Lord Of The Flies Allusion

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‘Lord of the Flies’, written by William Goulding's; This is a Parable telling how a group of boys, stranded on an unmapped island want to be rescued after crashing a plane there. The lighting of a signal fire; which is Piggy’s idea; to attract passing ships but one boy, Jack interferes with their plans with the fire. Another boy, Ralph, the chief of the group confronting Jack, but Jack refuses to listen and tries to burn Ralph off the island. Then, the last second before Jack tries to kill Ralph, a man in a ship sees the fire and rescues them and takes them home where there is a war going on. How did this happen? What happens when there is no adult to take charge? Through symbols and irony of ‘Lord of the Flies’, there are examples of voice …show more content…

It is a Hebrew word that translates as “lord of the flies”. Also in the New Testament, Beelzebub is used as another name for satan. This story full of symbols and connections to create a story in another way. In ‘Lord of the Flies’ they are on an island where no one knows and use a simple conch shell to keep them in check and is really known as civilization if you are looking into symbols. The conch was the most important subject in the ‘Lord of the Flies’ because it kept civilization normal and not wild, as Jack could be an example of wild. This book represents evil in many ways, for the pig’s head of the first pig they had killed was put on a stick and put in the center of their home area and is the actual Lord of the Flies. As there was another voice in the crowd that said “Which is better –to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is?”, who is the everyman in ‘Lord of the Flies’ and thinks of the signal fire, which could be told as the hope of rescue. If you were wondering who I am talking about, it is Piggy. Who is Piggy? He is the the voice of reason and the one who everyone should’ve listen to, instead of bullying and/or hurting him. The boys harassed him by taking the an artifact of attraction from the ‘Lord of the Flies’ away, meaning his glasses. His glasses were the one thing to create a fire; and an obvious; for him to see. As time went on the children

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