This novel, Lord of the Flies, was written by William Golding. The novel is filled with many symbols, which support the theme to the novel. Throughout this novel you will see Golding use Objects, Characters and settings as symbols. The novel starts with a tropical island, which a group of English boys discover after their plane crashes, killing all the adults on board. The island itself is a symbol. The island is to be the …showed first 75 words of 1464 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1464 total…occur on the island and spends his time hunting instead of helping Ralph with rescue. He later tried to kill Ralph at the end of the novel, but Ralph and everyone is saved as he runs into a naval officer, who asks what is going on and where the adults are. Ralph tells him that two people have been killed. The officer takes Ralph and the others aboard, and their deadly battle is over. 1480 words