The Lord of the Flies
Is a human instinct for barbarity just below the surface of civilisation?
5 min readJun 9, 2022
William Golding’s Lord of the Flies was a favourite book amongst schools when I was growing up. As well as reading the novel, I also went to see the excellent black and white movie of 1963, based on the book (don’t bother with the 90s remake). The novel tells the story of a group of schoolboys marooned…
