William Golding wrote the novel of 'Lord of the Flies' during and after the Second World War to address the cultural and natural issue of mans inhumanity to man. First published in 1954, 'Lord of the Flies' conveys the image of two nations at war, within the confined and malleable microcosm of a single island. Young boys represent political bodies, whilst dreams and mirages display human inhibitions; and certain objects are available to profoundly represent political mechanisms active in today's western world. It is the culmination of all these characters through Golding's skill that achieves a text able to express social comment in the guise of entertainment, and hidden deeply in fable form.
             As with any given piece of literature, the author is not able to speak out against the crimes of our governments, or the flaws of our society. This is because all published writings are censored to the public; government protecting itself by preventing a widespread understanding. This very point is displayed in the novel when Golding shows Jack, representing a fascist and hypocritical leader (often read as Hitler), leading a group of naive 'littlens'. He is seen to be leading because everyone chooses to follow him, and believes in his politics; however he is actually ruling by using scare tactics, and by easily controlling an ignorant group. Demonstrating that a group will follow a given leader, if they do not know better.
             "Jack slammed his knife into a trunk and looked around challengingly...'...I apologise' the buzz from the hunters was one of admiration at this handsome behaviour"
             Social comment is shown here; that politicians and leaders offer apology when found to have been mistaken, but do not redeem themselves. Jack is used as a symbol for leaders, and the hunters show followers that will accept any apology to make their leader seem decent. Jack slamming his knife...