Lord Of The Flies Beast Symbolism

Next, the second most important symbol used to present the theme of the novel, is the symbol of the beast. While Ralph is talking about the snake-thing to the small boy "' he says in the morning it turned into them things like ropes in the trees and hung in the branches'"(Golding 26). This quote shows that the boys' vision of the beast is just their inner evil and their fear gave it a name and a shape in their minds. It also represents inner savagery of the boys' and mankind. When Ralph was saying to Simon if he believes in the beast, Simon says, "' what I mean is... maybe its only us'"(Golding 89). This quote shows that Simon is the only boy who understands that the rest of the boys' are all beast inside. It also shows that