Symbolism in ‘Lord of Flies’

Introduction:
Second World War was a defining moment in Golding's life (Meuronen, 2013). He partook in the
intrusion of Normandy with the British Royal Navy (Speer, 2012). It has been completely
contended that Golding was influenced by his own encounters in the war and this is displayed in
the novel (Meuronen, 2013).

After the finish of the war, he started composing books and distributed his absolute first novel
Lord of the Flies in 1954 and later on he composed his different works, for example, The Inheritor
(1955), Pincher Martin (1956) and Free Fall (1959), yet they were not as fruitful as Lord of the
Flies. Golding was granted the Nobel Prize of writing in 1983.

The books of William Golding give a unique consideration to the issues of fiendish in the
individuals. The significant subjects of his books are strict and they are alluded to as tales and
moral stories.

In 1954, and after 21 dismissals, Golding distributed his first and most appreciated novel Lord of
the Flies. The epic recounts to an account of a gathering of pre-adult young men stuck on a betrayed
island after their plane was shot. Master of the Flies investigates the savage side of human instinct
as the young men. Away from the imperatives of society, they fiercely betray each other despite
an envisioned adversary. Loaded with images, the novel set the pace for Golding's future work, in
which he kept on looking at the interior battle of man among great and fiendish. Since its
production, the novel has been broadly viewed as a deserving of inside and out discourse and
examination in study halls everywhere throughout the world.

Lord of the Flies: An Overview:

William Golding’s tale Lord of the Flies was first distributed in 1954. The book is as yet considered
as his best and well known work. His notoriety to a great extent relies upon it. The tale is an
endeavor to follow the imperfections of the general public back to their source in human instinct.
Golding makes a sort of human instinct research facility in request to analyze what happens when
the requirements of development vanish and a new human instinct assumes control over when he
leaves a gathering of school young men on a betrayed tropical island. In Lord of the Flies, Golding
contends that human instinct, free from the imperatives of society, draws individuals from reason
toward. It is contended that Ruler of the Flies is a delineation of the status of society and human
instinct through the eyes of one individual, who has encountered the loathsome activities wherein
people are prepared to do (Meuronen, 2013).

This gathering of school young men begins another general public by picking a pioneer for
themselves. The picked pioneer is called Ralph, who is a decent child, yet soon a sort of uprising
is showed up against him. This is a genuine impression of the advanced society. Despite the fact
that they are children and they are in a left island, however the genuine idea of human is uncovered.
In this way, the consequence of war and distance of the individual is principle explanation for the
presence of brutality nature of people. After a portion of the children being tormented and even
slaughtered, the children have lost their blamelessness. There is breaking down of solidarity among
them when they become to gatherings and begin to battle one another. Inevitably, they are spared
by cruising official and he is amazed the genuine nature that these children have become.

Symbolism:
The symbolist development in writing rose during the 1850s in France and gone on until around
1900. Imagery utilized a quick impact on twentieth century writing. It is viewed as a scaffold from
Realism to Modernism. Imagery used a solid impact on expressions of the human experience, for
example, painting, theater, and music. The symbolist scholars try to pass on silly, individual, and
dream-like conditions of cognizance, contingent upon the allegorical or figurative language
symbolize an everlasting pith of being which is accepted to be disconnected from the scope of the
five detects. These abstract standards created as a response against the strength of positivism,
which focused on sound idea, logical strategy, furthermore, objectivity.

Freud’s Theory of Symbolism:

Freud offers two crucial theories on symbolism; the FN (Freudian Narrow position) and FB
(Freudian barrowed position). Hence, the use of the term "symbol" holds correspondent meanings
that can be interpreted or comprehended by people who shared the same cultural background. It is
universal and it is sometimes inherited from earlier generation Petocz (2004: 24).

"The first, which may be referred to as the 'Freudian Narrow' position, restricts
the use of the term "symbol" to a special technical sense, in which symbols are the
 elements of unconscious, universal, phylogenetically inherited code". Petocz
(2004: 24).

The term symbol is limited to a contextual use, or to a given literary work. It is different from one
context to another. Petocz (2004, p. 24).

"The second may be referred to as 'Freudian Broad'(FB) position, is a much less

restricted view, in which the term "symbol" usually refers to any unconsciously
produced defensive substitute, while nevertheless retaining certain specifiable
conscious, non-defensive production". Petocz (2004, p.24)

Subsequently, Golding's utilization of symbols in the novel has an incredible social and individual
foundation that can be comprehended from per user’s perspective, particularly the English per
user, as his/her own understanding and a general encounter and impression of the general public.

