Fly Lord (Translated Name: Literary Treasury) 057

Author: (English) William Golding (Golding, W.) wrote, translated by Gong Zhicheng
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: William Golding (1911—1994) was a renowned contemporary British writer and a Nobel Prize laureate. Lord of the Flies is his masterpiece, an important philosophical novel that explores the serious theme of human evil through the innocence of children. The story takes place in an imagined third world war, where a group of children aged six to twelve are stranded on an deserted island during a plane crash. Initially, they live in harmony, but as the evil in their nature grows, they turn on each other, leading to a tragic outcome. The author concretizes abstract philosophical propositions, allowing readers to contemplate them through the engaging story and thrilling scenes of conflict. Several main characters in the novel carry symbolic meanings, and the sow's head covered in flies symbolizes human evil, representing the dark world within the human heart.