Lord of the Flies
The Struggle Between Savagery and Civilization In the book “Lord of the Flies”, the author uses many symbols to convey meaning. However, they all tie into two concepts that run parallel during the book: civilization and savagery. The two conflicting ideas are battling, with a result foreshadowed from the beginning of the book. Savagery and human evil wins. However, during the book, the meaning of the symbols representing civilization and chaos change. The first, Piggy’s glasses, goes from being hope for order to confirming the victory of chaos. The second, the beast, goes from being an illusory horror to representing human nature. At first, the glasses and the civilization they represented were able to hold the beast in check, but as the book progressed evil and savagery became more powerful and destroyed civilization on the island. In the very beginning of the book the glasses represented the hope for civilization. They were introduced with Piggy, a fat, ponderous boy who wanted reason, order and civilization. Piggy’s physical aspects and actions closely identified him with adult civilization. The glasses were similarly connected with civilization. Piggy’s ideas represented the hope that civilization could be main
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Approximate Word count = 1278
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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