When reading the novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, many expected a fun adventure to lie ahead. It is the perfect setting for these young boys to discover many things about themselves and the nature around them. However we were all shocked to see the dark theme of the story we got instead. One of the critics said the novel had her “nauseated or shocked” (Brooke Coon) by the acts these boys committed. She said the story was not what she had expected it to be and instead was a very depressing and disturbing book. I couldn't agree more with that statement, the book talks about torture that boys are inflicting other boys with because of greed and want of power. It is definitely disturbing to know how a young kid would get rid of their morals and civilized mentality for power. How a boy (jack) would have the heart to rule by inflicting fear into other boys. …show more content…
No rules, or bedtimes or any of the kind, but they soon realize that they really do need an adult supervising them. They realized that with the power they had from being alone they also had the responsibilities of an adult. They had to make shelter, make food, and stay safe. These boys will forever be misunderstood for what they went through which is a great point made by Brooke Coon again. Reader Bongbong says that the book is an “ allegory and commentary on morality and society”. The boys in The Lord of the Flies do lose their morals throughout the novel and their ideas of a perfect society (obviously affected by the time in which they were stranded) affect how they rule themselves. Being set in the time period of a world war the boys had ideas of a government that were not the