In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, we find a group of British boys stranded on a tropical island while the rest of the world is at war. Their plane has been shot down and they find themselves without adults to tell them how to act. As they struggle to survive, they encounter conflicts that mirror the decayed society from which they have come. We see Golding's theme come about as we watch the …showed first 75 words of 571 total…

…showed last 75 words of 571 total…masks. All of the savages disregarded any and all social order when they began the manhunt for Ralph. The boy's in this story were good British boys. They understood that they would be held responsible for their evil actions. The mask gave them an excuse or liberty of sorts to do as they pleased. Stealing, hunting, and killing were not ceptible and they never would have done anything like that but "the mask compelled them".