The sea is first shown as calm and inviting. It is a place in which to play and have fun. As the novel progresses, the sea becomes more threatening, mysterious and associated with death.

Images of nature, particularly animals, appear throughout the novel, forming a deliberate pattern ... This foreshadows the later scene with the flies buzzing around the pig’s head.

In Hart House Theatre’s production of Lord of the Flies, British boys stranded on an island descend into depravity, shedding ...