Symbolism in Lord of the Flies:

Lord of the Flies is extremely wealthy in symbols. It contains various kinds of images. They vary
in setting, characters, and articles. Right now, fundamental images will be secured to mirror its
fundamental point.

Symbolism in Setting:
Golding picks an island to put these young men which is liberated from grown-ups. This island
speaks to forlornness and paradise in which the young men change it into damnation. This mirrors
the idea of humanity:

"But this is a good island. We--Jack, Simon and me—we climbed the mountain. It's wizard. There's
food and drink, and--""Rocks--" "Blue flowers--"Piggy, partly recovered, pointed to the conch in
Ralph's hands, and Jack and Simon fell silent. Ralph went on." (Golding, p.45)

The timberland that the boys get nourishment and wood may speak to the dread of obscure. It is
dull and it is the place the young men discover the mammoth. It might likewise speak to human
advancement since they get their everyday supplies from the woods:

"Now he says it was a beastie." "Beastie?' "A snake-thing. Ever so big. He

saw it." "Where?" "In the woods." (Golding, p. 46)
Symbolism in Characters:
Ralph is the hero in the story. He speaks to request, human advancement and majority rules
system. He wishes to fabricate an edified society in the island so he blows the conch to assemble
and mastermind the abandoned young men:

"He blew from down here." Ralph grasped the idea and hit the shell with air from his diaphragm.
Immediately the thing sounded. (Golding, p. 23)

Jack is the adversary of the story and he despises Ralph. He speaks to brutality and fascism. He is
an image of the dull and insidiousness side of human nature. From the earliest starting point of
the story, he shows his longing of intensity, Jack claims; "I ought to be a chief", but he fails in the
vote.

While on the contrary, Piggy is a savvy kid who thinks about the others. He speaks to the lower
class, however they appear to be futile even they are keen in the eye of the general public.
Regardless of his cleverness, he is seen substandard.

The fat boy glanced over his shoulder, then leaned toward Ralph.

He whispered.

"They used to call me 'Piggy.'" (Golding, p. 16).

Simon, who appears to be more seasoned than different young men, speaks to the intrinsic
goodness also, ideals of human. Simon investigates the timberland and finds a mystery place while
the others are getting a charge out of the opportunity. While, Roger is Jack's conservative, he
speaks to twistedness and the most exceedingly awful of humanity. He appreciates making torment
other individuals. Sam depicts him to Ralph says: "You don't know Roger. He's a terror." (Golding,
p. 233). Roger contributes in killing Simon, and kills Piggy.

Symbolism in Objects:
The most significant article image is the conch. The young men use it to be joined together
furthermore, the first, who holds it, finds a good pace. It speaks to request, law, and human
advancement. At the point when the young men are having a gathering, everybody is quiet with
the exception of the one who holds the conch. At the point when the conch detonates, the island
human progress kicks the bucket with it.
Ralph smiled and held up the conch for silence. "Listen, everybody. I've got to have
time to think things out. I can't decide what to do straight off. (Golding, p. 31)

Fire in Lord of the Flies represents hope and rescue, especially at the beginning of the story when
Ralph suggests making afire to draw in the eye of ships. While within the remainder of the story,
it represents savagery and power. Another object which is Piggy’s glasses represent rescue and it
helps the boys to form fire by using it.

CONCLUSION:
This paper has concluded that scholars utilize images to communicate their messages and
their focuses of see. Imagery is like a machine in which they express their
own thoughts and contemplations. The development of such scholarly development was a
reaction against the soundness of the capitalist society which was the most reason for major
disturbing occasions of their nations and brought pulverization. Golding, as a man who seen and
experienced the frightfulness of war, he endeavors to communicate his message and his sees on
the human nature by utilizing such procedure. Master of the Flies is full of images which speak
to the topics of arrange and clutter, misfortune of innocence, and
the battle between great and fiendish. By utilizing such symbols, Golding needs to form his
novel curiously to the per-user and to create them think or encounter the circumstance. At last,
Golding primary point by utilizing such images is to convey
and exchange his claim considerations and sees of the fiendish interior of the man and the
primitive nature of mankind.

The above analysis goes to prove that Lord of the Flies is a fantastic and symbolical representation of
modern man's nature and those conditions which lead him inevitably to savagery. To express this Golding
has used the device of diminution to create his fantasy which constitutes the prophetic aspect of the
novel. He has projected his theme onto the near future. He says that the beast in man is the sole cause of
his degradation and degeneration. Golding's presentation gives a warning to keep the beast under control
so that the widespread symptoms of unwarranted injustice, repression, slavery and hatred may be
uprooted and an amiable atmosphere created to bring about the fullest awaking of humanness in man.