Themes in William Golding's Novels Author: Terri Morgan AP English The main theme in William Golding’s novels is that man turns back to their evil and primitive nature when something goes wrong. He often compare man with characters from the Bible to give a better picture of his descent. In his novels he proves an important point about the way man rises to power and there fall from grace. Golding aslo states that man is an coward and they have fear installed into them. Golding symbolizes this fact in different ways by putting them in illustrations, or writing novels. William Gerald Golding was born Cornwall, Br