Symbols In Lord Of The Flies

Jack is a character that is very influential. Jack represents savagery and evil in the book, by the way his civilization is canceled out by the bloodlust. Jack starts as a potential leader in the book by keeping the hunters organized. He seemed to support the fire when he said the following, “We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything.” (Page 38) One day when Sam and Eric were guarding the fire Jack asked them to

He leads a group of boys after they kill the pig and starts a war dance around the carcass chanting “Kill the pig, cut her throat, spill the blood”. This is quite a disturbing scene, the boys appear far too young for such ferocious actions. The chant shows how savage they have become under Jack’s instructions. The words ‘cut’ and ‘spill’ are quite visceral and forceful and the boys are acting far more bloodthirsty and savagely than we’d expect them to. This makes Jack seem fascinating as he is now convincing the other boys to become savages too.

The Beast takes many forms in the boys' imaginations; once, they saw a strange shape moving at the top of a mountain, and they were afraid that it was the Beast. No one dared to go near it save Simon, who went alone to the mountaintop during one of his sojourns; he discovered that the Beast was only a dead parachuter whose gear shifted in the wind. Ironically, the dead man was a soldier, a symbol of the savagery that was the true Beast. However, Simon's compassion

Jack uses the beast to gain power and promises of protection for the boys; from the beast. Jack uses the boys’ fear of the beast to manipulate them to his own advantage. He knows it doesn’t exist; however he uses its hypothetical existence to ensure the compliance of the other boys and follow his commands. Fear is the source of Jack’s power. The other boys don’t flock to Jack for his personality or leadership; instead, they gather around him for the solace he promised them.

"They lay there listening, at first with doubt but then with terror to the description the twins breathed at them between bouts of extreme silence. Soon the darkness was full of claws, full of the awful unknown and menace." At this time of the book, Sam and Eric (or Samneric) found the dead body of the pilot but because it was dark, they mistook it for the unknown and ran back to camp believing they saw the claws of the beast. This takes the fear of the beast over the edge. They all believe that the beast as real and they all start getting paranoid and light fires and only go in the forest in groups. This event is a major turning point in the book; it also is the cause of Simon's death later in the book.

Jack had finally killed the pig and he knows it. The show of twitching can be shown as the lasting exhilaration from the kill. It is supported by this quote “He danced a step or two, then remembered his dignity and stood still grinning.” (Golding 69). That shows that jack enjoyed the killing of the pig. Jack now has had a taste in vitally harming another living being physically. This experience influences jack’s action to be more bolder with his new found confidence. Before he was restrained by his consciousness of killing another living being, but now all that has been lost. He starts to act like a savage becoming more domineering and careless of his actions towards others because of the skill experience that he has gained of hunting down an animal. “Jack smacked Piggy’s head.” (Golding 71). Jack’s action becomes more unrestrained and vicious. Before he would only verbally abuse Piggy because society restraining him from any physical violence. But after the killing of the pig, Jack begins to get violent and physical. As shown in the quote when he smacks Piggy’s head. This is one of the two main points of jack’s turn from civility into savagery. These actions without laws and persecution lets jack’s savagery flow out. He begins to act more unrestrained without the punishments voiced criticism of society. And as the leader of hunter’s he begins to influence others to act the

In Document D, it is an excerpt from the story that shows the dead parachutist that gets flown up the mountain and when at the top and the wind is blowing he gets hoisted up and looks like he’s peering around the mountain and that set some of the boys off and made them think that the beast actually exists (Document

“We have disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other “

“Beside the pool his sinewy body held up a mask that drew their eyes and appalled them. He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling.” Often in literature symbols are used to portray a concept or idea. Lord of the Flies is a prominent user of symbolism, whether it’s characters or objects, many things in the story represents something that it does not physically appear to represent. While using all of this symbolism, the author of Lord of the Flies, William Golding, expertly uses show don’t tell. One very unique and interesting use of symbolism he uses is in the way the characters are dressed and the way they look as symbols. The outward appearance of the boys on the island is used as a symbol to show the mental state

The beast acts as a symbol for the group’s horror when Sam and Eric think they see the beast and, “Then as though they had one terrified mind between them they scrambled away over the rocks and fled.” (107) The beast, truly being a made up creature brought to life through the fear of the group, make the group extra sensitive when anything is out of the ordinary. The thought of the beast not only conjures up fear, it brings in a sense of uncertainty. Through the alternating beliefs of the beast being real, the boys are left thinking, “I mean when Jack says you can be frightened because people are frightened anyway that’s all right.

The novel, Lord of the Flies, is a compelling story displaying the metamorphosis of an individual when faced with external and internal conflicts. Ralph is the first character to be introduced in the book. He is the most likeable as he is charming, athletic, and displays strong leadership qualities. However, as the novel progresses, Ralph loses his sense of civilization and undergoes a change in character discovering the evil man is capable of. Ralph’s metamorphosis is captivating and displays the inevitable loss of innocence.

The most significant person in Lord of the Flies is Ralph. Ralph is the main character in this book because it revolves around him the most and his points of view. Ralph’s biggest disappointment would be civilization falling apart by savagery. By the end of this book, Ralph and his friends start to lose sight of humanity and how they should act. Ralph keeps most of humanity intact. But his biggest disappointment in this book would be losing his own humanity and the way he should act. Ralph is extremely disappointed that they all lost faith in themselves and didn't see the bigger picture. That's what Ralph’s disappointment would be and was by the end of this book.

In the novel, Lord of the Flies, Jack and Ralph were in a battle to control the small band of abandoned children. With their different personalities and point of views, the boys found it a challenge to coexist. Ralph strived to be the leader that could bring the boys together, “So Ralph asserted his chieftainship and could not have chosen a better way for days...by the time the pile was built, they were on different sides of a high barrier” (Golding 73). Ralph was focused on the good of the group. The signal fire was the main priority because he knew that, that was the only way that the boys could be rescued.

The boys believe they see the beast. However, it is simply Simon with the parachute trying to explain to the group what they mistakened for the beast. Unfortunately, the boys failed to recognize him the boys prepare to kill him thinking he is the beast. Simon trips onto the beach where the boys quickly jump on him and murder him. Simon was murdered before he could tell someone about the truth about the beast.

Lord of the Flies has more symbols than just the ones in this essay. Goulding shows the