William Golding's thesis of evil on the basis of "Lord of the Flies" as a reflection of the 1950's and Thomas Hobbes

Foreword On the following pages the novel "Lord of the Flies" and the 1950's in Britain will be discussed. The introduction will exclusively deal with the novel of William Golding and the author himself. The general information includes of course a summary, a portrait of the author, the island setting of the novel and a characterisation of the characters that are of importance because of they are political symbols and very important throughout the novel. …

…which is not accurately located, but it does reflect the authors belief and his view of man. And his belief can be compared with the 1950's, it was even confirmed by some events of that time. All things considered it was very interesting to read and to examine the "Lord of the Flies" in relation to British history and even to a political philisopher who was a very interesting man with even more interesting theories.