Write Your Own Prompt

      I have decided to write a prompt about Lord of the Flies. While reading, I thought, "What is the author trying to convey through this story?" I believe that what William Golding is trying to tell us is that the human psychology is easy to distort and manipulate. Throughout the novel, we hear many cases of a beast scaring the boys. This proves how easy it is to manipulate people's minds.
      The beast is continuously covered in a veil of mystery. All we hear about the beast are vague descriptions that are somewhat doubtable, such as the beast having sharp claws and large fangs. These are what we typically imagine beasts to be like, and as such, the boys all imagine the same thing. However, as the story continues, the beast is revealed to be something much more sinister, one that resides inside the human mind, such as our insanity. The boys start to go more and more savage, and forget about their desires of getting rescued and wish for bloodlust. A lot of the boys who were loyal to Ralph ends up joining Jack, which once again proves how easily changed the human mind is. This is the message I thing William Golding is trying to convey through Lord of the Flies.