The central idea of emotions cause you to see and think of things that aren't always real is developed throughout the book, The Lord of the Flies, using the literary device of symbolism. These kids all are scared and will believe whatever they can to cope with these emotions since they have no one to save them, but themselves. The literary device, symbolism, develops the central idea because it shows that when these kids see something that scares them they make something up so they can cope with being scared. ““We ran as fast as we could—” “Bashed into things—” “The beast followed us—” “I saw it slinking behind the trees—” “Nearly touched me—” the boys think they saw the beast but there isn’t one on the island, they probably just heard a