The Lord of the Rings and Great Bulging Towers
What's important about the title of 'Lord of the Flies'?
Ans:-
"Lord of the Flies" refers to one of the names for the Devil (Beelzebub). The setting becomes more-and-more hellish as the novel goes on. The young boys become dirty savages--all their inner evils and personal turmoils surface.
We can also point to a passage in the novel:
"Up there, for once, were clouds, great bulging towers that sprouted away over the island, grey and cream and copper-colored. The clouds were sitting on the land; they squeezed, produced moment by moment this close, tormenting heat. Even the butterflies deserted the open spaces where the obscene thing grinned and dripped. Simon lowered his head, carefully keeping his eyes shut, then sheltering them in his hand. There were no shadows under the trees, but everywhere a pearly stillness, so that what was real seemed illusive and without definition. The pile of guts was a black blob of flies that buzzed like a saw. After a while these flies found Simon. Gorged, they alighted on his runnels of sweat and drank. They tickled under his nostrils and played leapfrog on his thighs. They were black and iridescent green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned. At last Simon gave up and looked back; saw the white teeth and dim eyes, the blood--and his gaze was held by that ancient, inescapable recognition. In Simon's right temple, a pulse began to bead on the brain."
There's an evil (represented by the pig's head)--it's there among the boys on the island.
2 Ans: Lord of the Flies refers to Beelzebub, another name for the devil. He is also called the Lord of Filth and Dung. Throughout the novel, the children grow dirtier and dirtier, an outward reflection of their inner state. As their savagery and evil increases, they seek a symbol, a god to worship. When Jack and his hunters kill a boar, they have their opportunity; they leave the pig's head impaled on a stake as an offering to the
Ans:-
"Lord of the Flies" refers to one of the names for the Devil (Beelzebub). The setting becomes more-and-more hellish as the novel goes on. The young boys become dirty savages--all their inner evils and personal turmoils surface.
We can also point to a passage in the novel:
"Up there, for once, were clouds, great bulging towers that sprouted away over the island, grey and cream and copper-colored. The clouds were sitting on the land; they squeezed, produced moment by moment this close, tormenting heat. Even the butterflies deserted the open spaces where the obscene thing grinned and dripped. Simon lowered his head, carefully keeping his eyes shut, then sheltering them in his hand. There were no shadows under the trees, but everywhere a pearly stillness, so that what was real seemed illusive and without definition. The pile of guts was a black blob of flies that buzzed like a saw. After a while these flies found Simon. Gorged, they alighted on his runnels of sweat and drank. They tickled under his nostrils and played leapfrog on his thighs. They were black and iridescent green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned. At last Simon gave up and looked back; saw the white teeth and dim eyes, the blood--and his gaze was held by that ancient, inescapable recognition. In Simon's right temple, a pulse began to bead on the brain."
There's an evil (represented by the pig's head)--it's there among the boys on the island.
2 Ans: Lord of the Flies refers to Beelzebub, another name for the devil. He is also called the Lord of Filth and Dung. Throughout the novel, the children grow dirtier and dirtier, an outward reflection of their inner state. As their savagery and evil increases, they seek a symbol, a god to worship. When Jack and his hunters kill a boar, they have their opportunity; they leave the pig's head impaled on a stake as an offering to the