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Power on the island
The symbolism in William Golding Lord of the Flies focuses on a group of young British boys who are lost on an island after their plane crash lands. During the novel the author uses literary devices to help reveal the theme of power. The attack on Ralph's group in chapter 10 shows how power has had an impact between the boys through symbolism and foreshadowing. There are many important objects and people who play a role during this war. The conch is one, because it's starting to lose strength between the group of boys symbolizing the loss of power it has. Jack is also a main character during this time because Jack is starting to talk about creating a battle between both groups foreshadowing what is yet to come. Piggy's glasses …show more content…

For example, when Ralph and Piggy were discussing what to do after the murder of Simon, Piggy suggests Ralph blow the conch where Ralph then “sharply” (Golding 156) laughed in response. This quote shows the audience that since the boys are not taking the conch seriously anymore it's beginning to lose power.
Secondly when Jack begins to form his own alliance he starts to become more aware that he is now in control as he has always wanted to be. When Jack states “we shall take fire from the others.To-morrow we'll hunt and get meat.To-night I'll go along with two hunters.”(Golding 178) The author uses foreshadowing to warn the reader what is soon to happen. This quote also helps represent the power that Jack is now using against the other boys on the island. Lastly, Piggy's broken glasses represent the helplessness of Ralph's group and show how Jack and his hunters are gaining strength against them. In the novel Jack and his savages succeed at taking piggy's glasses at the end of chapter 10 Folding says “From his left hand dangled piggy's broken glasses” This shows that Jack and his group have a one up on Ralph and the other boys now being that they have lost the power to start fires and get rescued, which symbolizes the fact that their link to civilization is totally

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The last significant symbol from the book was Piggy’s glasses. Used throughout the book to both help Piggy see and to light the fire, Piggy’s glasses played a very important role. During the course of Lord of the Flies, it was evident that Piggy was the most rational boy on the island, even though he was often ridiculed by his peers. Piggy saw clearly when others lost sight of themselves. The real downfall of the story began when Piggy’s glasses were stolen from him, when Jack Merridew and his tribe of savages attacked him.

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In the book, the constant darkness is a symbolic feature of the island that stands for fear. “At last the way to the top looked like a scramble over pink rock, with no more plunging through darkness.” (48) The quote shows that the boys are afraid of the dark and yearn to get away from it, trying their hardest to stay together and where they can keep an eye on one another. Although darkness is seen as fear and terror, it is also seen as the birthplace of the “beast”.

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Jack tries to say something but because he didn’t have the conch Ralph told him to sit back down. Another example is, when Jack says, “He isn’t a proper chief… He’s a coward himself (Golding 126). Jack is trying to convince the rest of the boy's Ralph is a coward and doesn’t deserve to be chief. Jack is trying to take Ralph's power by making the boys think he is like Piggy and just says things and doesn’t actually do

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In the novel The Lord of The Flies by William Golding there are two characters. Both 12 years old, Ralph the son of a naval officer and Jack a redhead with freckles and the head of the choir. Both with leadership characteristics but one siding with reason and the other with Power. First, after the boys landed on the island and found each other, Both boys had a craving for power so they nominated themselves to be leader, Jack saying “I ought to be chief”, “because I'm chapter chorister and head boy”.

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Jack is noticing how Ralph is talking like Piggy, and how Piggy is feeding Ralph on things to say. Golding mentions Piggy’s specs, or glasses, indicating that they are a symbol of power. “They didn’t take the conch.’ ‘I know. They didn’t come for the conch.

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In Lord of The Flies by William Golding, dozens of british schoolboys find themselves stranded on an island after an horrific plane crash. As the boys get more accustomed to life on the island, they lose their grasps on civilization and even result to savage tendencies such as murder. Right before the barbarous boys, who were deceived by their power-crazed peer, (Jack) were about to kill their former chief, a navy general arrived to the island and brought them back to civilization. Golding uses an abundance of symbolism throughout the novel to give characters complex and deeper attributes. For example, hair is a major symbol and is used frequently throughout the novel to give us insight on characters and the setting.

