Lord of the flies symbolizem
The novel Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, is a very symbolic peace of literature. Most of the symbols are very easy to identify and explain. One exception is clothing. Clothing was over looked as a symbol until the introduction of this symbolism project. It was overlooked because in our society clothing is a natural part of our every day lives, so even when we are reading, we tend to dismiss it as symbolizing only fashion or lack of. In Lord of the Flies clothing symbolizes order, rules and democracy. As the boy’s clothing turns to rags, their order turns to chaos, their rules are discarded and their system of democracy is overthrown and replaced with a fascist leader.When the boys first arrive on the island they realize that there are no adults to tell them what to do or how to behave. Basically they see no rule enforcers as no rules. Most of the boys remove some or all of their clothing to go swimming or because of the heat. This shows right from the beginning that when clothes are removed so are the rules. Ralph calls an assembly by blowing the conch and the boys come dressed “in school uniforms; grey, blue, fawn, jacketed or jerseyed. There [are] badges, mottoes even, stripes of colour in
been brought down hard on a rainy day. Not one of them was an obvious subject for stockings and pullovers.” (19). The last to arrive at the assembly was Jack and his choir. Each boy in the choir is wearing [is] finished with a hambone frill. … [Jack,] the boy who [controls] them [is] dressed dead leaf or a twig; faces cleaned fairly well by the process of eating and sweating *A bigun is an older boy maybe about 10 to 12 years old. Ralph is the least savage of the boys who have survived. He tries to restore order within his own tribe when it consists of: Piggy, Sam, Eric, and himself. Ralph’s major point is that they need to be clean. “Supposing we go, looking like we used to, washed and hair brushed – after all we aren’t savages really.” (189). He clearly associates being orderly with being clean and properly dressed.
Some common words found in the essay are:
Lord Flies, Due Jack’s, Bill Bill, Eric Ralph’s, William Golding, savage boys, jack’s tribe, lord flies, fire watch, , fancy clothing, system democracy, people situation, build shelters, jack choir, jack boy, boys fire watch,
Approximate Word count = 1365
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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