“Everyone is a moon and has a dark side that he never shows to anyone” – Mark Twain Have you ever wanted to go on an adventure to an isolated place where you are free to do? anything would you like? There is so much to explore in this limited area. However there may be some mystery behind what appears to be freedom. Will you feel confident still doing what you want or will you change and reveal a part of humanity that is only controlled by the environment and society? Spending time alone for a long time may seem appealing, but sometimes even being surrounded by nothing but water and a few people can have an effect. William Golding's Lord of the Flies touches on many of these issues. The novel is set during World War II on a desert island called Coral Island. A group of English boys find themselves on a plane that crashes because it was hit by a missile. Without adults around, kids can take on the roles of adults. The kids are responsible and try to strategize to find ways to be rescued from Coral Island. However, due to the influences of society and war, not all people are cooperative. Some are distracted by how quickly their environment has changed, as if they are wandering around the island all day. Other kids were more focused and determined to start an adventure like finding pigs. The rest were smaller kids who had no idea what they were going to do and followed the orders of some older kids. What every guy does leads to conflict. These problems continue with the actions they inflict on each other, which reveals many elements of human nature. Despite the absence of adults, society plays a role in how children treat each other and how they interact. When the kids are alone on the island, they incorporate what adults would logically say...... middle of paper...... who found themselves understanding the struggle of this life where every path was an improvisation and a part of one's waking life” (Epstein 68). Throughout the book, the boys constantly show readers the deeper meaning of human nature through their actions and behaviors. Because the choir boys support Jack as the leader of the hunters, it gives him more courage to kill and become more savage. “Jack's soul is typhonic, that is, violent like a hurricane. His burning desire to become leader leads him to lead his own society and declare war on Ralph's,” says John F. Fitzgerald in Golding's Lord of the Flies: Pride as the Original Sin. Golding shows readers through Jack that sometimes followers of a group that has also been influenced by society can change or reinforce a negative aspect of human nature which in this case is cruelty and ferocity..