Noun
Beelzebub; Satan
(idiomatic, biblical) a ruler over a worthless kingdom; leader of a meaningless microcosm.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgIf 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