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Lord of the Flies
noun
- a novel (1954) by William Golding.
Lord of the Flies
noun
- a name for Beelzebub
Lord of the Flies
- (1954) A dark, allegorical novel by the British writer William Golding about a group of boys stranded on a desert island. Despite their attempts to establish a civilized democratic society, the boys eventually revert to totalitarianism and primitive savagery. Golding won the 1983 Nobel Prize for literature.
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Example Sentences
Then I immediately thought of "Lord of the Flies," the 1954 book by William Golding that "Yellowjackets" creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson were heavily inspired by when coming up with the idea for this show.
Fascinated by the themes in "Lord of the Flies" and "Yellowjackets," they jump out at me in other things I watch and read.
And based on what we can see in Season-3 previews, she鈥檚 going to respond to all this like someone whose prefrontal cortex is not fully developed would: By turning her pain and grief back onto others, namely by mounting a campaign against Natalie that blends "Mean Girls" and "Lord of the Flies."
As the manor devolves into something like 鈥淟ord of the Flies,鈥 our hedonistic interloper uses this opening to become a usurper.
But conditions quickly deteriorate, and the indulgent escape turns into a 鈥淟ord of the Flies鈥-style story of survival.
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