Christina Braid Lord Of The Flies Summary

Braid, Christina Perez. "Kirsten Olsen. Understanding Lord of the Flies: A Student Casebook to
Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents." Utopian Studies, no. 1, 2002, p. 236. EBSCOhost, lrcproxy.iccms.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsglr&AN=edsgcl.91397759&site=eds-live. Accessed 17 March 2017. This is an article wrote by Christina Braid, an independent scholar in Ontario, Canada, as an explanation of Lord of the Flies’ use of contextual images and supplemental texts. It is explained that these contextual images symbolize a lot from modern society. Braid explores the novel’s use of symbolism to show that the novel relates to Christianity, WWII, science, human behavior, etc. She explains that through
this use of symbolism and contextual messages Lord of the Flies hides deeper messages. I will use this source to gather information of Lord of the Flies’ use of symbolism. I will also use the deeper meanings in the article to demonstrate different themes shown through the articles examples of symbolism.
Dangar, Joyanta. "The Nightmare Beast, War and the Children in William Golding's Lord of the
Flies." Psyart, Jan. 2013, p. 16. EBSCOhost, lrcproxy.iccms.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=95399249&site=eds-live. Accessed 17 March 2017. This source is an article written by Joyanta Dangar. The article delves into Lord of the Flies’ physiological and behavioral symptoms the boys on the island suffered. The article explains that the novel acts as a representation of the aftermath of WWII. It states that, like WWII victims, they suffer from the same traumatic experiences of war. The article states the boys likely suffered from modern physiological diseases like PTSD. This article relates to my essay with the traumatic representation of “the beastie.” The article says that “the beastie” symbolized the boy’s trauma. I can use this symbolism to establish the theme of anxiety and fear.
Fitzgerald, John F. and John R. Kayser. "Golding's 'Lord of the Flies': Pride as Original Sin."
Studies in the Novel, no.
1, 1992, p. 78. EBSCOhost, lrcproxy.iccms.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgao&AN=edsgcl.12223917&site=eds-live. Accessed 17 March 2017. This article mainly describes Lord of the Flies with Egyptian mythology. It described the civilized boys as Osiris and the savage group of boys as his brother, Typhoon. However, the article make a Christian connection in the novel. It moves on to describe Simon as a saint and The Lord of the Flies as Beelzebub. The article goes into detail that Beelzebub is the Hebrew translation of The Lord of the Flies and that it represents the devil. I will use article references of Christian elements to reinforce my second thesis. I will use this article to show that the Lord of the Flies represents Satan from the Christian
Bible. van Vuuren, Marijke. "Good Grief: Lord of the Flies as a Post-War Rewriting of Salvation
History." Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, Comparative Linguistics and Literary Studies, no. 2, 2004. EBSCOhost, lrcproxy.iccms.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsglr&AN=edsgcl.131356398&site=eds-live. Accessed 17 March 2017. This is an article written by Marijke van Vuuren. The article compares Lord of the Flies directly to Christianity. It shows that the novel’s characters, events, and places are all references to the Bible. The article illustrates this is many ways. It displays that the island represents the garden of Eden. Along with that, Simon is shown as Christ and The Lord of the Flies as the anti-Christ. The article also goes into greater detail with countless other scenarios and examples of Christian history. This article is the perfect source for my second thesis. It provides all the evidence to show how Lord of the Flies is a direct allusion to Christianity and the Bible.
Wilson, Eric. "Warring Sovereigns and Mimetic Rivals: On Scapegoats and Political Crisis in
William Golding's Lord of the Flies." Law & Humanities, vol.
8, no. 2, Nov. 2014, pp. 147-173. EBSCOhost, doi:10.5235/17521483.8.2.147. Accessed 17 March 2017. This article written by Eric Wilson that critically analyses Lord of the Flies’ theme. The article consists of evidence showing that the theme of the novel is that humans always go back to their instinctual patterns. The article also explains that the book can be portrayed as a spinoff of modern theories of human nature. I will use this source to establish the theme of civilization vs savagery in my essay. With the help of the article, I can show that the civilized boys were constantly fighting the savage inside themselves. In my essay, I will explain how if they did not fight this savagery, they would return to humanity’s prehistoric
behavior.