After reading Lord of the Flies, I feel that my understanding of humanity has been increased and modified. William’s Golding’s Lord of the Flies is about a group of British schoolboys who are evacuated out of their country due to the present nuclear war and were stranded on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The main character in this novel are Ralph, Jack, Piggy, and Simon. Each character represents a different aspect of humanity. Ralph, epitomizes common sense, Jack, represents the hunger for power, Piggy, embodies intelligence, and finally, Simon, exemplifies innocence and purity. Reading about these characters and their actions has impacted my views towards humanity. For instance, I have realized that without order in society,
