Lord Of The Flies Allegory Essay

Lord of the flies by William Golding is an allegorical novel because it's shows us many literal levels and sub stories which symbolize abstract ideas. An allegory is a story, poem, or picture with a symbolic level of meaning where the characters and setting represent other things like political systems, religious figures, or philosophical viewpoints. An allegory allows the reader to interpret the hidden meaning behind the symbol. There are two different levels to an allegory the first one being the literal level and the second it's symbolic counterparts. The story lord of the flies has many significant symbols with an allegorical connection. I believe the three main symbolic allegories that the story is made up of is the conch, the beast, and piggy's glasses.
The conch is one of the symbols from lord of the flies. At the beginning of the book piggy and Ralph spot the conch and decide to use it to call a meeting they use it as a representative of law and order. The conch is very important to the boys because it gives them a sense of control. “ He laid the conch with great care in the grass at his feet”(pg74). It controls the boy's meetings and gives charge to the person who had it. The conch symbolizes civilization and order. It's allegorical connection to the story is that it represents a autocratic government. The conch helped the boys work and
Piggy is the fragile, sensitive one but the most intelligent one of the boys. While all the boys in the story are getting ready to go hunt pigs and build homes and gather water, there’s one symbol of advancement which are piggy's glasses. His glasses represent vision which represent knowledge. His glasses represents an allegorical connection of how piggy can view both sides on savage and civilization. The glasses also represented a piece in the civilization/order they had, and when the boys decide to break his glasses to create a fire it's as another link to