“Lord of the Flies”: From Text to Screen
In the collective imagination, William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" is a disturbing portrait of human nature and the descent of innocence into darkness. The work's rawness, deep symbolism, and its harsh indictment of the myth of childhood innocence make it a cornerstone of 20th-century literature. Golding presents a group of boys marooned on a deserted island, an ostensibly idyllic setting that quickly morphs into a theater of brutal self-destruction. The group's gradual moral decay, under the growing influence of a sinister entity called "The Lord of the Flies," conjures the tension between civilization and chaos, order and savagery. This…