Allegorical Conflict In William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

The book “lord of the flies” is a well- known novel written by the acknowledged author, William Golding. The book indicates that it takes place in the midst of an unspecified nuclear war, when several British children, and specifically boys, are send away in order to survive. Based on real life events, William Golding deflects perfectly the sad consequences of war in contrast to the native spark of hope that’s flickering inside every human being through the eyes of the purest creatures in this world, children.
Specifically, the author creates a space-time framework, in which he places two boys, the fair- haired Ralph and an overweight, bespectacled boy nicknamed "Piggy”, to have survived a plane crash and to have found a conch, which, later
Starting with the main characters, Ralph, quickly becomes the chief of the group, not by any harsh, overt, or physical action, but by being elected. Ralph is described as having "the directness of genuine leadership", therefore he suggests that a fire be lit as a signal. However, he seems to forget the initial reason for maintaining the fire. This is representative of the debilitating effects corruption has on even the most benevolent of men. Ralph may seem to mean well, but often his obsession with being popular overcomes him and he resorts to bullying Piggy to regain his power. Therefore, Ralph can be understood to symbolize mankind's optimistic ambition to self-govern despite its historical record of failure and abuse of
Like Ralph, Jack is a natural leader. Unlike Ralph, Jack appeals to more primal desires in the children and relies on his status as leader of the choirboys to justify his authority. Although his way of behaving is neither disruptive nor violent at the beginning of the book, he does, at that time, express an unquenchable desire to hunt and kill a pig and spends hours in solitude traversing the island. Beginning with his self nomination as hunter, Jack eventually degenerates into the beast he is consumed with slaying. The first time Jack has an opportunity to kill a pig, he cannot, "because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood". After this hesitation, for which he is most ashamed, Jack's blood lust grows more and more irrational, to the point where he abandons the fire (and causes the boys to miss a potential rescue) in order to hunt. During Jack's metamorphosis, he begins to paint his face with clay and earth, masking his humanity from the pigs and inspiring terrible awe amongst the