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In life we use parallels to describe or encompass ideas. In the same way William Golding’s novel The Lord of the Flies is a parable of his view of human nature. His idea is that humans are basically evil but are kept under control by society’s laws. To express this idea he displays a group of boarding school boys stranded on an island. The parable is a process of the boys turning from civilized to savage. Clothing, hunting and group politics are three major things that show the boys deterioration from civilized to savage. The clothing is a symbol of society that becomes non-existent. Hunting becomes a bloodthirsty game and group decision making does not happen by the end of the novel. All these things are used by Golding to support his premise. Clothing in Lord of the Flies is a symbol of the rules and order of society. Since the boys are from boarding school they all come in uniforms, which illustrates this point further. Upon coming to the island some boys shed their clothing but most remain partially clothed. “Some were naked and carrying their clothes: others half-naked or more or less dressed in school uniforms…”(1) When Jack and his choir arrive at the first assembly they are all uniformed in the most formal atti