在《聖經》中“Baal”被當作“萬惡之首”，在英語中，
“蠅王”是汙穢物之王，也是醜惡靈魂的同義詞。
"The lord of flies" alludes to the word Baalzebub in Hebrew.
The Bible terms "Baal" as "the head of all evils". In English, "the lord of flies" is the lord of filth, and meanwhile a synonym of "evil soul"
故事發生在遙遠的未來時代。在壹次核戰爭中，壹架飛機帶著壹群男孩從英國本土飛向南方疏散。飛機因遭到襲擊而迫降在太平洋的壹座荒無人煙的珊瑚小島上。這群孩子暫時脫離了文明世界。飛機沒有了，大人沒有了，人類千辛萬苦建立起來的文明世界危在旦夕。海島上的環境很惡劣，對僥幸生存下來的孩子們構成威脅，然而——
最大的危險竟然來自於這些原本天真爛漫的孩子自身。
The story is set in a remote period in the future. During a nuclear war, a group of boys are evacuating from Britain to the south in a plane, which was forced to land on a desolate coral island after being attacked. So the boys are temporarily cut off from the civilized world. No plane, no adults, the civilization which human beings took great pains to extablish becomes precariously at risk. The unfavorable living condition on the island is posing a threat to the survival of the kids, but ---
The evil inside these innocent boys are even more hazardous.
在沒有大人的情況下，孩子們開始了島上的生活。12歲的拉爾夫是英國海軍司令的兒子，他優雅舉止，樂觀自信，為脫離大人的管制獲得自由而欣喜若。他吹響了壹只螺號，將分散在島上各處的孩子組織起來，在全體會議上當選為領袖。孩子們在拉爾夫的領導下搭帳篷，采野果，點起篝火等待求援。起初孩子們在與世隔絕的小島上和睦相處，到也其樂融融，但隨著“野獸”的出現，小島上的安寧和諧被打破，孩子們很快分成了兩派：壹派以拉爾夫為代表，堅持在島上建立文明的社會秩序，比如要求大小便在指定地點、遇事開會並舉手發言、海灘上始終燃起壹堆火作為求援信號等。另壹派是以唱詩班領隊傑克為代表，他們對這些文明的、民主的做法嗤之以鼻，而崇尚人性中的原惡，以及破壞、毀滅的本能。
They begin an island life without adult guidance. The 12-year-old Ralf is the son of an British Navy Commander. As an elegant, optimistic and confident boy, Ralf feels hilarious to get rid of adult control. He summons the other boys scattering on the island with a trumpet and declares himself their leader. Under Ralf's leadership, the boys set up tents, collect wild fruits, and light bonfires as signals asking for rescue. At first their island life seems harmonious and enjoyable, until the appearance of some "wild beasts". The tranquility was disturbed among them. As a result, they split up into two groups: one headed by Ralf, insisting on establishing a civilized island society with ordered behaviours, for example, taking pees at designated locations, organizing meetings to cope with emergencies, rasing his hands when someone wants to speak at such meetings, and lastly, a perennial fire being kept as a signal of asking for rescue. The other party of them is headed by Jack, the choir leader. They sneered at the civilized, democratic conducts, advocated the original sin, devastation, and instincts for destroying.
傑克自命不凡，對拉爾夫當選領袖十分不滿。他被分配去打獵，便把獵來的野豬頭插在壹個尖木樁上，又逼著其他孩子仿效野蠻人將臉部塗抹成五顏六色，圍著落滿蒼蠅的野豬頭狂歡，卻任憑救命的篝火熄滅，從而失去了得救的寶貴機會。可怕的是，越到後來，後壹種傾向就越占據上風，更多的孩子加入了這群人當中。在遠離了人類文明及其規範制約之後，人性惡得到了空前的釋放，使他們漸漸步入“罪惡”的深淵。為了奪取領袖地位，傑克帶人襲擊了拉爾夫的住所，在激烈爭鬥中，拉爾夫最要好的朋友豬崽仔在混戰中墜崖死去，西蒙被亂棍打死，拉爾夫自己也陷入重圍。男孩們自相殘殺，整個小島陷於恐怖之中。這群男孩最終徹底毀滅了這裏的壹切，整個海島在熊熊大火中燃燒起來。緊急關頭，壹艘英國軍艦發現了島上的大火，及時趕來，拉爾夫幸免於難。
Presumptuous by nature, Jack felt discontent when Ralf is elected the leader. When he is assigned the hunting job, he stabbed through
the heads of wild hogs on pointed wood posts. Then he forces his crew to paint their faces in mised colors like barbarians do and have a spree around the hog head which had buzzing flies around. He does not stop the signal fire from burning out, though, which deprived the boys of the valuable chance of receiving rescue. It turned out more disasterous that, as time went by, Jack's party prevailed and more boys joined them. The evil of human nature finally finds an outlet when the boys are far away from civilization and other obligations. The boys stepped into the abyss of "evil". In a bid to regain his leadership, Ralf attacked the residence of Jack with his crew. Ralf's best friend, Piggy, dies in the intense battle after falling off a cliff, Simon is beaten to death, and Ralf himself is surrounded. A slaughter followed among the boys. Horror swept the whole island. Finally these boys destroyed the whole lot on the island, whild ended up in a glaring fire. A turning point saved the day when an British warship noticed the fire and arrived on time to rescue Ralf.
拉爾夫最終實現了他被拯救的願望，但他卻感到異常悲痛，為同伴們人性的淪喪而不停地哭泣……
Ralf is finally rescued as he wished, but he feels extremely sad. He weeps incessantly for the fall of humanity of his friends...