lord of the flies

• Golding identifies a paradox within civilisation by suggesting that all of the best qualities of civilisation are also what makes it vulnerable to attack
• • Biblical symbol- perpetration of evilThe choirs’ transformation from “angelic” children to violent savages mirrors the fall from grace of Satan, who is often depicted as a fallen angel and the incarnation of evil itself. The Lord of the Flies, is named after Beelzebub, highlighting the boys’ loss of heavenly innocence and descent into evil.