2007-03-17 10:49:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
There are several themes:
1. (Most common) Civilization or Order vs. Anarchy
2. Fear
3. Power
4. Golding actually says it "was to trace the problems of society back to the sinful nature of man; to show how political systems cannot govern society effectively without first taking into consideration the defects of human nature."
2007-03-17 10:57:25 · answer #1 · answered by blakesleefam 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That human beings in an isolated situation will revert to their "animal" nature without the "outside" constraints of laws, law enforcers and punishments for breaking laws.
2007-03-17 10:56:41 · answer #2 · answered by pat z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thin veneer of "civilization"
2007-03-17 10:53:19 · answer #3 · answered by silentnonrev 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
we r animals ??
2007-03-17 13:20:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