Symbolic Of What?

In Lord Of The Flies there is tons upon tons of symbolism, which is why it is referred to as an allegory. It is nearly impossible for one person to identify every layer of every word. Literally, every word is planned and thought out. Which is what allegory is supposed to be. The book overall, I interpret, is a symbol of human nature and modern politics. Piggy, The fat, spectacled boy with a serious case of "ass-mar" is representative of intelligence and people who occasionally put well educated input into politics but never assume a leadership role. Ralph, in my opinion, is like George Washington in a way, everyone assumed him as leader, and he sets some precedents (the conch, daily meetings, rules). Finally, Jack is symbolic of the evil that lies within humans, that forces them to want to kill, to hurt, which is exemplified in the scene where they play the pig game with robert.

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We read chapters 2-5 of lord of the flies this week. Honestly, a lot of people give this book a bad rep. I am really enjoying it and I think the thousands of allegorical layers in it are fantastic. There is one quote in the book where Ralph complains about all the meetings the boys have, and how they never lead anywhere… "'don't we love meetings? every day. twice a day. we talk….then we'd be, you know, very solemn and someone would say we ought to build a jet or a submarine, or a tv set."(golding 50) I think this is great because it is perfectly symbolic of politics today. We hold tons of meetings and we talk a lot, but we never take any action, and when we do its disorganized and takes forever.

A Tribute to Piggy, unnamed, unknown, and ignored

Piggy is a character from Lord Of The Flies. I really feel bad for piggy as of chapter two, so far he has come up with all the ideas that ralph took for his own. and on top of it, he is being called piggy, a name that he really does not favor. Nobody ever listens to piggy. when ralph had the bright idea of starting a giant smokeless bonfire, it was piggy that hesitated first, and everyone suffered the consequences of not listening to piggy when the whole area of forest was burnt down for their stupidity.