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What Lord of the Flies Reveals About Human Nature

17 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment of a YouTube video, Chris Collins reflects on William Golding’s purpose in writing Lord of the Flies. He cites an interview with Golding in which the author states that the novel is meant to explore what happens when men are driven solely by the pursuit of power. Collins highlights the central question the book raises: is the destructive desire for power an innate aspect of human nature, or is it learned and chosen? The excerpt sets up a discussion of the novel’s examination of innate darkness versus socially‑conditioned behavior, positioning power as the catalyst for moral decay.

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I think it's a book about the nature of man. Unpack that a little bit. I read this interview after— as I've read this book several times and I obviously wanted to know more about what Golding was thinking, the author. And he said he wanted to show what happens to men when the only thing at stake is just power. So much damage is done simply by wanting power for power's sake. And so the question the book asks is, is that innate? Do we have that inside of us? Is that already there? There, or is it something that we learn and something that we choose?