other."<ref>[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LordOfTheFlies Lord Of The Flies - TV Tropes]</ref>

'''''Lord of the Flies''''' is an important novel by [[William Golding]]. As one somewhat shallow precis put it: "A plane full of British schoolboys crashes on a Deserted Island, and the darkness of humanity spills forth as they turn against each other."<ref>[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LordOfTheFlies Lord Of The Flies - TV Tropes]</ref>

Set against both the atrocities of the Second World War and the prospect of nuclear war, it is partly an allegory for the state of humanity.

Set against both the atrocities of the [[Second World War]] and the [[Leftist]] opposition to the [[atom bomb]], it is partly an allegory for the [[liberal]] degrading view of humanity.

The title refers to [http://conservapedia.com/Devil Beelzebub], mentioned several times in the Bible.  In one notable scene, a boy named Simon - who can be seen as a loose allegory of Christ - takes himself off into the jungle where he confronts and understands the Lord of the Flies before returning and being killed by the other boys.

The title refers to [http://conservapedia.com/Devil Beelzebub], mentioned several times in the Bible.  In one notable scene, a boy named Simon - who can be seen as a loose allegory of Christ - takes himself off into the jungle where he confronts and understands the Lord of the Flies before returning and being killed by the other boys.