Piggy's Symbols
Lord of the Flies by William Golding, takes place on a deserted island during World War II. The Lord of The Flies is about a group of school boys from Britain who were on a plane that got shot down and crashed on an island with boys ages ranging from 5-13. Shortly after they arrived, they voted for a leader out of the three main characters, Piggy, Ralph and Jack. Jack the oldest, being the most commanding and authoritative is chosen to be the leader, although Piggy is ten times more intelligent that Jack is, and Ralph has better leadership skill. In Lord of The Flies there are a lot of major symbols. The beast is an important symbol because it symbolizes fear and savagery, although it really is the evil inside them. On the other hand Piggy’s
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The whole time they are afraid of the “beast”, when really the beast is the evil inside themselves. In the dreams of the younger boys, the beast is a source of evil on the island. However, it really represents the evil inside everyone. Which is causing life on the island to deteriorate. Simon begins to realize this and tries to share with everyone, even before his encounter with the Lord of the Flies. Simon tells them, “What I mean is… maybe it's only us" (89; ch 5). Simon attempts to tell the boys but no one believes him. The beast represents savagery among the boys. William Golding constantly shows us examples of the boys being savage by their actions. As the boys change throughout the book, their need for hunting the beast, food, and chanting grew and they became more savage because of the beast. The beast also symbolizes fear in the boys. The first time the boys heard about the beast, some didn’t believe there was such thing and some were scared of what could happen. Samneric, the younger boys claimed they saw the beast and said “There were eyes. Teeth. Claws. We ran as fast as we could.” (100 ch; 6) The boys ran from something that wasn’t really the beast. They let their fear get to them and doing that they scared themselves. The beast caused anxiety for many of the littluns which is a big part of the novel, on the other hand people had disagreements about whether or not it’s
The whole time they are afraid of the “beast”, when really the beast is the evil inside themselves. In the dreams of the younger boys, the beast is a source of evil on the island. However, it really represents the evil inside everyone. Which is causing life on the island to deteriorate. Simon begins to realize this and tries to share with everyone, even before his encounter with the Lord of the Flies. Simon tells them, “What I mean is… maybe it's only us" (89; ch 5). Simon attempts to tell the boys but no one believes him. The beast represents savagery among the boys. William Golding constantly shows us examples of the boys being savage by their actions. As the boys change throughout the book, their need for hunting the beast, food, and chanting grew and they became more savage because of the beast. The beast also symbolizes fear in the boys. The first time the boys heard about the beast, some didn’t believe there was such thing and some were scared of what could happen. Samneric, the younger boys claimed they saw the beast and said “There were eyes. Teeth. Claws. We ran as fast as we could.” (100 ch; 6) The boys ran from something that wasn’t really the beast. They let their fear get to them and doing that they scared themselves. The beast caused anxiety for many of the littluns which is a big part of the novel, on the other hand people had disagreements about whether or not it’s