Baynes Autrey
Mr. McCain
Adv. English 9, period 6
6 October 2015
Chaos in Man
Many things are demonstrated through symbols in Golding’s Lord of the Flies. There are three symbols that show evil in man. Golding demonstrates that man is chaotic and destructive by nature through the conch shell, the beast and Piggy’s glasses.
The conch shell is used to show that man is chaotic by nature and will destroy order. Simon and Piggy find the conch shell while swimming. Simon blows the conch to assemble all of the boys. The conch is, initially, a symbol of order. The boys, who form Jack’s group, begin to disregard the conch shell by speaking without holding the shell and not coming to meetings when summoned. The more the shell is disrespected the more chaotic the boys become. Finally, Piggy is crushed by a boulder that is propelled by Roger; the conch shell is also smashed. Piggy was one of the first boys to be killed by Jack’s group. The boys are in chaotic state and begin to kill more often. The boys ultimately become so obsessed with this anarchic …show more content…
In the minds of most boys, the beast is a cause of evil on the island. But, it represents the evil that is in everyone. Simon begins to realize this prior to his meeting with the Lord of the Flies; he tries to distribute his vision with the others. Simon tells the group of boys: "Maybe…maybe there is a beast…What I mean is… maybe it's only us" (Golding 89). After hearing Simon's statement, the other boys begin to argue amongst themselves. The boys give a "wild whoop"(91) when Jack scolds Ralph, he says "Bollocks to the rules! We're strong-we hunt! If there's a beast, we'll hunt it down! We'll close in and beat and beat and beat!" (91). Obviously, the boys' apprehension of the creature and their craving to kill shows how the grasp which society's laws previously held has been released during the period they have spent without guidance on the
Mr. McCain
Adv. English 9, period 6
6 October 2015
Chaos in Man
Many things are demonstrated through symbols in Golding’s Lord of the Flies. There are three symbols that show evil in man. Golding demonstrates that man is chaotic and destructive by nature through the conch shell, the beast and Piggy’s glasses.
The conch shell is used to show that man is chaotic by nature and will destroy order. Simon and Piggy find the conch shell while swimming. Simon blows the conch to assemble all of the boys. The conch is, initially, a symbol of order. The boys, who form Jack’s group, begin to disregard the conch shell by speaking without holding the shell and not coming to meetings when summoned. The more the shell is disrespected the more chaotic the boys become. Finally, Piggy is crushed by a boulder that is propelled by Roger; the conch shell is also smashed. Piggy was one of the first boys to be killed by Jack’s group. The boys are in chaotic state and begin to kill more often. The boys ultimately become so obsessed with this anarchic …show more content…
In the minds of most boys, the beast is a cause of evil on the island. But, it represents the evil that is in everyone. Simon begins to realize this prior to his meeting with the Lord of the Flies; he tries to distribute his vision with the others. Simon tells the group of boys: "Maybe…maybe there is a beast…What I mean is… maybe it's only us" (Golding 89). After hearing Simon's statement, the other boys begin to argue amongst themselves. The boys give a "wild whoop"(91) when Jack scolds Ralph, he says "Bollocks to the rules! We're strong-we hunt! If there's a beast, we'll hunt it down! We'll close in and beat and beat and beat!" (91). Obviously, the boys' apprehension of the creature and their craving to kill shows how the grasp which society's laws previously held has been released during the period they have spent without guidance on the