
Lord of the Flies
William Golding (1954)
“Written by a man who spent WWII killing people and then went back to teaching boys — who was convinced he knew exactly what those boys were capable of.”
EraContemporary / Post-WWII
Pages224
Difficulty★★☆☆☆ Moderate
AP Appearances9
civilization-vs-savagerypowerinnocencefeardemocracyviolencehuman-naturemiddle-schoolHigh SchoolAP English
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