Humanity centers around the moral authority in which the people build a structured society. With the absence of moral authority the structured society degrades to a point where anarchy and disorder rein. When man represses his noble instincts and embraces a life of savagery, it results in the break down of moral authority. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Golding portrays a group of young boys marooned on a Utopian world and their …showed first 75 words of 730 total…

…showed last 75 words of 730 total…serves as a warning of man’s potential for brutality to his fellow man. Golding portrays a group of young boys marooned on a Utopian world and their struggle to survive. The Utopia ultimately transforms into a hell when the bestial instinct of the boys crushes the struggle to remain civilized. Human nature cannot be changed easily or quickly but knowing our own flaws starts us in the right direction to arriving at a solution.