Fascinating-Thought provoking-Insightful. Using symbols in a novel helps the reader/audience to understand the association between an object and its purpose. Nevertheless, Lord of the Flies is a story about a group of boys, whom the youngest at six years old to the oldest at twelve years old, the boys get stranded on the island, creating their own version of government to stay sane. Eventually, all hope is lost as they abandon all civilization. Moreover, the boys soon become so savage that there are even murders and deaths that occur through rebellion. A symbol is an object that has a representation of meaning something important. For example, the fictional novel, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, has several symbols, like Jack's