Analysing themes allows you to write comprehensively about a literary text. In his first novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding examined themes which he would return to again and again ...

Plans to film an all-female version of Lord of the Flies has come under fire on social media. Many have pointed out they think the original William Golding book would not work with girls.

In 2018, The Independent included Lord of the Flies in a list of “Seven books our English teachers tortured us with”, but for Golding’s book this was unusually and specifically true.