How Does Golding Use Order In Lord Of The Flies

At the start of the story the boys worked very hard to create, maintain and keep the fire going. After creating a fire ralph got upset because there was no smoke, and having smoke was a key element to getting rescued. Ralph and the others obviously cared about getting rescued, and working together to achieve that goal. Later, when the boys allow the fire to go out, it displays a shift in priorities. Their desire to be rescued is slowly fading along with their will to remain, rational and civilized

After several failed attempts, he finally accomplishes his goal, but with a price; he ruins the boys chances of being rescued by letting the signal fire go out and not taking it as seriously as he should. He continuously claims that, “We can light the fire again” (58); his will to be rescued is waning slowly. Ralph addresses these issues with his group expecting them to be re-motivated, but the boys have surprisingly ignored him and resumed playing. Instead of caring about being rescued, the boys start caring more about hunting and doing an interpretive dance inspired by hunting pigs, including one time with Robert “…screaming and struggling with the strength of frenzy”(101). With progressing events, the boys are becoming more and more irresponsible, and their chance of going back to civilization is fading quickly. Soon, a deadly turn of events will ignite their carelessness into something more dangerous and completely unexpected.

There are many laws and unspoken and logical rules that keep society civil. In the beginning of Lord of the Flies, Roger finds himself throwing minuscule stones at the younger boys, however missing them, due to the conditioning of society. This is a result of the little boys being protected by policemen, parents, school and the law. It is also evident and true that there are other factors that allow for civility to prosper in humanity, some of which are present on the island with the boys, but some factors are extremely scarce. But it is when these factors are mostly absent or diminish, that the idea and foundation of civilization will weaken or fade. William Golding allows symbols to show a complex, yet beautiful and convincing transition from a theme of civility and order, to one of savagery and also moral depravity. The reason for this new theme being that the boys are faced with an internal danger; the true nature of humanity, which fuels the drastic change from innocent boys who abide by rules to rabid animals. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, while the conch symbol best conveys the influence of the adult world on the boys, the conch symbol, paired with the pig hunt motif best conveys the theme of regression into savagery.

The duality of the fire’s purpose and its importance represents the boys’ shift from civilization to savagery. At first, the fire was a signal fire to get rescued. One of their main tasks after arriving on the island was to get rescued. After Ralph was elected chief, he suggested that they should create a signal fire to notify passing ships that there are people on this island; "There's another thing. We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire" (38). To create the fire, they used Piggy’s glasses: "His specs--use them as burning glasses!" (40). The boys’ connections with civilization were still strong as it hasn’t been a long time since their isolation from society.

¨Group fragmentation, leadership struggles, personal hatred, theft, abuse, frenzied violence, the discarding of empathy and compassion – these are all things that afflicted both Golding's schoolboys and many real survivor groups¨ (jenny tabakoff). The novel The Lord of the Flies shows a group of school boys stranded on a deserted island. The island has no adults to watch over them so they must survive on their own. With there many different personalities and ideas of civilization things get a little out of hand. In the novel, “The Lord of the Flies”,written by William Golding the characters symbolize different sides of humanity: Ralph represents order; Jack illustrates chaos; and Piggie symbolizes intelligence.

To begin, as the smoke elevates so do the boys hopes of going home. The fire represents the notion of home, and rescue. Ralph expresses his shame as he comes to the realization that the boys, Jack in particular, left the fire unattended, “ ‘There was a ship. Out there. You said you’d keep the fire going and you let it out!’ ” (74). Ralph becomes angry as he realizes, there was an adult, a ship, a rescuer, who might have brought them home, however passed because Jack let the fire out. This gives the audience a sense of just how important, home is to Ralph, explaining why the fire plays such an important role in the novel, as the

‘Cos the smoke is a signal and we can’t be rescued if we don’t have smoke” (Page 249). In this case fire symbolized freedom to civilization for the boys. This shows the reader how the boys still wanted to be in the real society, not their makeshift community. Also, this shows the reader how the boys were trained to think like they were still in the real

In the novel, fire was an important part of survival for the boys, “How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don't keep a fire going? Is a fire too much for us to make?" (Golding 80). This quote represents hope that the boys will be recused and was a link to civilization. The fire also signified order and leadership because the boy’s goal was to protect the fire from burning out and Ralph was able to give commands to the boys in order be saved.

Ironically, it is the fire of savagery that saves the boys lives and what brings takes them off the island. A fire which was made intending to kill Ralph is what rescued

As Ralph was hiding the boys tried to flush him out with fire. “Someone laughed excitedly, and a voice shouted ‘“Smoke.”’ The ruthless boys thought in order to flush Ralph out they had to start a fire and smoke him out, unfortunately, this backfired and nearly burned down the entire island. The boys truly became savages and lost their innocence when they went on a manhunt for a former friend.

Chapter 4 when Jack and the hunters left the fire it began to go out .Later when Ralph and piggy sees a boat on the horizon they go to and try to tell everyone that they where about to be rescued. They went to check and see if the fire was still going but noticed that it was burning low an almost out. When they realize that the fire was out that begin to argue and fight about whose fault it was that the fire was out. The author gives the reader a thought on how there life would change if they would have the fire burning anymore.

When the boys first arrive on the island, they are completely alone, void of any human civilization. However, as soon as a fire is created, a connection is established between the boys and the outside world. As harsh and dangerous as a fire may seem, it provides the boys with comfort and assures them that rescue is imminent. The fire brings about a feeling of hope, and without it, all hope is lost within the boys.

In the 1954 novel “The Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, symbols are evident throughout and are of key importance. William Golding creates a dystopian world, which represents what could happen if society was to fall apart, where some boys crash into an island and set up civilization. The novel is about the boys understanding and overcoming the “beast” inside all of them, while warring with themselves over leadership of the island, and trying to get rescued. Symbolism in the “Lord of the Flies” is represented through social power relations, such as the” fire”, which symbolises and represents their hope of being rescued, and the “conch” symbolises power, law, authority and order. Other symbols include the “Lord of the flies”, which is a pig’s head on a stick, and it symbolises savagery and destruction.

Rules and order are the building blocks of any society. In the allegorical novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding the author, uses the conch as a symbol for rules and order. An allegory is any object or idea that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning. Lord of the Flies, is about English school boys who have to survive on an island with no inhabitants, after a plane crash. The boys are forced to survive on the island with no adult supervision. The conch is used by the boys as a symbol of leadership in their fabricated civilization. As the story progresses, the conch loses it authority and the band of boys begins to separate.

The boys did not want to help maintain the fire, which resulted in a missed opportunity for rescue. Instead of realizing their situation, the boys wanted to play and hunt. However, Ralph knew what was best for the boys.