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To address this task I shall explore ‘Lord of the Flies’ at three levels. Firstly I shall consider ‘Lord of the Flies’ at its narrative level, as a fictional story, with the aim to entertain a reader. Following from this I shall consider ‘Lord of the Flies’ in its literal capacity, as a piece of literature. In this I shall study the quality of the William Golding’s language, aiming to breathe life into the narration, to create a vividly imaginative tale and to affect emotional responds. I shall finally consider ‘Lord of the Flies’ at an allegorical level, where Golding applies a set of characters, setting and actions to be symbolic of a set of meanings giving ‘Lord of the Flies’ an underlying significance beneath the surface of its narrative and literal levels. ‘Lord of the Flies’ can certainly be interpreted as a tale about the “vile nature of boys”. For, by temperament and demeanour the boys on which the story is based endorse this statement. The island that the ‘pack of British boys’ invades naturally resembles ‘some act of God.’ However, by imposing an attitude of ‘this belongs to us,’ the boys succeed in corrupting this into ‘hell.’ In negligence the boys rage an anarchic