Lord Of The Flies Film Analysis

In the film, Lord of the Flies, directed by Peter Brook, shows viewers that symbols and themes are being utilized as a social commentary on World War II. In all, this film represents the evil taking place within the actually film and on the social commentary side of World War II. Evil in humanity is revealed though setting, imagery, and symbolism. The forest and castle rock were two major settings in the film. The darkness which takes place in most of the film is also important images in revealing evil. Finally, the masks and the Lord of the Flies are significant symbols in this film too. All of these things were intended to be allegorical. The forest and castle rock each have various meanings behind them. The forest is suppose to represent the unknown, fear, violence and hiding. However, as a social commentary on World War II the …show more content…
The masks represent a means of disassociating oneself from one’s actions. In the film Jack paints his face in a camouflage color and encourages others in his group to do the same and let the inner beast out. Dante, a blog writer, stated in a literary analysis, “He changed his identity both literally and metaphorically; as he began painting his face to increase his warrior image and became extremely blood thirsty after being asked to hunt and gather the food.” In relation to World War II things that disassociated one from another was the yellow star and the uniforms they wore. Also at the beginning of the story the two groups of boys had different uniforms which also then goes back and relates to that social commentary of World War II. Lets not forget that the Lord of the Flies itself is a symbol of evil in humanity. In relation to World War II the Lord of the Flies was like Swastika, which was most associated with the Flag of Nazi Germany, and the Nazi party. All in which was