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What is the major theme of this novel? Why is this theme importatn to a teenager living in 2007?

The theme of Lord of the Flies was to trace the problems of the society. We live in back to the sinful nature and mind of man. In this book, the story takes place in a desert island which with no law, people can do anything they want, and get away with it. That's why the children became out of control at first, until they formed a law to follow. The teenagers want to do as they wish during their "troubled times", so most teenager might take the "wrong path" of their life. They should try to rethink of the decisions they make for a couple of seconds, in order to go the right path in life.