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Lord of the Flies, a novel by William Golding, tells the story of a group of young boys who get stranded on a remote island after their plane crashes. The boys struggle to build their own society without help from grownups. At first, they are successful, but throughout the course of the novel, many incidents occur that bring about the downfall of the boys’ society. One thing that brings about the downfall of the boys’ …

…being able to keep a simple fire going shows that they are lacking in responsibility which leads to the downfall of their society. A decent society cannot be run without everyone working together and without everyone being responsible and mature. Golding shows this in his novel when the boys’ society gets worse and worse because different incidents occur that cause the boys to turn against each other and bring about the downfall of their society.