Lord Of The Flies Darkness Symbolism

Symbolism is an object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant. A lot of symbolism is used in this murderous and suspenseful book. Every person and object carry a symbol. The novel “Lord of The Flies” by William Golding is about a plane carrying a group of British boys ages 6 to 12, has crashed on a deserted tropical island. The boys struggle to survive without adult leadership on a deserted island. There were no adults around, the young boys are left to manage themselves. The boys use a conch shell as a talking stick, and Ralph, one of the older boys, becomes the leader. In “Lord of The Flies” the conch, fire, and the darkness are remarkable symbols that are used in the story

At night, the darkness is a symbol of fear of the unknown, uncertainty and evil. At night the boys grow uncertain so they think something bad is going to happen. The following quote represents the reason. “Soon the darkness was full of claws, full of the awful unknown and menace” (Golding 144). The boys think that they see things such as a beastie. At night, the littluns become frightened and have nightmares. This scares the littluns and the others because now they are uncertain. The fear of the unknown makes the littluns afraid. This causes chaos because others start believing there is something at night that is going to harm them. This demonstrates modern society because people are afraid of the unknown. People are afraid of uncertainty they think anything can happen to them at a moment notices. For example, If a country announces that there is a terrorist in their country. The people in the country will become more uncertain and will start questioning people. This is because they fear the unknown and fear that a terrorist will hurt them at any moment’s notice. Uncertainty and fear of the unknown causes chaos in the story this can also happen to modern