Genre Lord of the Flies is a novel. At first I considered an adventure story, bit it is so much more than that. I would call it a mix between an adventure story and a psychological novel. It is one hell of an adventure to survive on the island, but the book has a much deeper meaning, one you are only able to grasp if you look at is as more than just an adventure story. The message about how everyone is basically naturally evil is seen in the way the children change the way they think. They do not think about rescue anymore, they do not care. My own comment There is way more to this book than meets the eye. At first I did not see the message behind the story. Although when you really start to think about it, it is pretty clear. The book