Flies, a group of children are in a plane crash, all the adults are dead and they are left to fend for themselves causing total anarchy. An Allegory is the use of symbols, ideas, and metaphors to mirror a story to an event, person, or idea in the world and the purpose of an allegory is to transcend its original context. Lord of the Flies allegory is tied to WWII and the Cold War, and is meant to connect on the human condition between the boys and humanity. The theme of the novel is the human nature that cause us to hurt, steal, and kill which then is counteracted by the law and civilization of the world, that was created to eradicate these sins. The theme is hidden in the allegory and is found by understanding the meaning of the text as it
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The Cold War is happening. The US and Soviet Union are building up their nuclear bomb stock. Fear is instilled in many, and seemed as if the end of the World itself was coming. The Cold War was a war in which neither sides(USSR and USA) would win and both would become fearful for the future of humanity. The Cold War resulted from the end of WWII when Russia and the USA no longer had to be allies, and both would occupy land. This resulted in the growing tensions between the two large forces. This filled people on both sides of the war, and all over the world with fear of total destruction of humanity. The author used an allegory to represent his beliefs in order to convey his message into a story, without shoving it down our throats, he wants us to figure it out. The message is that in human nature our shadow self will overcome us, without law and civilization to counteract …show more content…
They create a group of hunters consisting of Jack and his choirboys, while Piggy stays focused on building shelters and Jack stays obsessed with his purpose, to get them all off the Island. The Island symbol is first seen in chapter 1 and it represent our entire world. The Scar symbol shows that even though we are here we have made a stain or scar on the world. Piggy’s Glasses and Fire are our technology that helps our existence, yet poses a threat to us at the same time. The Conch(pronounced: conk) represents our law and civilization and our voice of reason often held by Piggy. Piggy, Jack, and Ralph all try to diffuse the idea of the “beast” unsuccessfully. Eric and Sam fall asleep at the fire and wake to find the dead paratrooper, and mistake it for the beast. Ralph feels the need to “stop” the beast and get back to the fire. Jack continues his pig hunts, and the boys start to lose order and discipline. Jack decides that there is a beast and that Ralph should be removed from leadership. Jack leaves to create his own society(of savages) while Ralph and Piggy decide to create a new signal fire. The Beast is representing their shadow selves which lurks within them. It is inescapable and the boys want to kill it. How can they kill something that is apart of them. Jack decides to steal fire after they hunt the beast.
The Cold War is happening. The US and Soviet Union are building up their nuclear bomb stock. Fear is instilled in many, and seemed as if the end of the World itself was coming. The Cold War was a war in which neither sides(USSR and USA) would win and both would become fearful for the future of humanity. The Cold War resulted from the end of WWII when Russia and the USA no longer had to be allies, and both would occupy land. This resulted in the growing tensions between the two large forces. This filled people on both sides of the war, and all over the world with fear of total destruction of humanity. The author used an allegory to represent his beliefs in order to convey his message into a story, without shoving it down our throats, he wants us to figure it out. The message is that in human nature our shadow self will overcome us, without law and civilization to counteract …show more content…
They create a group of hunters consisting of Jack and his choirboys, while Piggy stays focused on building shelters and Jack stays obsessed with his purpose, to get them all off the Island. The Island symbol is first seen in chapter 1 and it represent our entire world. The Scar symbol shows that even though we are here we have made a stain or scar on the world. Piggy’s Glasses and Fire are our technology that helps our existence, yet poses a threat to us at the same time. The Conch(pronounced: conk) represents our law and civilization and our voice of reason often held by Piggy. Piggy, Jack, and Ralph all try to diffuse the idea of the “beast” unsuccessfully. Eric and Sam fall asleep at the fire and wake to find the dead paratrooper, and mistake it for the beast. Ralph feels the need to “stop” the beast and get back to the fire. Jack continues his pig hunts, and the boys start to lose order and discipline. Jack decides that there is a beast and that Ralph should be removed from leadership. Jack leaves to create his own society(of savages) while Ralph and Piggy decide to create a new signal fire. The Beast is representing their shadow selves which lurks within them. It is inescapable and the boys want to kill it. How can they kill something that is apart of them. Jack decides to steal fire after they hunt the beast.