Symbolism in lord of the flies
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- Created on: 02-12-19 13:58
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- Symbolism in lord of the flies
- Piggy's glasses
- vision and clear thinking, inner wisdom
- "Put on his flashing glasses" throughout the novel Piggy shows he is thinking clearly and logically coming up with many ideas to help the boys.
- He suggests taking a register and the use of the conch.
- "Put on his flashing glasses" throughout the novel Piggy shows he is thinking clearly and logically coming up with many ideas to help the boys.
- vision and clear thinking, inner wisdom
- The beast
- Simon realises its evil within human nature
- the boys are afraid of the imaginary beast that stands for primal instincts and savagery.
- the conch
- symbol of democracy, law and order
- at the beginning piggy and ralph make a rule that the boys can only speak if they have the conch
- Jack goes against this and democracy instead wishes to rule instead of Ralph as a dictator
- eventually the conch is smashed showing the end of decomcracy and order as the boys have decended into savagery
- Jack goes against this and democracy instead wishes to rule instead of Ralph as a dictator
- at the beginning piggy and ralph make a rule that the boys can only speak if they have the conch
- symbol of democracy, law and order
- the fire
- symbol of hope and rescue
- the fire is a literal symbol of hope of rescue as the boys make it in hope for the smoke to be seen and they are rescued
- In the novel jack and his hunters are supposed to watch the fire but they let it go out showing they have little regard for being rescued
- eventually the fire has gone out all together and none of the boys try to revive it showing they have little hope of being rescued
- it symbolises the light and goodness of the boys, when the fire goes out it shows the boys have descended in to savagery
- the fire is a literal symbol of hope of rescue as the boys make it in hope for the smoke to be seen and they are rescued
- symbol of hope and rescue
- the island
- A microcosm of the real world
- Golding wrote the novel in 1954 shortly after the end of WWII in 1945, the novel represents this with Ralph as the british and Jack as Adolf Hitler
- Jack ruled as a dictator against democracy and enjoyed inflicting pain on others as Hitler did.
- Ralph ruled democratically,he was elected and used the conch he stood for law and order
- Golding wrote the novel in 1954 shortly after the end of WWII in 1945, the novel represents this with Ralph as the british and Jack as Adolf Hitler
- A microcosm of the real world
- The boys plane damages the island an id referred to as "the scar" suggesting the damage that to come to the boys and the island
- Piggy's glasses
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