Rescue, the fire and the beast highlight the necessity of rules and regulations in everyday life because each symbol shows the effects of losing or regaining hope in returning to society. Rescue allows for the boys to have the opportunity to get back to civilization, which gives them hope of survival, but when other actions take priority, such as hunting, rescue seems a bit more impossible, which causes fear and chaos. The fire allows for hope to prevail over the fear of being alone while uniting the boys under a common goal, and even when fire is meant to destroy, it gives the boys means of returning home and leaving the chaos they create. The beast shows what happens to the boys when following a set rule is not an option because the beast
I think that the main message of this chapter is the effect of fear. This is because the beast has made many appearances. For example, Samneric were chased down the mountain as they fled from the beast. They reported eyes, teeth, and claws. Because of this, all of the boys get scared, and the fear overcame them.
Imagine that someone is just a child who has survived a plane crash and landed on an isolated island with no adults. He has no experience in taking care of himself and must figure out how to establish order without turning against another. This is the dilemma that the children in The Lord of the Flies by: William Golding have found themselves in, so one can picture the fear that comes with this more than unfavorable situation. In the novel, the theme of fear is shown most distinctly through the symbols of the Lord of the Flies, the beast, and the conch.
(Golding, 1954, Chapter 6) The "beast" character which stands for the strength of fear and the urge for conformity further supports the theme of the dangers of groupthink and mob mentality. The boys adapt to the group's views and behaviors even when they may not agree with them since they believe in the beast and are afraid of it. On the island this problem fuels more conflict and bloodshed. Text evidence states "We've got to have rules and stick to them.
People can change drastically when things are turned around in an instant. The Lord of the Flies is a book about young boys, whose plane has just crashed and they are stranded on the island without any adults. The young boys change throughout the novel; here, on the island, innocence is gone and their savage side comes out. William Golding uses symbols such as the conch, the signal fire and the beast in the Lord of the Flies to signify chaos, calmness, hope and fear which is intended to be represented by all of these things.
Through use of motifs and symbols, as well as a few specific scenes, Golding shows how much fear can change a person. When the amount of fear inside of one single person or a group reaches a very high point, it can drive them to do anything, no matter what kind of person they are. The fear of the boys drives them to try to survive and cling to civilization as long as they can. Their fear helps keep the fire going to make smoke, their signal.
William Golding uses many symbols in his novel The Lord of the Flies to create interaction between his characters. Golding’s characters are stranded on an island and one of their first decisions is to build a fire that will be used for creating a smoke signal for passing ships. Golding uses fire to symbolize three things in The Lord of The Flies: hope, struggle, and destruction. To begin with, Golding’s representation of fire as a necessity of hope to being rescued is an aspect that is easily conceivable to the reader, and this is purely demonstrated in the dialogue between several of his characters. During the first meeting the boys decide that they must have a fire in order to signal to passing ships that someone is on the island.
While waiting to be rescued, the boys show how mankind needs civilization in order to tame the beast that lives inside of us all.
In the book Lord Of the Flies, the boys show how being isolated from civilization for a long time can change your life for the worst and have bad outcomes. Golding shows symbolism in Lord Of the Flies by using 3 important symbols, the beast, the spear, and Ralph. The beast symbolizes fear. In the book, when the boys were having a meeting about the beast, the littluns (younger people in the book), and some of the older boys were getting scared.
As a result from this, the signal fire assumes the role of a barometer of the boys’ connection to civilization. In the beginning of the story, the fact that the boys maintain the fire is a sign that they want to be saved and go back into society. When the fire burns low or goes out, it’s noticeable that the boys have lost their hopes to be rescued and have accepted their wild lives on the island. The signal fire functions as a measurement of the strength of the civilized instinct remaining on the island. At the end of the novel, ironically, a fire finally brings a ship to the island, but not the signal fire.
Savagery, uncivilized, and hypocritical children have clouded their judgment when trying to figure out if there is a real beastie. A monstrous figure frightens the juvenile boys that landed on this forsaken island. In the Lord of the Flies, these English boys are all alone to defend for themselves, thats when it all unravels. This mythical monster sooner called the “beast” is symbolized a fear of a mistaken beast, as the darkness of war, and the evilness of humanity waiting to be unleashed.
In the novel, Golding associates the conch with the boys nature, signifying there civilisation till it was destructed and therefore, the dark side of the boys was released when there was no unity or order. The beast is another important symbol demonstrating their impulses to becoming violent, that the 'beast' is within the boys themselves. The antagonist Jack is addressed to represent that without regulations of society all human beings are savages by nature. Golding includes these symbols, motifs and characters to confront the idea the dark side of human nature is represented when left to your own
In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, there are many symbolic concepts within the novel such as the beast, and the pigs head. Golding uses these concepts to portray to the reader his idea that when humans are left without rules or organisation they will break from a civilised manner and become savages allowing evil to over take them. One of the most important symbols used to help the reader understand Golding's idea is the beast. Many of the boys believe their is a beast on the island and become fearful.
The beast, the parachutist, the fire—all assume symbolic worth in this novel. With his proficiency of literary tools like structure, grammar, vocabulary and presentation of characters, Golding enables the reader to effortlessly relate to the characters and seek the novel's central theme, that inside a person both good and evil exists and one must know how to control evil to be a better person. This novel also depicts a well know saying that goes by: “GOOD ALWAYS TRIUMPHS OVER
The man and the boy encounter many difficult obstacles which make their journey difficult in the apocalypse. The man makes a quick decision and has to kill a man who threatens the life of the boy. The naked people kept in a basement against their will forces the man and the boy to realize the importance of being careful while searching through houses. The man convinces the boy to go on without him because the man cannot watch the boy and let him “carry the fire”(234) on his own. Ultimately, the man and boy conquer many obstacles which each teaches them lessons.
The Beast that the boys talk about in Lord of the Flies is also a symbolic element. The beast represents the savage instinct that is within all humans. The Beast starts out as a figment of the younger children’s imagination. Then it starts to be believed in more and more. At the beginning of the novel the younger kids on the island talk about a beast.