In the book Lord of the Flies, the author William Goulding, tells a story about a group of boys stranded on an island. This story is an allegory. An allegory is: a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. 1* Allegories can be in many different types of stories. For example, Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel. There are three main reasons as to how Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel. The first and most important reason is the story behind civilization and savagery. There are other small reasons that we will get to later on, which are Loss of innocence, and the conch shell. There are many more reasons that tag along in this subject but the ones chosen here are the ones you will read about. In the next few paragraphs we will discuss how that is true. …show more content…
savagery. Civilization is basically when the human is fully developed and considered most advanced. On the other hand, savagery is the quality of being fierce or cruel. These two tie into Lord of the Flies because on the island, the boys discover a side of them that they never knew they had, but they always had it in them in the first place. Some boys decide to stay civil, and some don’t. The book says, “There are two groups now, the savages, and the civilized.” Jack’s group goes savage, while Ralph’s group stays civil. The story is not only talking about the boys on the island, but it is also talking about civilizations not on the island as well. This is how it ties into the allegorical