To begin, symbols and evidences of civilization are scattered throughout the story from the beginning to the end. One of the symbol that was mentioned in the beginning of the book was the conch. Piggy was first to discover the hidden treasure and said, "We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They 'll come when they hear us--" (LOTF, pg.11). A call of a meeting would show that they are trying to establish order within their new founded environment. By establishing order, they begin to launch the first stage for civilization. Within all civilization, there is order and meetings to organize the community to harmoniously accomplish tasks together. After all the boys have grouped themselves along the beach, Ralph lifted the conch and
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Savagery, by definition, is the quality of being cruel or fierce. The establishment of the group of hunters shows that, us humans, can be cruel to other living organisms if it means the survival of our kind. Jack, the leader of the hunters, started to show his under savagery that lies underneath when he says, “All the same you need an army-- for hunting. Hunting pigs--” (LOTF, pg. 24). Although, the purpose of hunting is to provide the community with resources, but the hunters begin to have more urges for fun killing rather than survival killing. “Lord of the Flies takes considerable pains to establish that at the heart of civilization lurks a persistent savagery, and that men, once stripped of the veneer of adulthood, quickly revert to being wanton boys who killed one another for their sport” (Singh, Minnie. "In Recognizing Their Savage Nature, Humans Gain Maturity." Violence in William Golding 's Lord of the Flies. By Dedria Bryfonski. Detroit: Greenhaven, 2010. 132-38. Print.). The beast, which is portrayed as our savagery, is in all of us. The beast was first brought up by the littuns, which caused a ruckus among the community. Amongst the chaos, Simon revealed his thoughts about the beast. “Maybe,” he said hesitantly, “maybe there is a beast... What I mean is... maybe it 's only us” (LOTF, pg 68). The beast comes out to over take us at the weakest period of our life. Although, they are all scared of the “beasties” that lurk around the dark shadows of the night and in the corners of their dreams, they are blinded by madness to see that they, themselves, have turned into the beast they are all afraid of. The main star of this book, the Lord of the Flies, symbolizes how savagery overtook the masked individuals. Simon was the only person who was able to communicate with the beast. As the interchange of words between Simon and the Lord of
Savagery, by definition, is the quality of being cruel or fierce. The establishment of the group of hunters shows that, us humans, can be cruel to other living organisms if it means the survival of our kind. Jack, the leader of the hunters, started to show his under savagery that lies underneath when he says, “All the same you need an army-- for hunting. Hunting pigs--” (LOTF, pg. 24). Although, the purpose of hunting is to provide the community with resources, but the hunters begin to have more urges for fun killing rather than survival killing. “Lord of the Flies takes considerable pains to establish that at the heart of civilization lurks a persistent savagery, and that men, once stripped of the veneer of adulthood, quickly revert to being wanton boys who killed one another for their sport” (Singh, Minnie. "In Recognizing Their Savage Nature, Humans Gain Maturity." Violence in William Golding 's Lord of the Flies. By Dedria Bryfonski. Detroit: Greenhaven, 2010. 132-38. Print.). The beast, which is portrayed as our savagery, is in all of us. The beast was first brought up by the littuns, which caused a ruckus among the community. Amongst the chaos, Simon revealed his thoughts about the beast. “Maybe,” he said hesitantly, “maybe there is a beast... What I mean is... maybe it 's only us” (LOTF, pg 68). The beast comes out to over take us at the weakest period of our life. Although, they are all scared of the “beasties” that lurk around the dark shadows of the night and in the corners of their dreams, they are blinded by madness to see that they, themselves, have turned into the beast they are all afraid of. The main star of this book, the Lord of the Flies, symbolizes how savagery overtook the masked individuals. Simon was the only person who was able to communicate with the beast. As the interchange of words between Simon and the Lord of