Review: Lord of the Flies / William Golding

Let me begin this with a question by quoting Piggy:

Which is better, to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is?
Which is better, to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill? 
Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up? 

At first, I thought Lord of the Flies would be an exciting adventure book of kids in an island. It really made me wonder how they would do without the supervision of adults. However, what happened in the book was the other way around. It made me have goosebumps. Firstly, it was because of [the blood and some killing involved (hide spoiler)], and if you know me, you'd never think I'd be the one to read such kinds of stories... but here I am now.

Aside from that, the message about human nature is very strong. The kids in the island were able to put order in chaos, and put chaos in order, all at the same time. The characters were depicted such that each represents one particular human nature that could exist in a society.

If you think about it, naming all the characters and observing the "character" of each would lead us to a picture of the present. It's just a matter of how we put every person into a character in the book. They are a perfect portrayal of society. It's amazing how this book was able to maintain that "presence" in such a way that no matter what era you read this book, 60's, 90's, or the modern age, it would still depict what human nature truly is, and it would still depict the present.

Think of what happened to everybody in the end, especially in that part when Jack took over. What do you think of that moment when Simon discovered that there really was no beast and tried to tell everybody about it?

"Maybe there is no beast. Maybe it's only us."