Reoccurring Symbols In Lord Of The Flies

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Living in a society with no rules or a governing body is all fun and games until evil rises above all and destroys civilization. Lord of the Flies, a novel written by William Golding, uses many reoccurring symbols throughout the novel that make the reader realize how surprisingly similar the novel is to the world around us. A group of young English boys are involved in a plane crash and end up stranded on an island; the island symbolizes the disintegrating outside world. The boys give it their best effort at rebuilding society on a vacant island but their intentions do not go according to plan when the boys start to lose their identity and show regressive behaviors. Throughout the book, Golding affiliates being civilized with good and being