Allegory and Symbols in Lord of the Flies by William...

The Lord of the Flies is a novel hardly definable that bounders among many genres. Though we may find typical characteristics of adventure, dystopian or religious fiction, the dealing of symbols turn this as a potentially allegorical novel which can be studied and interpreted through different visions and perspectives. Characters and objects resemble behaviors, historical processes, personality styles and emotions. The narrator found in these the â€Å"objective correlative† to evoke different emotions in the reader. The sincerity of the book gives a new approach about human nature and seeks where the goodness or evilness of our society come from. In fact, it is the frankness of the book that makes it such a great attempt to explore such†¦show more content†¦He finds his goodness in his actual conscious and responsible thoughts and feelings, rather than in any other preconceived category, like Simon does. Simon finds his goodness in his essence; his ideas are not based in any label made by society, they seem innate. He is a clear representative of Rosseau’s ideas defending that by nature, human being are good. It is only institutions that have made people bad and yet Simon has not been affected by them. He is good although his acts may cause him respect as it is seen at the end of chapter four: â€Å"Ralph stirred uneasily. Simon, sitting between the twins and Piggy, wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy, who grabbed it. The twins giggled and Simon lowered his face in shame† (Golding, 78) Aside from goodness, Simon is the first one who realizes that there is not a real beast, not beyond ourselves: â€Å"What I mean is . . . maybe it’s only us† (Golding, 96) although he fails in conduct this piece of information to the group: â€Å"Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness.† (Golding, 96) In a clear opposition to Ralph and Simon we find the characters of Jack and Roger. Jack is the nemesis of Ralph. He represents impulse towards savagery and the corruption of an uncontrolled world. As David Wilson indicates, Ralph’s name derives from the old English word for â€Å"Wolf Council† (98) and creating a parallelism with this fact,Show MoreRelatedLord Of The Flies : Representation Of Violence And War1611 Words   |  7 PagesLord Of The Flies: Representation Of Violence and War Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian, states that â€Å" The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.† In William Golding’s Lord Of The Flies, societal topics run rampant throughout the text with Golding’s use of individuals to represent different aspects of society. Many writers view the Lord Of The Flies as an allegory, as societal topics such as politics make appearances throughout the text. InRead MoreLord of the Flies a Microcosm to Our Society1306 Words   |  4 PagesWilliam Golding s novel Lord of the Flies significantly symbolizes characters, objects and the setting to represent our world as a whole. 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