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Book Analysis: Lord of The Flies Why is it that when people are placed in situations where sanity and reason are the keys to survival, people go crazy and end up ruining their chances to live? All that they needed to ensure a chance for their rescue was the fire. I don't see what is so hard about that. The fire gives off smoke, they then see the smoke as a signal showing inhabitants on …

…make any comments. The pig's head symbolized the boys' spiral down toward insanity. At this point, when they decided to plant a pig's head on a stick, they were already obsessed and diluted with hunting and killing. They were "off their rockers." The beastie/Lord of the Flies, symbolized the darkness a human can possess in his soul. I never thought it possible for young and innocent children to be capable of such heinous mu