In my previous post about starting this book, I couldn't decide if the boys on the deserted island would get rescued or kill each first. I won't spoil this book's ending - as I did for Dan Brown's Inferno - so let's just say the ending really picks up. The story moves along at a slow pace until the last two or so chapters. You have no idea how long the boys have been there or how many of them are there. Slowly, they start to lose their civilized British ideals and beliefs. By the end, Golding refers to them as savages.
Through these stranded young boys Golding makes a statement about the importance of laws in society. Without laws, the Lord of the Flies will get to you too.