Lord of the Flies by William Golding
LORD OF THE FLIES William Golding The story of a group of young boys who find themselves alone on a deserted island. Lord of the Flies is an important title for the novel because it is one of the most important symbols in the novel. The Lord of the Flies, or the pig’s head, is symbolic because it embodies the savagery that is the result of Jack’s corruption and lust for blood. Ralph is a smart and logical leader. He and Jack are strong foils of each other because of the contrasting views each have in how they should run the society in which they live. Piggy is one of the first characters introduced in the book. He is segregated from the group because of his inability to perform physical tasks and because of his obesity. This pattern continues until the culmination of the struggle between civility and savagery, when Ralph battles Jack-which is somewhat ironic because civility is battling with savagery, both embracing the Darwinistic approach to survival of ...
