In Lord of the Flies, symbolism emphasizes the problems that the characters face and the meaning of why they do. Symbolism emphasizes the control that anarchy has in the story. The island in itself is a symbol of anarchy. The island is solitary until the boys show up there. It has no government or any type of organization and control at all. The boys are forced to make their own “civilization.” These boys struggle to stay together and solve their problems as a whole. The boys have to fight to survive and it is not easy since there is no control over any of them. They all have the liberty to do whatever they wanted and that could be dangerous. Since these characters are forced to face reality in order to survive, innocence diminishes. The characters
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He is not a strong character and suffers rejection from the other boys, but later on he is recognized as a loyal, intelligent, and brave young boy. Piggy symbolizes a boy who stands for himself in a world without a civilization. Ralph and Jack all thrive to be in power, but both in their own way. Their personalities collide. Ralph’s faith in logic and rational thinking takes over his sense of authority and uses fear as a form of influence and manipulation on the boys. Jack’s hunger for power and absence of moral sense determines the struggles that Jack faces that eventually leads him to be in control. Allegory in the Lord of the Flies plays over important role. Ralph’s conch itself represents legislature in a democratic government and the power it has over everyone. “If I blow the conch and they don’t come back; then we’ve had it. We shan’t keep the fire going. We’ll be like animals. We’ll be like animals. We’ll never be rescued.” (Golding 55) This represent the immense amount of power that the conch contains. Ralph refuses to blow the conch once he sees the conch and since he doesn’t blow it, it holds power. When the conch is broken, Ralph loses all his power so Jack is now …show more content…
When she sees that dead man, her bubble gets burst and she is thrown into reality. She realizes that life can be very brutal and filled with savagery. “Very near where she’d stepped into the head was a pink wild rose.” (Walker) Myop symbolizes the rose, the innocence that still exists but now gone. Flowers portray the beauty of youth and ignorance. The flowers that Myop carries are as unknowing as she is herself about how brutal the world can be with all its cruelties. Myop is very naïve and completely obvious of the fact that black people are being lynched only because of the color of their skin. She doesn’t realized those people that were being killed could have been people she knew. “Myop laid down her flowers.” (Walker) When Myop puts down her flowers, she also lays down her innocence and youth. She is now part of adulthood and there is no going back. “And the summer was over.” (Walker) The end of summer emphasizes the end of her innocence that left along with the summer. The man who Myop sees dead on the floor represents the type of discriminations that are brought with this social issue. Racisms and discrimination are very prominent social issue. The author uses allegoric to portray the hatred that people possess in this world filled with savagery. The dead black man emphasizes all those people that have died and suffered because of this unforgiving act. Myop represents all the innocent
He is not a strong character and suffers rejection from the other boys, but later on he is recognized as a loyal, intelligent, and brave young boy. Piggy symbolizes a boy who stands for himself in a world without a civilization. Ralph and Jack all thrive to be in power, but both in their own way. Their personalities collide. Ralph’s faith in logic and rational thinking takes over his sense of authority and uses fear as a form of influence and manipulation on the boys. Jack’s hunger for power and absence of moral sense determines the struggles that Jack faces that eventually leads him to be in control. Allegory in the Lord of the Flies plays over important role. Ralph’s conch itself represents legislature in a democratic government and the power it has over everyone. “If I blow the conch and they don’t come back; then we’ve had it. We shan’t keep the fire going. We’ll be like animals. We’ll be like animals. We’ll never be rescued.” (Golding 55) This represent the immense amount of power that the conch contains. Ralph refuses to blow the conch once he sees the conch and since he doesn’t blow it, it holds power. When the conch is broken, Ralph loses all his power so Jack is now …show more content…
When she sees that dead man, her bubble gets burst and she is thrown into reality. She realizes that life can be very brutal and filled with savagery. “Very near where she’d stepped into the head was a pink wild rose.” (Walker) Myop symbolizes the rose, the innocence that still exists but now gone. Flowers portray the beauty of youth and ignorance. The flowers that Myop carries are as unknowing as she is herself about how brutal the world can be with all its cruelties. Myop is very naïve and completely obvious of the fact that black people are being lynched only because of the color of their skin. She doesn’t realized those people that were being killed could have been people she knew. “Myop laid down her flowers.” (Walker) When Myop puts down her flowers, she also lays down her innocence and youth. She is now part of adulthood and there is no going back. “And the summer was over.” (Walker) The end of summer emphasizes the end of her innocence that left along with the summer. The man who Myop sees dead on the floor represents the type of discriminations that are brought with this social issue. Racisms and discrimination are very prominent social issue. The author uses allegoric to portray the hatred that people possess in this world filled with savagery. The dead black man emphasizes all those people that have died and suffered because of this unforgiving act. Myop represents all the innocent