Fire Symbolism In Lord Of The Flies
Every novel has some sort of symbolism in it. Lord of the flies was a highly symbolic novel. Through the use of symbols such as piggy's glasses, the conch, lord of the flies, the dead pilot and the fire each object represented a different meaning. The fire was one that had many. In Lord of the flies, the fire symbolizes civilization, rescue, and hope of getting off the island.
While stranded on an island one big idea is getting rescued and hope of getting off the Island. Fire was a big symbol for being rescued in Lord of the Flies. “Ralph waved the conch. ‘shut up! Wait! Listen!’ he went on in silence, borne on in his triumph. ‘ there's another thing. we can help them find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So …show more content…
The fire was the boy's connection to civilization. When Ralph had Jack and the hunters in control of the fire and they neglected it in order to go hunting that created a great conflict. “ there was a ship out there. you said you would keep the fire going and you let it out. They may have seen us we might have gone home!” (70) The fire was there only way to return to proper civilization and attract rescuers to the island. The fire also represented civilization by creating light in the night time so the boys could see what was going on around them on the island.Which would prevent deaths and injuries. To begin with, the boys started off civilized by creating rules and electing a leader even tho they were miles and miles away from their proper civilization. From the beginning Jack felt Fire was not as important as hunting. but ralph felt fire was the most important thing throughout the novel. The civilization started dying down when jack and ralph started going off at each other. Ironically, it is because of a fire that jack lights at the end of the novel- in his attempts to hunt and kill ralph- that the boys are rescued.
To conclude the fire in Lord of the flies can be symbolized in many ways. Three main symbols would be civilization, rescue, and hope of getting off the island. The boys count on the fire to be rescued and survive in a civilized
While stranded on an island one big idea is getting rescued and hope of getting off the Island. Fire was a big symbol for being rescued in Lord of the Flies. “Ralph waved the conch. ‘shut up! Wait! Listen!’ he went on in silence, borne on in his triumph. ‘ there's another thing. we can help them find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So …show more content…
The fire was the boy's connection to civilization. When Ralph had Jack and the hunters in control of the fire and they neglected it in order to go hunting that created a great conflict. “ there was a ship out there. you said you would keep the fire going and you let it out. They may have seen us we might have gone home!” (70) The fire was there only way to return to proper civilization and attract rescuers to the island. The fire also represented civilization by creating light in the night time so the boys could see what was going on around them on the island.Which would prevent deaths and injuries. To begin with, the boys started off civilized by creating rules and electing a leader even tho they were miles and miles away from their proper civilization. From the beginning Jack felt Fire was not as important as hunting. but ralph felt fire was the most important thing throughout the novel. The civilization started dying down when jack and ralph started going off at each other. Ironically, it is because of a fire that jack lights at the end of the novel- in his attempts to hunt and kill ralph- that the boys are rescued.
To conclude the fire in Lord of the flies can be symbolized in many ways. Three main symbols would be civilization, rescue, and hope of getting off the island. The boys count on the fire to be rescued and survive in a civilized