What is a central idea of the Newsela article, "A Critical History of Lord of the Flies"?


A) Lord of the Flies bore little resemblance to the world in the 1950s.


B) It took several decades for William Golding to gain respect as a writer.


C) The Lord of the Flies reveals the dark side of human nature.


D) Lord of the Flies borrows heavily from novels like Robinson Crusoe.