Lord Of The Flies Allegory

Lord of the Flies is a novel written by William Golding about a plane that crashes on an unknown island. The only survivors are a group of boys, and while they seek rescue from the island, cliques begin forming and leaders turn on each other in their quest for survival. Lord of the Flies uses a device that allows the story to exceed its original context, or an allegory, that closely mirrors the Cold War that occurred from the 1940's to 90's. The theme of this novel is relationship between human impulse and the need to have order in society, with two main characters, Ralph and Jack, representing these two ideas. This theme applies to human condition because humans have moments where they are conflicted between wanting order or embracing the

America seemed like it was headed towards a better path once WWII ended. Unfortunately, this was not the case. The Cold War began 2 short years after the end of WWII. Although the name suggests otherwise, The Cold War wasn't a physical battle. The capitalists in the U.S. and the communists in the Soviet Union both wanted to spread their views throughout the world. The powerful Soviet, Joseph Stalin, wanted full control over much of Eastern Europe. Both countries aided in the Korean War (Soviet to North, United Nations and the U.S. to South) which ended with Korea split in half like how it is presently. After Stalin’s death, a man named Nikita Khrushchev formed the Warsaw Pact and both countries began moving their influences into other countries. Then, nuclear weapon development gained the focus of both countries and most of the 50’s was spent testing these weapons. Thus, the Space Race began not long after. In the 60’s, the Berlin Wall went up, communism spread to Cuba and the Vietnam War raged in the early 70’s. The relationship between the U.S. and the Soviet Union moved into better terms but not for long. Things heated up yet again, and the Soviets began to dominate the U.S. in