Lord Of The Glies In Lord Of The Flies

Their desire to please the beast leads them into golding’s theory of inner evil, shown by the gruesome slaughtering of the pigs and the “Lord of the Flies” itself, a gift to the supernatural creature. The Lord of the Flies is a direct translation to Beelzebub, which is name given to the devil in the bible. From this we can take Golding's perspective and motives not to express the relationship between the Pig’s head and the boys but human nature and evil. Soon the hunters lose sight of their school boy origins and their compassion, seeking only to hunt pigs and increase the tribe members or kill anyone standing in their way. This is a direct outcome from the beast who leads the boys into savagery and violence further developing their own inner beast.

“They were black and iridescent green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned. At last Simon gave up and looked back; saw the white teeth and dim eyes, the blood—and his gaze was held by that ancient, inescapable recognition” (Golding 138). Once an offering to the “beast”, the pig’s head swarming with flies that had been severed by Jack and placed on a stick, manifests into the Lord of the Flies, representing pure evil. Simon, embodying the goodness of man and peace stumbles upon the head. The interaction between Simon and the Lord of the Flies is almost an interpretation between good and evil. The strong symbolism in this book gives a deeper meaning and a definite truth

In the story, Lord of the Flies, there are many biblical allusions; Simon represents Jesus, the pig’s head represents Satan or rather their satanic sides, Jack represents Judas, and the island represents the Garden of Eden. Through out this novel these allusions play large parts in the story and ideals place in the story.

One of the major themes of Lord of the Flies, deals with the struggle between right and wrong and the moral integrity of a society. As soon as the boys realize that they are alone on the island, the battle between right and wrong begins. Ralph emerges as the chief and plans to begin a civilized society. When the boys are left to their own devices, chaos ensues. Some of the boys would rather hunt and kill than build shelter, so Jack’s tribe becomes increasingly popular. Without the existence of rules and refinement, there is little hope for the future of the boys. The beast plays a big role in this theme because it lurks inside everyone. The evils lie within and choices have to be made to survive, whether through smart thinking or

A lack of religion will lead to a lack of morality. Christlike figures often appear selfless, enlightened, and are taunted by sin. Simon from Lord of the Flies exhibits kindness to the young children by getting them fruit, while most of the older children disregard the children, and leave them to their own activities. He challenges the older boys ways of thinking, as he often prefers to meditate alone in the jungle. He even outright opposes the group mentality, as he says, “I don’t believe in the beast” (105). When Simon is confronted by the lord of the flies (a thinly-veiled reference to satan), it taunts him. The pig’s head symbolizes of the worst aspect of the group, and it tries to tempt and threaten Simon so that he becomes like the rest of the boys: unorganized, unfocused, and on their way to becoming savages. Eventually the other boys ritualistically murder Simon because they mistake him for the beast. Simon was the only one who knew that the beast was not real. He was enlightened and it isolated him from the rest of the boys. The parallels between Simon and Christ make Simon’s death more impactful, to emphasize the inevitability of downfall in groups who

The imaginary beast that scares the teenage boys stands as the savagery existing within all human beings. The beast scares all the boys but only Simon reaches the realization that exists within each of them.As I said before, the boys are afraid of the something in their imagination, which applies as the beast. This is apart of their imagination, which means the evil part among us. In the book, Piggy begins to say that the beast is just fear and Simon tells them, "Maybe, maybe there is a beast what I mean is maybe it's only us". This is saying that Piggy and Simon believe and are implying that the beast among them are themselves. Jack states that the beast can take shape in any form, which is typically saying that the beast can take over anyone. It is foreshadowing how the beast will soon come out of the boys and start a troubling and dangerous riot. The beast can't be killed because it is in every single one of us. The beast is the dark side inside all of us. The beast cannot be hunted and killed, because if the pig is apart of themselves, that means they are killing themselves. The boys are afraid of the beast, but only Simon realizes that they fear the beast because it exists in each of them. As the boys grow more restless, their belief in the beast grows stronger. By the end of the novel, the boys are leaving it and their actions is what brings the beast into their lives. The more crazy the boys are, it becomes more real.

One example of the presence of evil is the Pig's head. The pigs head symbolizes the Lord of the Flies and negative engery. Evidence to prove the pigs head is an evil figure, is when Simon confonts the pigs head, “There were black and iridescent green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned.” (Golding,138). That quote shows that the pigs head symbolizes the Lord of the Flies. Another quote is when Ralph faces the pigs head, “ A sick fear and rage swept him. Fiercely he hit out at the filthy thing in front of him that bobbed like a toy and came back, still grinning into his face, so that he lashed and cried out in loathing.” (Golding,185). This quote shows that the pigs head gives a negative feeling to the people who approch it. Another example of the evil presence is the Beast; it depicts savagry. Evidence from the novel is when the boys chant “‘ Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!’” (Golding, 152) along with “Simon's dead body moved out toward the open sea.” (Golding, 154). The quotations show that the boys have turned savage, by their cruel actions and desires to kill. Those symbols represent the belief of evil presence in the novel along with the presence of

