Word info

lord of the flies

Noun

Meaning

Beelzebub; Satan

(idiomatic, biblical) a ruler over a worthless kingdom; leader of a meaningless microcosm.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

If you leave a bunch of eleven-year-olds to their own devices, what you get is Lord of the Flies. Paul Graham

Simon's head was tilted slightly up. His eyes could not break away and the Lord of the Flies hung in space before him. William Golding

Another noval William Goldings Lord of the Flies influenced me, it seemed to me to be a honest portrayal of childhood for the dangerous jungle it often is, where survival of the fittest determines who will win. Source: Internet

How these play out, and how different people feel the influences of these, form a major subtext of Lord of the Flies. Source: Internet

His mother, Mildred (Curnoe), Raychel Haugrud Reiff, William Golding: Lord of the Flies, Marshall Cavendish, 2009 kept house at 29, The Green, Marlborough, and was a campaigner for female suffrage. Source: Internet

Background Published in 1954, Lord of the Flies was Golding's first novel. Source: Internet

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