Lord of the Flies When a lack of civilization is present in a community, eventually, that community will deteriorate. In Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, the boys' society has slowly fallen due to the lack of civilization. The boys on the island, in this book, are extremely self-centered. They care mainly about their personal necessities and not about the necessities of the group as a whole. In a society, if there are …showed first 75 words of 632 total…

…showed last 75 words of 632 total…if the members of a community do not contribute. Being intellectual is not the most important part of a member of a good society, but intellect definately plays a big part. Self-control is a necessity to any successful society, without this there is no order. The boys' society was lacking, for the most part, all of these things in some way. The environment they created was insufficient and that is why it did not prevail.