The novel shows that evil is more powerful in this world than good is Jack, Roger and their tribe think different from what Ralph and Piggy think and Jack's thinking is bad and Ralph's is good. According to William Golding, Jack’s thinking is “ ‘This is a hunter’s job’ ” (145). And Ralph’s thinking is “ ‘This is more than a hunter’s job,” said Ralph at last, “because you can’t track the beast. And don’t you want to be rescued?’”. (145). This shows that Jack, Roger, and their tribe always thinks about hunting and nothing else. On the other hand, Ralph and Piggy are thinking about how to get out of the island and go home to their families. The differences between the thinking of Ralph versus Jack's is different shows the effect of evil verses good. Yet, someone may argue that they have thought of the opposite as well. Like Jack thinking good. And Ralph thinking bad. But, that is flawed because he novel represented them as who they are and the novel showed the different actions that the character did to make them seem as if they are evil (Jack) and good

The pig head embodies evil for the boys do brutal things because of it. At nearly the beginning of Lord of the Flies, there is already a conflict between Jack and Ralph over the pigs. Jack states,“‘We want meat,”’(Golding 51). On the other hand, Ralph thinks they need shelter. The pig head brings out problems throughout the entire book, changing the boys into savages and eventually splitting apart to fight and kill. “... A little apart from the rest, sunk deep maternal bliss, lay the largest sow of the lot,” Jack and his hunting spree observed from afar (Golding 134). They would go on to kill the great and beautiful sow, that was now brutally slaughtered into a bloody mess and shoved onto the stick. This changes the stunning sow into an evil demon. The murder symbolizes that all good things are gone as we would later see as the boys split apart and terminated both Simon and Piggy. The name Lord of the Flies translates to Beelzebub, which is a name for a formidable demon. Some believe that demons perform horrific actions such as withdrawing joy and making others feel miserable. This would later be revealed as the boys would feel a great amount of

The blackness represents darkness which scares the littluns. “Simon found he was looking into a vast mouth. There was blackness within, a blackness that spread.”(144 Golding). This shows that the Lord of The Flies is full of darkness and shows that he doesn’t have a soul. If the Lord of the Flies had a soul, then Simon would be able to see a little of light in the beast. The sow’s head represents evil is because it was used as a peace offering to the beast (135 Golding). Everyone feared the beast because they thought that the boy with the birthmark was killed by the beast instead of the wildfire they started from the first signal fire. When Jack and his choir sacrifices the pig’s head to the beast (134 Golding) it shows that the boys are full of coward and fear because they wouldn't confront the beast

“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody” (Mark Twain). The existence of mankind is as same as existence of darkness on this two minded and duplicitous world. When people open their eyes to this evil life, they bring two different sides with them: the dark and the white, pure side. “The dark side”can emerge naturally, but on the other hand, environmental effects or being exposed to some savage situations might make people disparate as William Golding makes an attempt for readers to discern this from the novel Lord of the Flies. The symbols; Jack, the Lord of the Flies on it’s own, and the pig merge to advance one theme: the darkness of human nature.

The theme of Lord of the Flies is symbolized as a creature, that the boys on the island call the beast. In the book, the savages kill a pig for the beast to eat. Simon, one of the boys on the island, sees the pig and hallucinates that the pig is talking to him. The pig says, “fancy thinking the beast is something you could hunt and kill” (Golding 143). Meticulously, the pig is saying that the beast is evilness that lives inside of everyone.

Fear and evil are both emotions that can cause distress on oneself and on others. Characters in all novels and films face fear and evil and may even cause fear or evil.. The character, Piggy, of Lord of the flies constantly faces the evil of his peer, Jack Merridew. He experiences a form of segregation, he is an outsider, and he is often bullied by others, especially Jack. Jack can be considered evil since “According to motive based accounts of evil character, to be an evil person is to be motivated in a certain sort of way.”

William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies, includes many metaphors, often incredibly dark ones, in his writing. In Lord of the Flies he has some very important metaphors about human nature. He shows this very strongly with many characters. Specifically, Jack, Piggy, and Simon; the human representations of savagery, reason, and human goodness. The book is named because of a pig that gets killed and gets its head put on a stick. The pig head attracts flies, hence the name, Lord of the Flies. Throughout the book there are many symbols but, I believe the pig to be the strongest symbol that truly shows the depths of human nature through the traits of many characters in the book according to their personal relationship to the pig. The pig shows, in more ways than one, how there is a beast inside of all of us, it just takes longer for some to let it out.

In English we read the book, “Lord of the Flies.” It was a book who’s author, William Golding, had written to show his view on man’s inherent true self. After going through WWII and seeing horrors that man would do to other man he became convinced man is inherently evil. The beast, a symbolic figure in the book, is the manifestation of the evil in every mans heart. This nonexistent beast tormented and manipulated the boys that were stranded on the island, eventually ruining the fragile civil society they built. William’s main point to bring across was even small boy, who’s ages range from five to twelve, can fall victim to the evil in