Juba, the capital of South Sudan, will soon be transformed from a dirty slum into a modern rhinoceros-shaped city. Wau, another large city, will take the shape of a giraffe. The world's newest nation is moving forward with these innovative changes, even as it is just emerging from a bloody and troubling recent history. After 56 years of fighting, South Sudan is finally free from the government of North Sudan. Being a new country, it struggles, similar to the way the boys struggled in Golding's Lord of the Flies. The stories of Omar al-Bashir and Salva Kiir Mayardit in Sudan and of Ralph, Jack and Piggy in the novel illustrate what happens when a civilization decays. When the social order collapses, small self-governing groups emerge due to fundamental human differences, as the allegory of Lord of the Flies in Sudan shows. Britain and Egypt jointly ruled “The Sudan” from 1898 to 1954. With British help, the new Sudanese parliament drafted a provisional constitution and gained independence; however, the new peace was short-lived, as the new Arab-led government gave up on promises of a federal system. General Ibrahim Abboud took power in 1958 and led the country towards Arabization and Islamization. These actions angered the predominantly Christian and animist South. Later in 1971, a communist party rebelled and attempted to overthrow Jaafar Numeiri, who came to power after a military coup. The 1972 Addis Ababa Peace Agreement between the government of Sudan and the South Sudan Liberation Movement ended the first civil war. When President Gaafar Nimeiry violated the agreement by seizing valuable oil fields, the second civil war broke out in 1983. For the next 22 years, rebel groups fought in... middle of paper... alone. "(Hamilton). More and more countries must support the new struggling nation. Now that the two Sudanese ethnic groups are governed separately, it is hoped that the order will not collapse, but will consolidate. Otherwise, the story of South Sudan could end like Lord of the Flies, a hopeless mess of inflated egos. Hopefully, though, the result will be two improved nations: North Sudan and South Sudan. Works Cited Gettleman, Jeffrey. South Sudan becomes a new nation." Africa. The New York Times, July 9, 2011. Web. September 5, 2011. .Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Penguin, 1954. Print. Hamilton, Rebecca. " The United States played a key role in South Sudan's independence." Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. The Atlantic, July 9, 2011. Web. September 05. 2011. .