Context of the story

'The Lord of the flies' is based in the time of World War 2(1939-1945) . This was a time where many people were evacuated from their homes to other countries to safety. An aeroplane full of European boys crash landed onto a deserted island. This is supported in the book by, "There was that pilot. But he wasn't in the passenger tube, he was up in the cabin in front." You could see that there was conflict and war at the time of which the book was set which supports the idea that it is set in World War 2. This is seen by how it says "We was attacked! When we was coming down I looked through one of them windows. I saw the other part of the plane. There were flames coming out of it." The book also discussed issues that suggest that they were most likely were part of an evacuee group that left London from an airport where there was civilisation."The children gave him the same simple obedience that they had given the men with the megaphones."
There were other quotes that support this from the book but these were the main quotes from the book.