THREE SYMBOLS IN WILLIAM GOLDING’S ‘LORD OF THE FLIES’
THREE SYMBOLS IN WILLIAM GOLDING’S ‘LORD OF THE FLIES’

Summary/Abstract: Lord of the Flies is a story that portrays the dark, deteriorating life that results from mankind’s inherent capacity for evil, which is allowed to control humans when they are freed from the rules of society. Throughout the novel, Golding uses many different objects as symbols to illustrate this theme. Some of those objects would be insignificant in real life and would most likely be taken for granted. However, in Lord of the Flies, each of the previously mentioned symbols is vital to the story’s theme. This article focuses on three of the most recurring symbols (the Signal Fire, the Conch shell and the island) used by Golding in his novel, and point to their symbolic associations.

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