William Golding first presented "Lord of the flies" in 1954 during the threat of a nuclear holocaust just after the cold war when people were still in concentration camps. He uses the story as an allegory to show how man kind has descended into savagery. An example of how he shows this, is the characters themselves (mankind or world leaders) and the actual geography of the island (earth.) Golding's novel shows us how a group of …showed first 75 words of 2446 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2446 total…novel Golding was trying to demonstrate that the evil is not recognised when it should be and is only recognized when it is to late. On the island the beast is manifest in the deadly tribal dances, war paint and manhunt: in the outside world the same lust for power and control plays out as a nuclear war. Throughout 'The Lord of the Flies' Golding has managed to show that evil is present in everyone.