William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, uses symbolism to expose the theme that humans can commit untruthful actions to get what they want. As the boys stay on the island increases, they realize that by manipulating others’ fear of the beast, one can control others behaviour to benefit his own wants. Moreover, the fire is initially used by the boys to communicate with their previous civilization, however the boys recognize that they can exploit the fire to pursue their individual desires. At the onset, the conch holds civilized authority over the boys, but soon they identify that they can alter the conch’s control on the island to suit their personal wants. These concepts illustrate how symbolism is used to represent that people will do
