Lord_of_the_Flies

Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies is a novel alive with subtle themes and concepts that are relevant and representative of human nature whether it is a group of schoolboys or society as a whole. The author William Golding has illustrated his main themes by using symbols that represent aspects of order and civilization and later in the novel the same symbols represent aspects of chaos and anarchy. The characters in this novel are a group of English schoolboys who are stranded on a tropical utopia. Ralph, who is chosen as the chief, attempts to create a sense of order on the island by establishing rules and regulations. Piggy aids Ralph by being the voice of reason and knowledge. However a split between the boys leads to Jack taking control and creating an immoral and reckless tribe. Towards the end of the book the boys break from the safety of their orderly existence that is based on the hope that they will be rescued. The boys’ regress from a civilized society to savagery, which is symbolized in the novel by Piggy’s glasses, the fire and the importance of the conch shell. First, the glasses, worn by Piggy represent intelligence and technology. The boys, fire, novel, glasses, conch, ralph, piggy’s, piggy, order, golding, jack, beginning, tribe, rules, rescued, less, keeping, going, authority, very, symbols, symbol, rescue, importance, however, end, we’ll, towards, society, slowly, represent, reason, power, once, later