Lord of the Flies: An Overview Essay

Submitted By navarshane
Words: 650
Pages: 3
Open Document
Navar Shane May 5, 2015
English 1/Per. 1
Mrs. Marechal
Lord of the Titles The novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding begins with a plane filled with young British schoolboys that tragically crash lands on to a lone island in the middle of the ocean. No adults survive the crash, thus the children are stranded left to fend for themselves in a pre technological microcosm that they are now in. As the story continues the boys start to lose site of wrong from right and civility. Simon a character in
Lord of the Flies, represents a christ like figure who is later on killed by the other boys.
William Golding chooses to kill Simon in the story because he wants to show that in society, religion will eventually cease to exist.
Throughout the novel there are allegories of Simon representing christ or a religious figure. It all begins with Simons name which is a reference to Simon Peter from the Bible, who was one of the disciples. It all begins with Simons name which is a reference to Simon Peter from the Bible, who was one of the disciples. LIke Christ,
Simon is also described as a peaceful kind innocent person. Also like Christ, when simon tries to bring knowledge and understanding to his own people he is brutally murdered.
"Then, amid the roar of bees in the afternoon sunlight, Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them

back down to the endless, outstretched hands. When he had satisfied them he paused and looked around. The littluns watched him inscrutably over double handfuls of ripe fruit." Feeding the littluns fruit which they cannot reach themselves is like from the bible when Jesus feeding of the thousands. Jesus finds the best or fruits and makes sure that all the littluns have what they need.
In Lord of the Flies Simons goddess personality shows on multiple occasions. In chapter eight, Simon interacts with the lord of the flies, it telling him there is no escape and the beast may be only them, he also hallucinated that the pig head said they would have some fun later, which is foreshadowing his death. Many might lead to believe that
Wiliam Golding meant Simon to have a religious epiphany and to talk to the gods. See quote from chapter eight:
Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt or kill!
… You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close. I'm the reason
Show More

Related Documents: Lord of the Flies: An Overview Essay

Lord Of The Flies: Allegory

The Lord of the Flies is an allegory which means that it’s a story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or overview about life. This novel was written to warn the leaders of the world. The story is about a group of young boys who are stranded on a deserted island when their plane was shot down. Ralph is the main character of the story and is the leader of the group. They have to construct a camp and work together to survive. Ralph first meets Piggy on the beach and they find a…

Words 450 - Pages 2

William Golding's Lord Of The Flies: An Analysis

island. Through this, Golding illustrates how civilization and society, are not only the most unnatural ways of living possible for mankind, but, in fact, the root of much that society would consider evil. As illustrated Illustrated, as in Lord of the Flies, one boy, Jack, and his group of savages end up faring much better than another child, Ralph, and his attempt to civilize, Ralph even ends up destroying part of the island trying to achieve this goal; as well by the countless times that civility…

Words 1490 - Pages 6

Senior Seminar Research Proposal Essay

Calculation of PMI involves five different arthropod life stages (eggs, larvae, pupae, adult, and carcass) for flies when collecting insects from corpses. The egg stage of the fly is characterized by the laying of between 150-200 eggs, with the exception of some flies lying between 2000-3000 eggs, found on the body in cluster form within areas that provide protection, moisture, and food (Gennard, 2007). Fly eggs are typically shiny and white; the eggs have a similar appearance to that of a grain of rice. The…

Words 3256 - Pages 14

Essay about high school

be 4-6 pages in length and will include the following paragraphs: 1. An introductory paragraph with a general introduction to your time period and texts, and your thesis statement (argument about the time period- see step 3 below) 2. A general overview paragraph which gives background information on your chosen time period (you’ll get a handout about this on Wednesday, 4/16). 3. A paragraph per major text (see step 1 below) that gives background on the text itself, and explains how the text supports…

Words 973 - Pages 4

Fiction and Topic Sentence Essay

Literary Analysis Essay Overview Review your literary analysis packet, the sample essay I gave you (Lord of the Flies), the powerpoint which includes more examples, and any other handout you received on lit. analysis writing. Most of these are on the website. Grammar: 1. “Empty” language Examples a. “The use of literary devices reveals the deeper meaning of the story and highlights the theme.” State the theme and the deeper meaning you have uncovered! b. “Themes play a powerful role…

Words 2045 - Pages 9

Essay on Whatever: World War Ii and Stanza

allows, blow gas at him. But then you need a mile of mud sliced through with ditches, not to mention black boots, bomb craters, more mud, a plague of rats, a dozen songs and some round hats made of steel.In an age of aeroplanes, you may fly miles above your victim and dispose of him by pressing one small switch. All you then require is an ocean to separate you, two systems of government, a nation's scientists, several factories, a psychopath and land that no-one needs…

Words 3943 - Pages 16

Leadership Do Traits Matter Essay

) Academy of Management Executive, 1991 Vol. 5 No. 2 Leadership: do traits matter? Shelley A. Kirkpatrick and Edwin A. Locke, University of Maryland Executive Overview The study ot leader traits has a long and controversial history. While research shows that the possession of certain traits alone does not guarantee leadership success, fhere is evidence that effective leaders are different from other people in certain key respects. Key leader traits include: drive (a broad term which includes…

Words 7566 - Pages 31