Lord+of+the+Flies+Essay

In William Golding’s Lord of the Files, the book is about a group of boys that get stranded on an island. But it’s about a lot more then just that, it’s about the on going struggle between good and evil. What those kids on that island did is what people all over the world do all the time. Pointless wars are fought just like what happened in the book. I think Golding’s point is that sadly sometimes evil wins. In the book Piggy symbolizes science and reason. Piggy is the fat kid with glasses that everybody makes fun of even though Piggy is the most logical. They were only able to light a fire using Piggy’s glasses. Piggy was the one that didn’t believe in the beast. “Which is better – to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill.” That was what Piggy said right before he died. Piggy and Ralph were trying to get people to come with them. To have rules and be civilized. But no one cared about that they just wanted to hunt all the time. Ralph symbolizes the leadership of the good. He’s the one who’s trying to keep the signal fire going so they can all get rescued. He’s the one who sticks out Piggy. “Which is better law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?” At the end of the book most of them had turned completely savage, and they were all running around trying to kill Ralph. Piggy’s death and the conch shell shattering symbolize the end of civilization. That’s when they start on their hunt to kill Ralph and put his head on a stick. Jack symbolizes the power-hungry bad guy. Jack doesn’t care about anything but hunting. Because of Jack, a ship passed by and didn’t see them when they could have been rescued. Roger who is one of Jack’s hunters symbolizes everything bad. Roger was the one who wanted to stick Ralphs head on a stick. Roger has the one who killed Piggy. “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” That was Jack and his hunters kept on chanting. Near the end of the book Jack didn’t even care about getting rescued. He only cared about hunting and killing. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is an allegory. The book is about a bunch of boys who get stuck on an island but everything symbolizes something else. The book might really be about good versus evil. I think the point that Golding is trying to make is that life is a struggle between good and evil and good doesn’t always win.