Lord of the Flies Author's Purpose

Lord of the Flies is written to show how deep within all of us there is an element of evil. This is represented by the actual Lord of the Flies in the book. The "Lord of the Flies" represents the evil inside all of the boys. Golding wanted to show in Lord of the Flies the choice that we make between civilization and order and evil and anarchy. The book shows human evil throughout the book and tells how we have to make a choice to try to better society and help others or to seek power over others and work to fill our own agendas. The good power in the book is represented by Ralph, Simon, and Piggy, who work to try to make things work on the island and eventually get them all rescued. The evil power in the book is represented in the book by the Lord of the Flies, Jack, Roger, and the beast. Jack and Roger work to gain power over the children of the island and to extinguish all that stand in their way. The Lord of the Flies is the evil that lies within all of us in our instincts and the beast is the fear that compels us the do evil.