Hidden Symbols In Lord Of The Flies

The hidden symbols in lord of the flies

Authors put symbols in their movies and books to be able to represent something without directly saying what they represent. Golding puts symbols in his novel, Lord of the Flies, to show how simple objects can have a lot of meaning like the conch, the beast, and the fire. It is a way for the authors to communicate with the reader. Symbolism makes the reader use their imagination to think beyond their thinking capacity. Poetry along with visual art are a part of symbolism because it helps analyze context clues of the story. In William Golding's, Lord of the Flies, fire is a symbol of rescue but changes to destruction, and the conch symbolizes order but loses its power, therefore the glasses

The conch gained responsibility when, Piggy says, “Ralph looked up. ‘We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They’ll come when they hear us—” He beamed at Ralph. “That was what you meant, didn’t you? That’s why you got the conch out of the water?” (Golding 19). Ralph taking the conch out of the water means the start of the boys' meeting and the rise of a new chief. Therefore, the conch became a symbol of respect, like a privilege to hold to speak. The author’s description of the importance of the conch, "The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.” (Golding 260). Consequently, the conch symbol loses power and significance. The aftermath of the conch breaking is the end of Ralph’s tribe, leaving him with just his beliefs. In conclusion, the conch made the boys obey but the beast hidden inside made the boys do their

At the meeting, an apprehensive boy informs Ralph of the beast. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Piggy says, “...he saw the beastie, the snake-thing, and will it come back tonight?” (Golding 49). The boys fear an animal lurking on the island and plan to kill it. The boys adapt to their environment and shed their well-behaved schoolchild skin to turn into savages. Consequently, beasts take control like they were antipathy of being responsible, sanitary, and well-clothed. Near the end of Lord of the Flies, Ralph runs from the savages because they want to kill him and is relieved when he escapes. Ralph is wistful about his thoughts and how everything went wrong; "Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart” (Golding 290). Ralph’s heart and soul are in despair when he faces the real coldness of the world. The thoughts of how heartless they were from Simon's, and Piggy’s death shook him. The aftermath of the situation made the boys lose their ability to feel empathy for anybody. The beasts are the most powerful creatures on that island until the officer arrives and makes the beasts feel like lost boys. In conclusion, humanity is as destructive but as useful as