Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

Lord of the Flies: Genre 1 key example

Chapter 2
Explanation and Analysis:

Although the book is about children and plays with the idea of a children's adventure novel, the events of the story are sufficiently heavy that this cannot be classed as a children's book. Because the book deals with questions of human nature by having the characters undergo certain situations, it could be called a parable or an allegory.