What Does The Fox Symbolize In Lord Of The Flies

Symbolism is an efficient tool that can help writers produce their story, and organize a person’s thoughts. However, it doesn’t just help the writers, but the readers. Symbolism helps readers understand the story, create meaning, and add to the emotion of the story. It is in every story, although it may be hard to notice what exactly is symbolic, but no matter what the story is it will always be there to help in some way. Colors and certain words that are symbolic can have a huge impact of what someone might think about a story. In the story of The Little Small Red Hen the fox tries to catch the hen and eat her, but the reader doesn't even need to be told that the fox is “wicked.” The reader only being told that there is a fox without any description of him would most likely infer that he will be the villain. A fox can be a symbol of mischief and predator while a hen would more likely be the symbol of innocent, meek, and prey.

In the book Lord of the Flies the author uses symbolism to show who has all the power, and who is good and evil. The color black is a symbol associated with things like dark, evil, and wrong (Symbolism in Some Children's Books). Ralph “the boy with the fair hair” turned out to be the the best candidate for a leader (Golding 1). Roger’s hair was black, and he turned out to be the most evil character throughout the entire story. The symbolism in Lord of the Flies is not too different from the Little Small Red Hen’s. When the fox tells Mother Fox to “put on the big black pot” the reader can understand that something bad might come from the pot, which later something does (Bryon 22). The reader just knowing that the pot is black influences their understanding of the role that the pot will have; for instance if the fox said “the big pink pot” the reader probably wouldn’t notice that something bad would result from its involvement, but instead something