Lord of the Flies Symbolism

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English

 

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John C

 

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March 1, 2013

 

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University

 

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Some of the children want to hunt down and kill the Beast. The boys' fear of the beast gets the point where they offer animal corpses as a sacrifice to the beast. The boys hunt and kill a pig, stick its severed head on a spike, and call it a "gift" for the beast. There is one boy, named Simon, who realizes that the only beast on the island is the boys themselves...
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Simon seems calmer than the other boys and doesn't jump to conclusions. Simon symbolizes goodness, wisdom and truth. Simon is also one of the many symbols in The Lord of the Flies that has a biblical similarity, and his eerie parallel with Jesus Christ. About half-way in the story, Simon discovers that the so-called "Beast" all the boys seem to fear is actually the boys themselves...
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