Lord of the flies
Men are Evil
In this classic novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding utilizes many elements of
symbolism to help accomplish his motif, which is "man is basically evil." Symbolism can
be anything, a person, place or thing, used to portray something beyond itself. It is used to
represent or foreshadow the conclusion of the story. Much like The Coral Island, Lord of
the Flies isolates people on an island: three adolescents in The Coral …
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…with each other.
Their personalities and what they knew can determine how they would interpret and adapt
to a new environment such as the tropical island. Not everyone has so much malevolence
hidden inside themselves as to become complete savages when released from the
boundaries of our society. Some people will, because of the ways they were conditioned,
remember and abide by the rules they had depended on for social organization and
security.
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