Fly Lord

Author: (British) William Golding
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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 theme of human evil through the innocence of children. The story takes place in a fictional 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 tide of evil in their nature grows, they turn on each other and eventually resort to mutual slaughter, leading to a tragic outcome. The author concretizes abstract philosophical propositions, allowing readers to grasp them through the engaging story and thrilling scenes of struggle. 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.