Lord of The Flies

Essay – Lord of the Flies


“Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole
existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the
process of setting man free from men.” (Ayn Rand). Much like today, our society
is based on principles of order, law and regulations to keep man’s primal
instincts in line. However, eventhough today those principles are not yet
followed by everyone, it is with great punishment and consequences that
wrongdoing is paid. As a result, it is extremely important to act justly among a
civilization in which violence and evil do not go hand in hand. Much more
important is the need of higher power or authority to prevent the principal and
concepts of modern man to revert to a more primitive part of their nature. In a
somewhat similar situation is the story of, “Lord of the flies”, by William
Golding exposed to. Where the struggle for power and authority brought the
civilization of a trib...