Lord of the Flies was created by William Golding, an English novelist who studied at Oxford where the experience allowed his writing to grow and develop. The main purpose of the novel was to portray the struggle of a group of boys in the war era. It is aligned with the author's personal experiences during World War II, the severity and madness allowed him to have a corrupted view of the world and everything in it ("William Golding", NP). Just like Oxford, being part of the Royal Navy greatly influenced his book, he used his personal experiences here to shape the basis of the novel. This experience allowed him to see how man and nature were corrupted (“Lord of the Flies,” 1). He also discovered that man has developed evil within himself, it is necessary to strip away social rules and order for this demon to be released. This is found deeply in the novel, as the boys are stranded on this beautiful, deadly island, where they revert to the animal ways that society hid. The main theme of Lord of the Flies is that every man possesses an inner darkness that crosses the line between civilization and savagery, but covers it with the rules and order of society. The symbolism emphasizes the theme more throughout the novel. The conch was one of the main symbols featured in the novel and showed the democratic establishment that Piggy and Ralph try to support ("Lord of the Flies", 1). A website describing English literature was discussing this standard they try to build. The website is quoted as saying: "[but] in their goal they forget one important aspect: people only take orders under pressure from institutions (police) or laws (1)." The shell symbolizes order, the attempt to establish a civilized nation in which the child... at the center of the card... attempts to establish a civilization that will ultimately fail; is once again representing this theme. The symbols show how not only through characters but also through objects, the author infiltrates this main purpose. The religious influence also shows how corrupt nature binds not only to the boys themselves but to all of humanity. Religion is God and the devil's way of fighting with the ultimate victim being humanity. Specifically and above all, original sin is represented in the novel by the devil's temptation to ferocity. Finally, bestiality is a natural product that cannot be avoided, no matter how much order is placed in their presence. The primitive nature of human beings leads men to become savages. Evidently civilization is only temporary, but savagery lasts forever. It is only a matter of time before this inner demon appears and destroys everything in its path.