Lord of The Flies by William Golding was composed as a response to the disconcerting events the author witnessed during World War II. The microcosmic island strips a band of schoolboys of their amicable façades, while divulging their primitive temperaments unbeknownst to even them. Writing in an extended metaphor, this situation unleashes an uncensored vulgarity. In accordance with the Freudian Theory, each individual undertakes a concept far grander than themselves. True natures unravel as Golding's remote island epitomises ominous instincts through an insightful juxtaposition of order and barbarity.
The post-modernistic style of the novel draws scepticism on the fundamentals of humanity itself. Golding critically examines the very basis of morality through the Freudian Theory. In desolate circumstances such as this, boundaries become …show more content…
His saintliness, along with biblical allegories, reinforce the notion of a Messiah. Subsequent his slaughter, Simon is swept into the heavenly ocean with "a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures" surrounding him as if a halo. Rival to Simon is the Lord of The Flies, a literal translation of Beelzebub. Originating as a sacrifice "for the beast", later, it physically manifests itself into the figurative beast. Its almost metaphysical form as a sow's head may be foreboding and sinister, but what it signifies is much more menacing. Conversing in the clearing, or Eden, the beast warns that they "are going to have fun on this island". In the condescending tone of a headmaster, it resembles the Devil who taunted Jesus. The boys to access the beast through a mask, although its main purpose is to camouflage, the clay paint acts as a window to their unpretentious selves - their inherent sins in terms of theology. Liberated, the boys are able to fulfil their primitive urges without empathy, without a