The Allegories Of Allegory In Lord Of The Flies

Allegories In “Lord Of The Flies”

In most stories symbols are given right of that bat to help build the story and give us a little meaning towards why something is happening in a story. In Lord of the Flies everything is intended to stand for a symbol or also known an allegory . Thats just what William Golding wanted to portray society in a more comprehensible way. Lord of the Flies is about a group of boys who get stranded in an island after their plane is shot down in the midst of a war. They are virtually one their own without any adult supervision which all the boys take a liking to. The main characters are Ralph and Piggy who meet in the beginning of the story. An also Jack a hardheaded boy with a personal agenda after all the boys are voting on whos going to be their leader. Throughout the book the boys try to keep order with their makeshift government but everything soon falls apart and are torn apart by a leadership rivalry between Ralph and Jack. Throughout the book we see a lot of major symbols that change from the beginning of the story towards the end.

The first major recurring symbol in the story would be the “island” itself which represents a heaven in the start of story and changes to a hell at the end of the story. In the beginning of the story the boys see the island as a “heaven” of sorts where they can do anything because there isn't any adult supervision. This could be found in the story were it says “Excited by the thought, the boys rush off to the mountain, while Ralph and Piggy lag behind. Piggy continues to whine about the childishness and stupidity of the group.” (38). The reason why this shows them ecstatic about being on the island on their own is that they don't have to worry about safety ...

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...ng all the time of what food they might eat, why is this person picking on me and we're going to be rescued soon.

So in conclusion,the Lord Of The Flies has many figurative meanings opposed to just a literal meaning. They could mean a variety of things like in the story the island, conch and triangular meeting area would normally stand for everyday objects. But they could also represent the bases of life and what is really need to live. Much of the reason why the Lord of the Flies has so many allegories to represent aspects of life in a more understandable way. Many of the symbols change throughout the story so consider the fact a symbol would be the spark that changes an outcome in the story because of its significantes.So if you ever read a story see it in a more open mind set. To see a regular point a view and then one with a little more in depthness to it.