Thesis: Lord of the Flies When left to its own devices and given the opportunity, human nature will revert back to the inherent savagery that lies within everyone. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies this theme becomes apparent when, after a plane crash, a band of young boys are left stranded on an island. Without the guidance of adults and the structure of society the boys become lawless and barbaric. Chapter nine marks …showed first 75 words of 909 total…

…showed last 75 words of 909 total…a saint. With their thoughts taken over by the tribal beat of the dance, the boys silence the truth by sacrificing Simon to their savagery. His death is Golding’s comment on human nature and reveals the theme in the novel- without the structure of society; man will revert back to savagery. The true beast is the ugliness that lies within man's soul, an ugliness that ultimately that leads to calamity in today’s world.