William Golding wrote the powerful novel "The Lord of the Flies" over 50 years ago, but the themes are still relevant in our 21st century world.

Society has rules, which are based on what is thought to be right and moral. It is because of these often strict rules about behavior and way of life that keep the world in relative order and prevent world wide mayhem from breaking out. On occasion, someone slips through the cracks and commits a crime, or a country may attack another and create a war and it is in these time which the rest of the world can witness and begin to understand the evil which each individual is capable of.

In the novel Lord of the Flies, the theme of potential evil in every one is prominent. The beginning of the book shows the start of complete freedom from laws, societies, morality...