As anyone who has read the book Lord of the Flies can tell you, the whole book is an allegory, and has a lot of symbols hidden throughout the book. After reading the book, I think William Golding is making a connection with the symbols throughout the book between soldier’s mental health, and the boys experiences on the island. Some of the symbols are a little obvious, and a few are a little bit harder to find. The first quote I found, is on page 19, chapter 1. It reads “The creature was a party of boys, marching approximately in two parallel lines and dressed in strangely eccentric clothing.” There are a few symbols in this quote, the first one, the fact that Golding chose to call the boys a “creature.” Besides being a good point of foreshadowing, this quote could be referencing the idea that opposing soldiers aren’t as much thought of as people, but as less than human. …show more content…
They are proud of themselves, they feel great, they are proud that they were able to help out their tribe. This could portray how soldiers would be proud of themselves after winning a battle. The second symbol though, in my opinion, is a lot more important, and it's the fact that the boys didn’t really care about the fire. The fire and Ralph’s leadership represent their sense of right and wrong. In this instance, they don’t really care about it, and don’t really treat the fire like it’s important at all. It relates to the point about soldiers winning a battle, they are proud, and have a right to be so, but to win, they had to kill people. They don’t realize that for them to do what they think is their duty, a life has to end. In this case the “life” would be them letting the ship pass by. In a way, you could say they did end lives by forgetting the fire because if they got rescued, Simon and Piggy wouldn’t have died. None of the events leading up to their deaths would have happened, and they would have got home