Symbolic Elements in The Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Lord of the Flies, a suggestive name for the Devil, a devil whose name proposes that he is devoted to decay, destruction, demoralization and panic, exactly what William Golding had in mind when using symbolism in this novel. The Lord of the Flies (1954), is a novel in which interpretating the symbols are a main key to not only understanding, but also enjoying the novel. After tying many of the symbols together, you can figure out more about what the author is trying to depict, the overall scene.

Throughout the novel, Lord of the Flies the Golding uses various symbols to represent the presence of good. One symbol used in the novel is the conch: it depicts order and rules. The boys use the conch as the right to speak their opinions. When the conch is blown a meeting is being held. Evidence from the book is “Ralph smiled and held up the conch for silence.” (Golding, 23). The evidence stated shows that the conch allows characters to have the opportunity to state their beliefs in

The Universal motif and theme I have selected are: power and leadership, and innocence can be lost through evil choices. I chose to represent the motif power and leadership by illustrating a crown that kings wear while in power. This crown shows tat Jack has power and control over the boys on the island.The text "[Jack] turned and trotted away and after a moment they followed him obediently." (133) shows just how much control Jack has over almost all the boys. The theme innocence can be lost through evil choices is shown by a picture of a cross. This cross illustrates that many of the boys have lost their goodness and innocence through all of the worldly, selfish, and horrid decisions throughout their time on the island, like as written, "Ralph

Fire is the only chance they can get rescued. Just as what Ralph says, “ So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire.” (Golding 38). He knows they cannot get rescued without the fire. However, some of the boys do not understand the significance of the it and miss the opportunity to be rescued over and over again. Afterwards, when boys do not care about the fire anymore and all go to hunt thep pigs, Ralph breaks out, “And you yet we can’t keep a fire going to make smoke. Can’t you see we ought to - ought to die before we let the fire out?” (Golding 81). He start to fell hopeless and upset. Now the boy group is having more and more different ideas. Savage boys only want to hunt, and civilizate boys only want to make a fire. Soon after, this difference becomes bigger and bigger and makes this group close to the death. Many of the boys losting at this unrule place, and forget the most important thing for them, to be rescued. As the fire disappears, hope

The beast is a pressing topic that follows the boys throughout the novel. The boys attempt across the novel to discover what sort of the creature the beast is and destroy it. But what is the beast? Is it a terrible monster? No, the beast is the savagery that exists inside the boys. One of the first signs that Golding conveys that the beast lives inside the boys is when the beast says “You [Simon] knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you” when the Lord of the Flies is talking to Simon (143). This shows that the beast of the island, the Lord of the Flies, is part of the boys and living inside them.

Piggy symbolises a rope because he holds everyone together. This representation is true because people use rope to tie or hold things together. One quote to show this is “The first thing we ought to have made was shelters down there by the beach.” Another way piggy symbolises a rope is that he supports the group. One way he supports the group is taking care of the little ones. In conclusion Piggy symbolises a rope because he holds everyone together and supports the group.

One of the resources the boys had was the island. The island symbolizes the earth and a man’s capability to destroy it. To illustrate this theme, William Golding points out when a plane crashed into the island, leaving a scar which left a dent in that area. Staying on the island there was a good side, but also a bad side. For example, in the novel Lord of The Flies by William Golding on page thirty-five a character Ralph says, “This is our island. It’s a good island.” Ralph is one of the first characters we meet in the book and is a good leader. When he says this, he makes it seem as if he and the boys are in paradise. He makes it seem as if they are not worried about getting back home. The beast was the faulty side of the island. This “beast”

One the major symbols that appears throughout the book is the beast. The beast is a monster that the boys believe to be on the island after a littlun mentions it in a meeting.  As the story progresses the boys begin to act more savagely and uncivilized in fear of the beast which later on leads to them to leave Ralph

In the novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding a group of young boys stranded on a island come in contact with many internal and external conflicts. In this novel many symbols appear throughout the book foreshadowing and giving more insight to major events in the book. Some of the meaningful symbols are the conch shell, signal fire, and the most key symbol the beast. All of these symbols weave together to create and bring together the theme of civilization vs. savagery.

In real life, common objects may not hold much value and are often taken for granted. However, authors use such common objects to help symbolise ideas that strengthen their point of view. William Golding's award winning novel, Lord of the Flies, reinforces the author's view of humanity being consumed of evil and darkness; through the use of language features such as symbolism. A group of boys are stranded on an uninhabited island, and come in contact with many unique elements and objects. The author uses a pig, mask, and Lord of the Flies as symbols. Golding foreshadows the dissolution of the young English boys' civilised, educated, disciplined behaviour — as they accustomed into vicious barbarians — ultimately losing their innocence.

One of the first questions a writer must ask is “Where does this story take place?” If the writer wanted to write a book about eskimo’s, he probably shouldn’t place the story in Africa, just as if William Golding wanted to write about a group of boys surviving on their own in a secluded area, he probably shouldn’t have chosen Paris, or New York, where there is a mass of people. Instead, Golding chose an uninhabited island located somewhere in the vast South Pacific Ocean, far from any civilization. However, this decision was not just solely based on its isolation; Many more important factors from the location come in play with Lord of the Flies’ plot.

Symbolism is used everywhere in life, books, music and television to name a few. It is especially used in the book Lord of The Flies, by William Goulding. The novel is set in the fifties when a group of British boys, ages six to twelve, crash land onto a deserted island all alone. The boys fight and struggle for their own survival, while turning against each other. They start out with a plan to get rescued but their hope soon turns into savagery against each other. The novel Lord of the Flies, by William Goulding has many different symbols that change throughout the books progression, like the conch representing the rise of power and government, then the fall, Piggy’s glasses representing technical advances then the loss of humanity, and the

Ralph looks left and right. All he can see is an enormous wall of fire surrounding him. He keeps up his sprint, trying to outrun his destiny. How could the other boys, his friends, have done this to him? He trips over a curtain of creepers, faceplanting onto a large pile of blood-red rocks. He forces himself to rise again, but it is too late. The fire surrounds him. Through the raging inferno, he sees what he thinks is a naval officer and a cruiser on the beach not a hundred feet away. He knows that he must be hallucinating. He painfully draws in his final breath and collapses to the ground. In his last moment of clarity before he plummets into the endless abyss, he thinks back to his years in the British school system, before the island,

Authors have a sneaky way of revealing the greater themes that they are writing about in their books. They reveal themes by using symbols to represent both the actual person or object and also a deeper, hidden meaning. Placed through the story, symbols can be discovered if the reader takes a close thoughtful look. In William Goldings, The Lord of the Flies, a group of school boys are involved in a plane crash that leaves them stranded on a deserted island. The boys slowly begin to lose their civilized nature and start turning into primitive savages. Golding uses symbols throughout his story to demonstrate their crumbling society. The three most important symbols in the novel are the conch shell, The Lord of the Flies and the face paint or masks.

Have you ever been lost in the store aisle without your mother. You start to freak out and start to cry. You believe that there is no way that you will ever be reunited with her. After some time of calming down, you lift your head and wipe your tears away, then you start to look for your mother. You look through every aisle till you find that one employee restocking the bread. You then go over and cry out your problem of not being able to find your mother and they finally take you back to her. In the story Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a similar story is played out as a plane full of boys get stuck on an island. They try everything to keep their group together, but it falls apart. After some time when all hope was nearly lost, by accident, they found a naval officer who took them home. Two themes can be found, one being, change is not always good and the other being you should never give up. The biggest theme that is presented in the Lord of the Flies is that you should never give up.