Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
William Golding uses symbolism in his book Lord of the Flies to explain how a civilized society requires order, intelligence and morals to survive or we as humans would be no better than savages or even worse Nazis. William grew up and served during World War II. It was during the war that Golding realized that even the allies thought of as heroes, were becoming scoundrels by killing innocent lives in savage ways. After witnessing all the horrors and savagery that went on during the war, Golding was inspired to write a book, explaining to all that “every single one of us could be Nazis,” which lead to the creation of the book Lord of the Flies. The most important symbol Golding uses to demonstrate the boys’ decline to savagery is the state of their clothing. “Though he had taken off his school sweater…his grey shirt stuck to him…”(7). This quote is important because this is how the boys land on the island, with clothes. Every boy starts with a way of life having morals and manners and knowing how to live in a society. The boys are fully clothed and clean. The quote shows how the boys’ society on the island starts. It shows that even though this is how they started things may end differently. This quote relates to rules and a crumbling society because this is where the boys are fully dressed as if they were still in a real society, following the rules of a civilized society. It relates to a crumbling society because Ralph is taking off his clothes to get in the water, a symbol that they are loosing their morals of a civilized society. “…. Clothes, worn away, stiff like his own sweat, put on, not for decorum or comfort but out of custom; the skin of the body, scurfy with brine-“ (110). This quote is important because the boys’ clothes are shredding away slowly. The quote means that the boys are loosing their morals from society. This quote relates to the clothing and the loss of rules in the boys’ society because this is where the clothes
William Golding uses symbolism in his book Lord of the Flies to explain how a civilized society requires order, intelligence and morals to survive or we as humans would be no better than savages or even worse Nazis. William grew up and served during World War II. It was during the war that Golding realized that even the allies thought of as heroes, were becoming scoundrels by killing innocent lives in savage ways. After witnessing all the horrors and savagery that went on during the war, Golding was inspired to write a book, explaining to all that “every single one of us could be Nazis,” which lead to the creation of the book Lord of the Flies. The most important symbol Golding uses to demonstrate the boys’ decline to savagery is the state of their clothing. “Though he had taken off his school sweater…his grey shirt stuck to him…”(7). This quote is important because this is how the boys land on the island, with clothes. Every boy starts with a way of life having morals and manners and knowing how to live in a society. The boys are fully clothed and clean. The quote shows how the boys’ society on the island starts. It shows that even though this is how they started things may end differently. This quote relates to rules and a crumbling society because this is where the boys are fully dressed as if they were still in a real society, following the rules of a civilized society. It relates to a crumbling society because Ralph is taking off his clothes to get in the water, a symbol that they are loosing their morals of a civilized society. “…. Clothes, worn away, stiff like his own sweat, put on, not for decorum or comfort but out of custom; the skin of the body, scurfy with brine-“ (110). This quote is important because the boys’ clothes are shredding away slowly. The quote means that the boys are loosing their morals from society. This quote relates to the clothing and the loss of rules in the boys’ society because this is where the clothes