Lord of the Flies: William Golding

The fascinating aspect of this story is how boldly it contrasts the superficiality of society with people's innate savageness and capacity to do evil through symbolism.

It makes sense that kids no more than 15 years old are finding themselves to submit to groupthink and accepting otherwise horrible acts of malice as normal and justified. The fact that Percivel and all the other "littluns" have essentially no character development in the story except being generically grouped together because of their age emphasizes how majority of people will not stand up against injustice or stand against popular opinion.

Being a sheep is easy, but being an effective leader is extremely difficult.

I can't help but think what could Ralph have done to keep practical power as chief of the kids. There is the lost opportunity of dividing some degree of power to Jack and other big kids like an oligarchy which would have kept tensions low. I also think the way Ralph dealt with Jack and the Hunters letting go of the fire for one night was extremely amateur. If you believe something is essential to your community, it's on you to convince them and motivate them. Instead, Ralph let his emotions take the better of him (perhaps the innate "id" component) which causes the precipitous downfall of order on this island. Instead of confronting and humiliating his peers, he needs to empower them, and in some sort of manipulative sense, make them do what he wants them to do.

I really thought the fistfight between Jack and Ralph would have occurred in the beginning when Jack first heard the conch and came to the platform. But the fact that he gave up his airs as the leader and initially accepted Ralph shows that Jack was willing to play ball. I think Ralph was too egotistical and couldn't understand why people did what they did. Why did Jack prioritize hunting over the fire? Is that a really surprise?

Finally, I can't but help be a big fan of the long, drawn-out mouth of the Lord of Flies devouring Simon. It symbolizes "humanity's infinite potential for evolution and malice" as Netero from HunterxHunter said. In the show, Netero dies while symbolically opening his mouth and seemingly consuming Meruem. This seems to be a common symbol across multiple forms of media.