Political Allegory: Lord Of The Flies

Sienna Rodriguez
Martin
English 9
23 June 2023
War-like events of Lord of the Flies

The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, this novel consists of boys stranded on an island due to their plane being shot down because of war. The boys have to survive with each other, but conflict arises every day until the boys split into groups. The boys grow more violent towards each other and tragedies are the outcome of this. The boys turn the island into a battlefield, symbolizing war. Golding uses his novel to create a political allegory.
The novel is politically allegorical because of the war-like element that occurs throughout. An example is the war paint, even Jack says, “For hunting. Like in the war. You know -- dazzle paint." (Golding

Ralph uses the conch to control the boys and keep them in order. Not for any cynical purpose but to use his power to turn what they have into a decent civilization and to get themselves rescued. Metaphorically speaking Ralph is a war Sergent leading his troop to survival. While Piggy is the Comand, Piggy “... has an excessive regard for the forms” (Reinfield). He keeps everyone together- tries his best for the most part- in order to go through the battle of surviving the island. If I may add, a Man Vs. Nature conflict situation that the boys are

They vote as they do for a President Election, which is political. The boys vote for the boy who has better deeming qualities as a leader. They are creating a structure of union for themselves by doing this. The first thing they do is vote for chief: “Seem to me we ought to have a vote. (Golding 22)” You would think having a chief would make the island more civilized and happy but in the end, it is anything but that. Golding turns Ralph and Jack into enemies, splitting Jack from Ralph’s tribe and forming his own. Jack is the opposite of Ralph, he is violent and overall does not want to be rescued. Ralph is trying to survive and be rescued. Because of this, their tribe are troops in an army. Creating the once beautiful island into a bloody battlefield with tragedies as the