Merriam Webster's online dictionary defines an Allegory as, the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence. William Golding had written the book Lord of The Flies right after World War II which was the opposing ideas of the axis and Allie power party's. Based off of this definition, in Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses allegories to illustrate the opposing ideas demonstrated in World War II. Goulding uses allegories for main characters as well as characters with smaller roles. The setting in Goulding's book can also be described as an allegory.
In Lord of the Flies, the main character Ralph is one allegory for Franklin D. Roosevelt and the United States in World War II. Like FDR, Ralph too wanted a democracy. In the book Ralph finds a conch shell and decides that whoever has the conch may speak while everyone …show more content…
At the beginning on the book the island is new, unused, and there was a sense of all togetherness on the island when the boys first got there. In the beginning of the book it goes on to say, " on either side rocks, cliffs, treetops... then the jungly flat of the island dense and green..."(Golding29) in this description the island seem normal and sound but at the end the book goes on to talk about the fire in the Forrest that had been created because of the boys fighting (Golding 202). This can relate to the world during the war because before butler initiated war there was calm before the storm around the world. However as soon after Hitler's came into power and everything went to chaos and the world was in a state of war and destruction to everything around it. Many places like Japan and Germany were in "ruins" because of bombing and such (Effects of World War two 1). Both the island of the boys in Lord of the Flies and the world itself after World War II can be closely related and show
In Lord of the Flies, the main character Ralph is one allegory for Franklin D. Roosevelt and the United States in World War II. Like FDR, Ralph too wanted a democracy. In the book Ralph finds a conch shell and decides that whoever has the conch may speak while everyone …show more content…
At the beginning on the book the island is new, unused, and there was a sense of all togetherness on the island when the boys first got there. In the beginning of the book it goes on to say, " on either side rocks, cliffs, treetops... then the jungly flat of the island dense and green..."(Golding29) in this description the island seem normal and sound but at the end the book goes on to talk about the fire in the Forrest that had been created because of the boys fighting (Golding 202). This can relate to the world during the war because before butler initiated war there was calm before the storm around the world. However as soon after Hitler's came into power and everything went to chaos and the world was in a state of war and destruction to everything around it. Many places like Japan and Germany were in "ruins" because of bombing and such (Effects of World War two 1). Both the island of the boys in Lord of the Flies and the world itself after World War II can be closely related and show