People are manipulated by society. This is the underlying theme in William

Golding's novel Lord of the Flies. Throughout the story, Golding uses symbolism to show how people are manipulated by society. Each character in the novel represents a different part of man as he has evolved throughout history. Golding show how man started out simple, but was eventually manipulated by civilization. This idea can not only be seen in the story, but also throughout the course of mankind. Events such as themurder of the Jews by Hitler, the extermination of millions of American Indians by the

U.S. government, and the murder of millions of unborn babies by people who claim to be "pro choice" prove that manipulation of the people allow events such as this to occur.

Ralph enters the story representative of the innocence of man. However, Ralph's innocence is balanced by Piggy, who is representative of intelligence, Jack, who is representative of the power hungry man, and Simon, who is representative of spiritual man. These four characters represent the four parts of man which balance off to create man. Throughout the story, Golding shows how Ralph, who represents innocence, is

concentration camps. Finally, Hitler ordered the extermination of the Jews. He was able to succeed at this because of his eventual progression to the next highest degree of evil.

defenders of abortion made an issue out of Civil Rights. They did not mention abortion was murder. They manipulated the Supreme Court into believing that banning a person from having an abortion was a violation of that persons civil rights. Pro Choice people manipulated the American Supreme Court and American Society.

not recognize soldiers as killers. However, soldiers purpose is to kill. If a soldier does not kill, he is a bad soldier. It is obvious that the nature of a soldier is to kill. Golding shows in his novel that evil exists in man. When man performs evil small deeds such as Jack and his soldiers did, he will be able to progress to a higher degree of evil. When man reaches the highest possible degree of evil, he manipulates evil so that society will not recognize evil. This occurs because it is easy to manipulate society.

Society has manipulated man ever since the beginning of evolution. Golding uses symbolism in his novel to portray this idea. The manipulation of man is easily seen by observing past events such as the "Americanization

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