William Golding's Lord of the Flies

In the early 20th century, when the world wars are roaring at its peak voice. Golding wished to state the facts and impacts of the wars even in children. As a result of that he wrote "Lord of the Flies". This work got noble prize for its theme and motto. The core theme of this work is analyzing the evil in human that awakes when it is uncivilized and unsupervised. This work has been derived from an early work of Mr. Ballantyne's 'The Coral Island' which was written in 19th century.

Outline:

Author: William Golding

Century: 20th century

Theme: Evil is inherit in man

Source: Ballantyne's The Coral Island

Characters: Jack, Ralph, Piggy, Roger, Simon, Sam & Eric, Littl' Uns

Short Summary

A group of English school boys become abandoned on an island after their plane crash. There is no adults exist to supervise them, so they themselves chose a leader a boy named Ralph, an intelligent kind hearten young boy. Jack is the reflection of evil in human kind, he couldn't bear that he has to obey a leader of his own age,he wants to dominate Ralph & stole the leadership from him. 

In the beginning the boys worked together and enjoyed the freedom & adventure in the island, later in the quest of domination things started to get worst. Jack formed his own group and started threatening the opposite team, they painted their hair and face like barbarians to spread fear among their group. At the end Jack shows his highest arrogance of killing the friends and Ralph was secured by a naval officer who has just arrived in the island. 

The novel has been classified into 12 chapters, the heading of the chapters are listed for clear understanding.

1. The Sound of the Shell
2. Fire on the Mountain
3. Huts on the Beach
4. Painted Faces & Long Hair
5. Beast from Water
6. Beast from Air
7. Shadows and Tall Trees
8. Gift for the Darkness
9. A View of Death
10. The Shell and the Glasses
11. Castle Rock
12. Cry of the Hunters