Exploring structure, allegory and genre in Golding's 'Lord of the Flies'

The deaths in the novel drive the plot - they escalate in brutality and intention as the novel progresses. Golding foreshadows the death of Piggy and the attempted murder of Ralph from the beginning of the novel. Golding's novel is an allegory about the importance of rules and the innate evil of mankind. Golding alludes to 'Coral Island' throughout the novel, arguably to offer a different perspective of the same situation. Golding subverts the children's adventure novel genre to create a horrifying allegory about the true nature of evil.