In William Golding's 1954 novel, The Lord of the Flies, a young group of boys find themselves on a deserted island.

Stuck there, they create their own civilization, which eventually turns violent and savage.

The book was a statement on the fundamental nature of humanity.

While the book was fiction, many people have wondered exactly what would happen

if such an event actually took place. Well, as it turns out, in 1965 it did. Learn more about the real life Lord of

the Flies, and if young boys left alone would descend into a state of anarchy on this episode

of Everything Everywhere Daily. The Lord of the Flies is considered to be one of the greatest English

language novels of the 20th century.

It was the first novel written by William Golding, who went on to write 12 more works

and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983.

The book is about a group of English school boys who are evacuated during World War II,

and the book begins after they walk onto a beach after their plane has crashed.

According to Golding himself, he told his wife one day in 1951,

quote, wouldn't it be a good idea to write a story about some boys on an island

showing how they would really behave?

End quote.

In the book, initially, the boys organize themselves an elect a leader they create basic rules

begin a rescue fire which was to be kept lit at all times and build shelters

Eventually however everything falls apart The boys descend into factions over a supposed monster on the island.

Their sides clash, starting a fire, almost engulfing the entire island.

Before they're rescued, three of the boys are killed.

The book was intended to be a statement on the nature of humans.

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