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Lord of the Flies
Title: Lord of the Flies
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 634 | Pages: 2.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Lord of the Flies
In his classic novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding utilizes
many elements of symbolism to help accomplish his motif, which is "man
is basically evil." Symbolism can be anything, a person, place or
thing, used to portray something beyond itself. It is used to
represent or foreshadow the conclusion of the story. As one reads this
novel, he or she will begin to recognize the way basic civilization is
slowly stripped away from the …showed first 75 words of 634 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 634 total…though Piggy
represented all good he was often jeered at.
Simon is a Christ figure. He is quiet, almost unnoticed, yet he
speaks wiser than the others. His wander deep into the heart of the
woods in chapter three, is representative of Jesus' journey's to
isolate himself to pray to his Father.
As we can clearly see, William Golding has used much symbolism to
help portray the ending of the novel, Lord of the Flies.
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