Lord Of The Flies: Savagery

Natasha Connaughton

Andrew Kearl

English 10

The devil turned them into savages that were thirsty for blood

Lord Of The Flies is many things other than in the bookshelves of libraries, but it is also other things like a religious allegory. A religious allegory with rape and mutilation, the loss of civilization and the rise of savagery. 12-year-old savages couldn’t do THAT much harm except for commit arson, murder and several felonies. These actions just described may all be influenced by the devil, just like the Devil’s role in the bible.

This entire book may be related to the devil. This title translates from the Hebrew Bible as “Beelzebub” In 2 Kings 1:2-3 its states the presence of this Beelzebub “ He told the king, “This is what the

Moses!” (Exodus 3). Simon is also similar to christ in many ways. First off they both predicted their deaths in a subliminal way. In Lord Of The Flies, Simon states to Ralph “You’ll get back to where you came from”(Golding 159). Stating only the “You’ll” which may imply that Simon may not survive before they are rescued from the island. This is also similar to the New Testament “ He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.” But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it” (Mark 9:30). These two quotes are also similar “But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it” and “Ralph was puzzled and searched Simon’s face for a clue. (Golding 159). They were both confused in what the two characters were talking about but didn’t ask or say anything. Both Simon and Jesus also resurrected in a way. In Lord Of The Flies, it shows this “Simon was inside the mouth. He fell down and lost consciousness” (Golding 207). and then “Simon got to his feet. The light was unearthly. The Lord of the Flies hung on his stick like a black ball” (Golding 210). Simon awoke from his loss of conscious like Jesus awoke "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” (Matthew 12:40). They both rose from the dead or a dead state. Simon is also like Jesus in his generosity of giving and sharing with the people who can’t. In Lord Of The Flies, “Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands. When he had satisfied them he paused and looked round. The littluns watched him inscrutably over double handfuls of ripe fruit” (Golding 78). In The Feeding