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Civilized/Savage
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Lord of the Flies, by William Golding is a novel about a group of boys who become stranded on an island without adults when their plane crashes. Certain objects in the novel such as the pig's head, the beast and the boys’ painted faces have a deeper significance than the obvious meaning. Golding is able to give an insight on many characteristics of human life and society in Lord of the Flies by using a large variety of these symbols. The author also uses social and moral allegory to show how the boys allowed their natural capacity for evil to dominate their existence. Through the use of symbolic objects and notions, Golding is able to develop the theme of civilized people becoming savages. A significant symbol in Lord of the Flies is the object that gives the novel its name, the pig's head. The head was stuck on a stick sharpened at both ends as an offering to the beast. Golding describes the pig's head as being "dim-eyed, grinning faintly, blood blackening between the teeth," and the "obscene thing" is covered with a "black blob of flies" that "tickled under his nostrils" (William Golding, Lord of the Flies, p.
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Title: Civilized/Savage
Words: 913
Rating: None
Pages: 3.7
submitted by: babygal89
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