Unravelling the false colonial binaries of rationality/passion and civility/savagery, we reveal the heart of masculinist, colonial violence that undergirds the boys's descent into bloodlust on the island which functions as a microcosm for British/Western civilisation. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies  is frequently interpreted as a universal fable regarding the innate depravity of man and the fragility of civilisation. However, a critical examination of the text through th