The Meaning Behind Them (An Analysis of Lord, by Golding, and the Power of the Symbols within the Novel) An allegorical story, Lord of the Flies follows a young group of boys after they are stranded on an island in the middle of a war. Some of the boys are from a military academy, while the others were a part of an all-boys choir. In their time on the island, the boys lose their innocence completely and quickly learn what it takes to ‘be a man’. Some of the main characters are Ralph, the leader
Lord of The Flies - Symbolism analysis William Golding believes that all men have evil within them, but there is still good. In his book Lord of the Flies, he writes about young boys who crash land on an island and they need to survive, and throughout their time there, some boys slowly start to become savages and there are few who continue to stay civilized. This book shows Golding’s perspective on man’s basic nature. The first example, is Jack, the leader of the choir boys and who later becomes
The book “Lord of The Flies” by William Golding is about a group of boys who are stranded on a remote island. These boys decided to take on the task of creating a society in which they can make their own rules and morals. The task of creating a society is complex; a society is comprised of structure, rules, and roles of people. These major components of such a complex system all teeter upon what these boys believe is right and wrong. When at first it seems as if they have done it and there is excitement