Chaos In Lord Of The Flies Essay

William Golding wrote the novel ‘Lord Of The Flies’ to draw attention to the chaos in society during the Second World War. The statement where Golding shows movement from order to chaos through the use of symbolism in the novel ‘Lord Of The Flies’ is true. These symbols that show this movement from order to chaos would be the conch, Piggy’s glasses and the signal fire. It is obvious that the boys argue more throughout the book and they grow apart and it is obvious that throughout the book it gets worse. At the start order is shown by the boys electing Ralph as group leader and the conch where Ralph has it and decides you can only speak when the conch is in your hand. Chaos can be seen not so much at the start of the book but more so as the book develops for example the signal fire going out because the hunters did not look after it, this starts major chaos between the boys. Chaos can be seen throughout the novel from the conch and Piggy’s Glasses as well as the signal fire again more so as the novel progresses for …show more content…
Piggy’s Glasses symbolises the ability to see and understand things clearly. Piggy is the only boys on the island that sees how things should really be done for example using the conch shell to assemble the boys. Piggy is the most intelligent and rational boy on the island and his glasses symbolises the power of science and intellectual endeavour in society. This is clear from the start of the novel where the boys use the lenses of Piggy’s Glasses to start a fire, Jack- “His specs- use them as burning glasses” (Golding, 1954, p. 40) and this is where order is shown on the island where all the boys are working together using Piggy’s Glasses to start a fire. Chaos is shown from the glasses when Jack’s hunters raid Raplh’s camp and take the glasses and they more or less take over the power to make fire, leaving Ralph’s group