In Lord Ofthe Flies, British Schoolboys Are Stranded on a Tropical Island. In Anattempt to Recreate the Culture They Left Behind, They Elect Ralph Tolead, With the Intellectual Piggy Ascounselor. But Jack Wantsto Lead, Too, and One-By-One, He Lures the Boys from Civility and Reason to Thesavage Survivalism of Primeval Hunters. In Lord of the Flies, Williamgolding Gives Us a Glimpse of the Savagery That Underlies Even the Mostcivilized Human Beings.