The Beast Lord Of The Flies Analysis

The book Lord of the Flies by William Golding was written during a time of tragedy, war, and societal defects. These influences of war in society helped to shape the book because during his time close to the war, he witnessed the destruction that man brought into the world outside of the restrictive society. In the book Golding uses a group of young schools boys crashed on a uncharted island, along with tragic events and symbolism, such as The Beast, to portray his theme that the defects in human nature cause the defects found in society.

The defects found in society caused by humans are represented by The Beast. The Beast in Lord of the Flies is symbolic of the inner desires of man that disregards the restrictions brought on by society. In Chapter 2 of the book one of the young boys believes he has seen a “beast” he tells the other boys he saw, “A snake thing.” When writing the book Golding was using the snake as a way of saying that man is deceitful and sneaky. Golding uses this metaphor as a way of showing that the deceitfulness found in man is a defect of human nature. In the book Golding also references The Beast as a manipulative character. Golding does this when Simon, one of the boys on the island, is looking into the mouth of a pig head on a stake. The pig head tells Simon, “We are going to have fun on the island.” The message William

Throughout the novel Golding uses The Best as symbolism to show the inner desires of man. With the book being written during the time of World War II Golding depicts how he believes everyone could be like a Nazi, he does this in the book by showing we all have evil inside of us, and that evil got Simon killed. Golding wants the reader of his novel to understand that adults, and even children see the loss of innocence and the evil inner desires inside each human that is brought into the