Lord of the flies Lord of the flies essay William Golding The Island is a microcosm of the evil we produce in the world today. Greed, power, domination are all factors of evil in the story line and in today’s society. The first human instinct is survival. The fittest will survive, as in the book, and in today’s world. For example, someone who is very skilled in math or physical feats may receive …showed first 75 words of 1019 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1019 total…beginning of the book he controlled the choir with having a mean attitude and his trusty old knife which he kept slamming into tree trunks. Then later on in the book he showed everyone that he wasn’t afraid of killing when he hunted and killed a pig. The island is a microcosm of the world we live in today. Greed, power and domination are all factors today as well as in the story line.