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Lord Of The Flies - College Papers

Lord Of The Flies

In the “Lord of Flies” William Golding does tell us a story about a group of English boys stranded on a Pacific Island, in the literal level but in a more allegorical level he tells a story about corruption of innocence, brutality/savagery and victimisation/prejudice through the characters of Ralph, Jack, Piggy and Simon. Interesting stylistic features such as symbolism and omnipotent narrator make this story more than just a simple story.
Ralph can be seen as a fair head boy, tall, well built and the major character of the novel. In a deeper sense Ralph represents Law, order and authority but not in a tyrannic way, he also represents democracy and justice. It is also ...

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over intellect, his knife represents death and destruction. It is through jack we see Brutality and savagery.
Piggy is a typical obese young boy with brains, but in more he can be seen as a boy with civilised and scientific mind. His scientific mind can be seen when he talks about the beast:
“ I know there isn’t not beast- not with claws and all that…”
It is through Piggy we see victimisation/prejudice.
“Shut up fatty!”(Jack)
“ You let me speak I got the conch…”
In the above quote we see piggy being the victim because of his low class.
Simon is a sensitive, epileptic and religious boy who is wiling to work and is brave in the face of physical danger. He is right about “beast” but is wrong in underestimating the power of this evil. He discovers in the conversation with lord of flies the even he contains the evil within and it cannot be destroyed physically. Simon the Saint was the only hope for the new ...

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Added: 11/6/2008 06:05:48 AM
Category: English
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