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Evil Will Soon Take Over Everyone has a positive and an evil side, sometimes the evil side is just waiting to come out. Throughout the novel Lord Of The Flies by William Golding, Golding illustrates how much someone can change in just a little over a year. How can a young boy go to a boy that's hungry for blood? A group of young boys were part of a plane crash and they were stranded on an island for 15 months with no adults.

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Although they face so many challenges such as disagreements and violence, they manage to find their way out of the island. In this story, Golding uses symbolism, invective, and imagery to show that humans are innately savage. Hunting can either be a good or bad decision based on what the hunting is for. Two twins

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Antoine Nguyen period D LOTF Essay The Lord of the Flies by William Golding the beast an idea that one little boys created as a fear leads the boys to chaos and destruction. These boys who were once peaceful turn into savages who murder and torture their own. In the Lord of The flies the beast is more than it seems, the beast shows the violence hatred and evil in humans and alone on the island the boys not stranded by society rules turn to inner hatred within. In The Lord of the Flies The boys show traces psychopathic behavior, this behavior goes unnoticed and shows the darkness the boys have.

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Golding's use of symbolism in Lord of the Flies conveys many different meanings to ordinary objects. For example a conch shell represents power and the beast represents the devil. William Golding's Lord of the Flies is about a group of boys that are stranded on an island. The book shows the boy’s changes morally and physically. During the book most of the boys change to savages to gain power.

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Nicole Hero Mrs. Davis Cultural Foundations 23 December 2015 Symbolism in Lord of the Flies In the adventurous novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, symbolism is used throughout the whole book. A group of boys from Britain were on a plane that was shot down over a deserted island. Soon after leaders were elected, Ralph is in charge and Jack is in charge of the hunters.

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Sophia Klocke Ms. Stephenson English 9 Bell 5 6 February 2023 The Lord of the Flies Essay Everyone knows and loves the book Lord of the Flies but is there a defined reason why it's called Lord of the Flies? One day a plane crashes and only British boys aged 6-12 survive. they are left to survive on their own with no parental control. One thing that sticks out throughout the book is the beast, which all the children on the island are scared of.

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Because of the symbolic objects, such as the knife and mask, Jack’s character development that influences his actions and mindset, and his allegorical representation of tyranny and savagery, the author uses Jack Merridew to develop his theme of man’s capacity of good and evil. Two main objects that revolve around Jack and his growing sense of barbarity are: the knife and mask. Such as, the boys, including Ralph, reenacted their pig hunt to celebrate Ralph’s successful attack on the boar.

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In Lord of the Flies, William Golding shows the progression of absolute power, and how ambition can take over one's mind. Stranded on an island after their plane crashed, the boys create their own democracy with one absolute ruler, just like many other governments throughout history. The boys voted Ralph as their ruler, but Jack slowly starts to take some of Ralph’s power, and eventually usurps him as their chief. Lord of the Flies suggests that absolute power is corrupt, and that humans are overly ambitious in wanting to take power from the person who has the most of it. Just like any large group of people, the boys decide that they “ought to have a chief to decide things” (Golding 22).

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For example, “[Piggy’s] specs” (60) are used to start the fire, which in itself, is a symbol of hope and returning home. However, Jack is preoccupied by his instant gratification in killing the pig that he forgets to keep the fire going. Ralph and Jack argue, and Jack is tempted to attack; he smacks Piggy’s head, causing the lens of his glasses to break (60). Jack’s id, and his desire to satisfy his anger without foreseeing the consequences, results in the boys decreasing their chances at being rescued. Additionally, after Jack and Ralph develop their respective tribes, Jack is driven by the need to stay “on the right side of [the beast]” (144) as well as prove to his tribe that he holds all the power.

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