allegory shmallegory

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.