Lord of the Flies opens with Ralph meeting Piggy. Their discussion gives the foundation of their circumstance: amidst an atomic war, a group of boys were being sent to an safe place. Their plane ...

In this video, Katy Brand goes through the plot of William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies. It looks at the dark side of humanity as a group of boys turn against one another in the face of an ...

In an essay called Fable, William Golding wrote: 'Man produces evil as a bee produces honey'. His novel Lord of the Flies sets out to show how evil and cruelty lurks within the heart of every ...

William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies was first published on 17 September 1954, and is now recognised as a classic. In History looks at how Golding's story of English schoolboys and their descent ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. It's the story of a society in which democracy descends into tribalism and tyranny. One of a civilization built by ...

Laughing, Ralph looked for confirmation round the ring of faces. The older boys agreed; but here and there among the little ones was the doubt that required more than rational assurance. “He must have ...