Lord of the Flies - the Beast

In addition to his actions, Simon’s encounter with evil further characterizes him as a Christ figure and an oracle archetype. The novel’s title, Lord of the Flies, originates from a mistranslation of Beelzebub, another name for the devil. The sacrificed sow head on a spear, called the Lord of the Flies, symbolizes the devil. Since Simon’s confrontation with the Lord of the Flies occurs in the midst of a delusion, it can be considered a prophecy similar to an oracle’s vision. Both Christ and Simon meet with the devil while in altered physical states. Simon’s confrontation with the Lord of the Flies is a result of severe dehydration and an epileptic fit indicated by “a pulse [that] began to beat on the brain” which parallels Christ’s meeting with the devil during the forty days he went into the wilderness without food or drink (Golding 138). In his vision, Simon realizes that “things are what they are” because

Throughout the novel Lord Of The Flies, the boys on the island are continuously faced with numerous fears. Subsequently there is nothing on the island which they fear more than the beast. The beast is not a tangible object that can be killed or destroyed by conventional means, but an idea symbolizing the primal savage instincts within all people. Its Golding’s intention to illustrate the innate evil inside man through his view of human nature, the actions of the Jack and his tribe, and the relationship between the beast and the school boys.

Throughout Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the flies persist as a symbol of multiple concepts or themes. The flies in Lord of the Flies represent the devil, darkness, and foreshadows dark events that will happen to the characters that stumble upon them. During the book, Jack, in addition to his hunters stumble upon a pig and kill it to sacrifice to the beast. They “jammed the soft throat down on the pointed end of the stick” then nickname it the Lord of the Flies because the flies surround the pig (Golding 137). The Lord of the Flies literally translates to Beelzebub, which is one of many representing names for the devil. The devil can be seen as pure darkness, and the flies have a meaning of darkness in the story. When Simon discovers

The encounter with the Lord of the Flies supports Simon’s thoughts that the beast that the boys are hunting for is not an actual animal. The Lord of the Flies tries to persuade Simon to let go of his rational thoughts and be taken over by his primal instincts in order to have fun like the other boys. However, when Simon’s silence declares that he refuses to let go of logic and rationality, the Lord of the Flies realizes that Simon knows what the beast really is—the innermost part of the boys. Simon seems to make this connection that the Lord of the Flies is representational to the inner beast within the boys almost instantly. “His gaze was held by that ancient, inescapable recognition”(Golding 139). Simon instantly The Lord of the Flies quickly makes the connection, too. “You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?” (Golding, 1 ). The Lord of the Flies is symbolic to all the evil that is in humans. As Simon realizes that he was right about the beast, he tries to go back to the other boys to warn them about his discovery, but the Lord of the Flies gets angry. “This is ridiculous. You know perfectly well you’ll only meet me down there—so don’t try to

      The boys in the book, The Lord of the Flies, are controlled by their fear of the beast.  This fear is not of the beast itself, but of the unknown. It comes from not knowing whether or not a beast exists.

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

The Youngins, are well, young. These boys are all alone, on an island, so if anything they do not understand happens, they have to have an excuse. Thus the Beast comes into play. The boys are scared of the beast at night also, because this is when they cannot see what's going on. Thus blaming the beast for everything. Ralph laughed, and the other boys laughed with him. The small boy twisted further into himself."Tell us about the snake-thing." "Now he says it was a beastie." "Beastie?" "A snake-thing. Ever so big. He saw it." "Where?' "In the woods.” "He says the beastie came in the dark."(35). The younger boys, are very scared of the so called “Beast” even claiming to see it. But, they are scared just more than just the fact that there is something on the island. It is the fact that they can not explain everything that is happening on the island. So, it is safe to say, that in Lord Of the Flies, the Beast means way more than just a literal monster, and resembles all the problems that are happening, to the

In the final analysis of the Lord of the Flies it is really the children who demonstrate who the beast is. They first to on the presence of overwhelming fear, which eventually becomes that of war and lastly the savage nation of mankind. Because these boys were left alone with no one to “ dispel the terrors of the unknown” it eventually lead to the true understanding of the

In the beginning of the novel, as the kids begin to get accustomed to the island, a small child, with a mulberry mark on his face, claims

Imagine sitting on an airplane, then all of a sudden you wake up and find yourself stranded on an uncharted island. Your palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms heavy. When all the adults have died and you are the only person alive with a group of boys on the break of adolescence… Without an adult how will one survive? In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies there are many characters that are perceived as savages. When an airplane crashes on an undiscovered island, the only survivors are young boys. Throughout the novel, the boys fight for their survival, but many fear that there is a beast who may be lurking on the island. As the boys were once moral, their innocence slowly disintegrates away and they turn into their true form, a bloodthirsty savage. Perhaps the beast is within themselves.

The Lord of the Flies is a beast or a pig’s head on a stick. He represents the forces of evil and the devil. The Lord of the Flies brings fear to the group of boys by scaring the littluns and making them tell the older boys what they saw. He caused the split between Jack and Ralph. “‘And I was frightened and started to call out for Ralph and then I saw something moving among the trees, something big and horrid’” (85).

Simon believes the Lord of the Flies to talks to him explaining the root of all evil is within themselves. The Lord of the Flies is Satan himself. Due to the war going on at the present time a man is shot down from his plane and floats onto the island, where he is stuck in between the rocks and the tree. The boys being unable to see what it really is, consider it to be a beast. The plane crash symbolizes the tear of society and their inability to keep the peace.

One of the main problems that the boys had on the island was the beast. In their minds the beast was a terrible creature that was out to kill them. Their fear of the beast ruined

Before being savagely cannibalized and discarded, Simon’s Christ-like caliber and presence on the island was nothing short of a wild and complex storyline. After a group of English schoolboys crash onto a mysterious island far from where they call home, which is in the midst of a turbulent world war, they are forced to fend for themselves and co-exist with no adult supervision. The intricate character of Simon in Lord of the Flies is in more ways than one a Christ-like figure. He has a unique relationship with the environment, which he shows through his practice of meditation, he acts much more pious and altruistic than his peers on the island, and in the end dies a gruesome votive death. It is safe to say that Simon is the only boy on the island that represents virtue. Simon has an enthralling hallucination in which the severed sow's head, also known as “The Lord of the Flies”, talks to him and informs him that he will never be able to be free from him, for he lies within the bounds of every living person. In the Bible, "The Lord of the Flies" translates to the name Beelzebub, which means "a powerful demon in hell sometimes thought to be the devil himself." Simon displays incontestable parallels in his characteristics, actions, and death with Jesus Christ.

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