Discussion of Theme Lord of the Flies has more than one ¡§theme,¡¨ or meaning, but the overall and most important one is that the conditions of life within society are closely related to the moral integrity of its individual members. In Golding¡¦s own words: The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on …showed first 75 words of 306 total…

…showed last 75 words of 306 total…in upon itself (as seen in the book), lawlessness reins and life becomes a free-for-all. Although this is the main idea of the story, others exist underneath it. The most prominent of these, probably, is the fact that often times people single out another person, or another group of people to look down upon in order to feel secure. Piggy¡¦s character personifies this societal flaw, as he is always shunned and made fun of.