Lord Of The Flies Symbolism Essay
The Conch. The Fire. The Beastie.
Suspenseful. Imaginative. Powerful. Lord of the Flies is an extremely interesting story that presents and displays how many little boys who became stranded on an unknown island, came to be rescued and brought back to civilization. In the novel, Ralph, one of the stranded little boys, finds a symbolic conch shell that all of the boys treat as a sign to tell who is allowed to speak. The boys all try to prepare a large fire on the top of the mountain and maintain the flame so that if anyone passed by, they would be able to notice the smoke and rescue them. Also, towards the end of the story a beast comes into play that scares the boys so much that they start killing each other. All of these symbols have great …show more content…
During the beginning of the novel, it is very obvious that the fire is valued and very thoroughly taken care of. Golding makes this point by saying,”” The fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don’t keep a fire going?””(Golding 31) This quote, said by Ralph, shows his eagerness to keep the fire going and also to be rescued as soon as possible. The fire, being the boys’ only form of signaling any passing ships or planes, should have been of high value to all of the boy’s. Unfortunately Jack and many other choir boy’s ignored and put off the fire in order to have more time to hunt. Later on in the book the fire’s significance decreases as seen in this quote: “” We shan’t keep the fire going. We will be like animals. We’ll never be rescued.””(Golding 92) This evidence is vital to the story by reason of Ralph’s realization that the fire is losing its importance. Now that Ralph has realized that the fire is not the top priority to the rest of the boy’s, he is left with only Piggy, Simon, and SamnEric to tend to the fire. The fire may have had much importance in the start of the novel, but as time went on it lost the majority of its
Suspenseful. Imaginative. Powerful. Lord of the Flies is an extremely interesting story that presents and displays how many little boys who became stranded on an unknown island, came to be rescued and brought back to civilization. In the novel, Ralph, one of the stranded little boys, finds a symbolic conch shell that all of the boys treat as a sign to tell who is allowed to speak. The boys all try to prepare a large fire on the top of the mountain and maintain the flame so that if anyone passed by, they would be able to notice the smoke and rescue them. Also, towards the end of the story a beast comes into play that scares the boys so much that they start killing each other. All of these symbols have great …show more content…
During the beginning of the novel, it is very obvious that the fire is valued and very thoroughly taken care of. Golding makes this point by saying,”” The fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don’t keep a fire going?””(Golding 31) This quote, said by Ralph, shows his eagerness to keep the fire going and also to be rescued as soon as possible. The fire, being the boys’ only form of signaling any passing ships or planes, should have been of high value to all of the boy’s. Unfortunately Jack and many other choir boy’s ignored and put off the fire in order to have more time to hunt. Later on in the book the fire’s significance decreases as seen in this quote: “” We shan’t keep the fire going. We will be like animals. We’ll never be rescued.””(Golding 92) This evidence is vital to the story by reason of Ralph’s realization that the fire is losing its importance. Now that Ralph has realized that the fire is not the top priority to the rest of the boy’s, he is left with only Piggy, Simon, and SamnEric to tend to the fire. The fire may have had much importance in the start of the novel, but as time went on it lost the majority of its