The Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

Picking the most essential parts of a story can be very difficult. You can easily change the entire message of a book by just changing a few lines, especially with a story as classic and as meaningful as The Lord of the Flies. In the novel, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of young boys become stranded on an island without any adults after their plane crashes. This story is all about their journey together as they try to survive and get rescued from this island. Although the book was written very well, it is very lengthy and there needs to be cuts made, and this needs to be done in a way that keeps the meaning of the book and the message the author was trying to get across the same. There are three important quotes in this …show more content…
Humans? Or animals? Or savages?” because it moves the plot forward, it sets up conflict and foreshadows parts of the story yet to come, and it adds even more to theme of the story (Golding, 1954, p. 79). This quote shows the change in character and actions of the characters, which in turn helps move the plot along. The changing point in the plot begins at this part of the story because the boys are really starting to become more animal like and lose their civil qualities, especially Jack and the hunters because all they focus on is hunting and they complete forget about their wish of being saved. This is a very important part of the story and must be saved because it helps the reader realize how the boys really have started to change and it leads to the conflict the boys have about this issue. Additionally, this quote adds to the theme that the author was trying to get across throughout the story. Many of the boys have forgotten their civilian life at this point and are forgetting about their desire to be saved, including the leader Ralph, Without this section, the story would not have been able to show how fear and suffering can bring out the animalistic nature of humans. Also, this section of the story reveals characteristics of Piggy and how he differs from the others. Throughout the story, Piggy has …show more content…
209). Symbolism is used throughout the Lord of the Fliest with the conch shell and it has a very important role in telling the story. The conch shell represented the power and leadership Ralph had from the moment he was chosen to be leader because he was holding this beautiful shell, and it continued to be used in meetings in more. It is very important to keep the conch shell be broken in the story because it shows the end of Ralph’s leadership and the total loss of power he had over the boys on the island. In addition, it represents the change in character that the boys undergo towards the end of the book. Near the end of the book you can tell that the boys are becoming more and more uncivilized over time, and the breaking of the shell causes the boys to lose all sense order and organization. It was necessary for the conch shell to break because without it we would never reach that turning point in the story. As well as shows symbolism and character change, this event also helps conclude and tie together the ending in the Lord of the Flies. In this section of the story the boys have split up into two teams and are constantly fighting. When the