LORD OF THE FLIES: Society's Gap

If the main characters in Lord of The Flies were adult people, we would never have been so surprised. The fact that a handful of young children reflect a microcosm of adult society is really cleverly used to explain the moral values of society. So, how did these moral values affect the children, who are the main characters of the work, or how do we see these effects? 

To briefly talk about Lord of The Flies, the story begins when a group of young children fall on a deserted island while being evacuated by plane after the Second World War. Even though it has an introduction like children's adventure books at first, no one can claim that the work is a children's book. The child characters are very happy that they are not under the authority of an adult when they first land on the island, but then the possibility of staying on the island any longer makes them fearful. This is where the whole event actually begins to take shape. With this fear they live, they start to establish a new world order and act like adults and then like savage people. I think its main theme is the emergence of the bad part or the wild part that is really in the human being. 

As in every society, there are both good and bad characters, both oppressor and oppressed characters in this new island society. In fact, even from this sentence, it is possible to understand the impact of society on children. The author subconsciously states that society should be built on the balance of good and bad, strong and weak. However this, unfortunately, does not produce good results like in the work. 

If you want to read this book, it will make more sense when you consider its main purpose and the impact of society on children.