<P> The book takes place in the midst of an unspecified war . Some of the marooned characters are ordinary students , while others arrive as a musical choir under an established leader . With the exception of Sam and Eric and the choirboys , they appear never to have encountered each other before . The book portrays their descent into savagery ; left to themselves on a paradisiacal island , far from modern civilisation , the well - educated children regress to a primitive state . </P>
<P> The book takes place in the midst of an unspecified war . Some of the marooned characters are ordinary students , while others arrive as a musical choir under an established leader . With the exception of Sam and Eric and the choirboys , they appear never to have encountered each other before . The book portrays their descent into savagery ; left to themselves on a paradisiacal island , far from modern civilisation , the well - educated children regress to a primitive state . </P>
when does lord of the flies take place
when does lord of the flies take place
in the midst of an unspecified war
in the midst of an unspecified war