Figurative Language In Lord Of The Flies

In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there is a scene in the book where a little boy named Simon talks with the sow head, or “The Lord of the Flies”. In my opinion, this is one of the most important scene in the book. The Lord of the Flies has become a physical manifestation of the Beast as well as a symbol for the power of evil and darkness that lies within each human being. It is within this scene that the embodiment of reason collides with the embodiment of evil. In the movie, directed by Peter Brooks, there are many differences in that scene. In the film, there are no work exchanged between Simon and the Lord of the Flies. However in the novel, Golding uses a lot of figurative language, symbolism, and even foreshadowing to convey the boy’s true emotions. In

Only me. And I’m the Beast” (p.143). But the Beast exists inside all of us. The Lord of the Flies states, “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!” (p.143). When the Lord of the Flies says, “We are going to have fun on this island. Understand?” (p.144) that promise of “fun” is Simon’s inevitable death, which happens in the upcoming chapter. Earlier in the book, the boys were thinking of different ways to kill the Beast. That’s when Simon proposes a deeper insight that maybe it’s not something you can kill or run away from; it is a part of them. He was the one who met with the Lord of the Flies because he was one of the few boys who was skeptical of the Beast. He already had this idea of the Beast, and in reaction to his skepticism, he hallucinated the meeting with the Lord of the Flies. You could even say he’s braver that the other boys. He was the only person on the island who could confront the Beast. In the movie, however, the scene plays out a little differently. It begins with Simon climbing up to the sow head, not