'Lord Of The Flies' By William Golding: Character Analysis

Symbols have deeper meaning many unnoticed objects in novels and movies. For example, the Lord of the Flies has many symbolic objects it has to show. Lord of the Flies is about a group of schoolboys that were shot down by a war plane and crash on the island. Everyone on the plane survived except for the pilot. As the story goes on some of the schoolboys start to turn into savages.

Arya Dhungana Blosser Language Arts Period 3 9 December 2015 Lord of the Flies Analysis Essay William Golding’s book, Lord of the Flies, is about a group of boys that are stuck on an island after their plane crashes. They must be able to create a fair civilization and all agree on it. One of the many themes of this book is that man is intrinsically evil at the core. The body paint, the beast, and the pig hunts all symbolize and support this theme.

Evil and savagery lives within and it can be brought out when you are forced to fight for something. We all have a dark side that may not show until faced with a challenging task. Lord of the Flies is about a group of young boys stuck on an island after their plane crashes. There are no adults and they are left to survive by themselves. They have to decide between right and wrong.

At the beginning of the war, many accidents were due to mechanical problems with planes, bad weather and errors in navigation. Louie called the B-24 that they flew on a “Flying Coffin.” “Flying the B-24, one of the world’s heaviest planes, was like wrestling a bear” (Hillenbrand 55). On Thursday, May 27, 1943, Louie, his friend Phil and Cuppernill were headed to Honolulu for their day off. Before they left, a lieutenant flagged them down and told them there were going a mission to search for a missing pilot.

The moment it crashed; it left a “scar” on the island. “All around him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat.” (Narrator page 1) This line describes a physical description of the plane crash. On the other hand, the scar can be seen in a psychological way.

Everyone makes lots of mistakes in their lives, but some people make too many and never learn. Lord of the Flies, by William Golding is a novel about a group of boys stranded on an island, resulting in their lives never being the same again. There are many objects that symbolize very important things in this story. The three most important symbols in Lord of the Flies are the fire, the boys’ hope; the beast, their fear; and the conch shell, their respect for one another. All of these are connected in some way, and binds the boys together.

The conch calls together meetings and grants sole authority to speak. Ralph is literally holding onto the physical manifestation of civilization. At his low point, he clings onto a technology that enables communication, assembly, and order. Ralph is able to benefit society because he holds onto his

This island has no adults, no civilization, and no rules, making it seemingly perfect for a group of young boys. The boys’ adventures are full of insanity, fun, and fear. The plot of this

In the reading, Golding describes, “Jack transferred the knife to his left hand and smudged blood over his forehead as he pushed down the plastered hair,” which is an example of imagery. By using imagery, Golding creates an image for the readers and describes how passionate and obsessed Jack is with hunting. With this technique, it created a vision of Jack, Golding shows Jack’s true poison of obsession and narrow-minded. While everyone on this island is trying to find rescue, Jack goes off and hunts for a pig instead of helping the others. Further, Golding mentions how Piggy states, “ You didn’t ought to have let that fire out.

Another angle of devastation is the physical and mental effects it can have on a person who abuses drugs. It can affect your overall health, certain brain functions and sometimes even cause death. This shows even more closely how similar it is to the horrifying monster Grendel, “Killing as often as he could, coming alone, bloodthirsty and horrible.” (pg.26, line 80-81); both monsters have the same goal. People can also become easily addicted like Grendel was addicted to killing.

The excerpt from chapter 9 of Lord of the Flies, in which the boys, including Piggy and Ralph, kill Simon, represents the end of civilization and how human’s own bloodlust can make them destroy each other. The scene takes place in five small paragraphs with only two dialogues spoken by the entire group which are italicized. Golding has used the line, “Kill the pig. Cut her throat.