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Three symbols from the novel, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, which have a titanic amount of significance to the story include Jack, Piggy, and the lord of the flies.

Jack is a “…tall, thin, and bony…” boy with red hair who emerges as the leader of a choir of boys (20). Jack symbolizes the transition into savagery. At first, he is resistant to killing the pigs on the island because he is afraid of the shedding of blood from a living organism. Ralph comments on how they don’t have meat. Jack is stirred by this and tries to make an excuse: “ ‘…Next time! I’ve got to get a barb on this spear! We wounded a pig and the spear fell out. If we could only make barbs-’ ” (51). However, what held him back before slowly started to disappear. The painting of his face is the point in which the transition into savagery occurs. The colors that he used for his mask were white, red, and black, which ultimately stood for terror, violence, and evil. “He looked in astonishment, no longer at himself but at an awesome stranger” (63). When Jack wore the mask, he was no longer held back by human principles. “… [T]he mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness” (64). Soon, the savagery took hold of Jack’s hunters as well. Jack was ecstatic when he and his hunters killed their first pig. “ ‘There was lashings of blood,’ said Jack, laughing and shuddering, ‘you should have seen it!’ ” (69). This savagery led to the murdering of Simon, the only person on the island who realized that the evil was within themselves. Jack exemplifies the theory which states that without rules and order, civilization will collapse, and savages will be born. Piggy was an overweight young boy with asthma. He symbolizes the physically weak who are mentally strong. His obesity and poor vision show his physical weakness. However, his ability to reason things out and use scientific explanations suggests his mental strength. When Ralph asked Piggy why there couldn’t be a beast, Piggy responded, “ ‘ ’Cos things wouldn’t make sense. Houses an’ streets, an’—TV—they wouldn’t work.’ ” (92). Piggy offers well thought out plans and suggestions, but he always gets rejected by the other boys. Jack can’t stand Piggy and always tells him to “ ‘shut up!’ ” (89). Piggy’s glasses are what give the boys on the island hope. Without it, there would have been no fire, and without fire, the boys could not have been saved. The destruction of Piggy’s glasses show the decay of civilization. As Piggy loses his ability to see, the other boys lose the vision of civilization. After Piggy’s glasses were stolen by Jack and his followers, Piggy is left almost blind. The complete disappearance of civilization is symbolized by Piggy’s death and the destruction of the conch shell. Roger threw stones at Piggy. “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. Piggy, saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went…Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea. His head opened and stuff came out and turned red…Then the sea breathed again in a long, slow sigh…and when it went sucking back again, the body of Piggy was gone” (181). William Golding describes Piggy’s death in such extent to stress the importance of what could happen if order and establishment no longer existed. One of the most important symbols in the novel is the sow’s head, that is, the lord of the flies itself. The lord of the flies represents the “devil” or the evil contained in each individual human being. The sow’s head is described as “…dim-eyed, grinning faintly, blood blackening between the teeth” (137). This dark image gives a sense of evil to the lord of the flies. The evil within the boys is ultimately the cause of everything bad on the island. When Simon hallucinates, the lord of the flies appears to talk to him. “ ‘Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!’ said the head… ‘You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?’ ” (143). Simon had suggested earlier that the beast was part of them, but the boys laughed at him and refused to believe it. When Simon goes back to warn the other boys about the true beast, it is too late. The evil within them had already been released. They were chanting, “ ‘Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!’ ” (152). Simon gets killed by the savage boys, who mistake him for the beast.

William Golding enriches the novel, The Lord of the Flies, by incorporating an enormous amount of symbolism, some of which include Jack, Piggy, and the lord of the flies.

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