Lord of the Flies is about a group of school boys who are in a plane crash and land on an island while trying to escape war. One of the boys, Simon is killed because the other boys think he is a beast. The boys are all riled up and want to kill something, but it ends up being their fellow schoolmate. The author uses a few ways to represent the loss of innocence that occurs within the schoolboys. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding employs symbolism, figurative language, and animal imagery to convey a theme of loss of innocence.
In Lord of the Flies, William Golding has Simon is represented as a symbol of innocence and what good is left in the world, as war is going on from what we know. At one point, Simon is swimming in the water and, in a way, acting like a littlun as he swims. “Simon was floating in the water and kicking with his feet” (Golding 64). Simon thinks the Lord of the Flies, which is a pig’s head on a stick, is talking to him. “Simon’s mouth labored, brought forth audible words” (Golding 143) is how the narrator chose to describe Simon’s feelings. Simon is nervous and thinks that the head is really talking to him. This occurs right before Simon lost consciousness. A cause of Simon’s lost innocence is being on the island without adults and no one to help him out when he has hallucinations. …show more content…
The Lord of the Flies says “You are a silly little boy” (Golding 143) to Simon. Another type of figurative language used is repetition. “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood” is said multiple times in different chapters of the book. This repetition made the text mores significant when the “beast” they killed was Simon. Figurative language makes the text more interesting to the reader. These quotes and their figurative language help put a better emphasis on the idea of loss of innocence in this
In Lord of the Flies, William Golding has Simon is represented as a symbol of innocence and what good is left in the world, as war is going on from what we know. At one point, Simon is swimming in the water and, in a way, acting like a littlun as he swims. “Simon was floating in the water and kicking with his feet” (Golding 64). Simon thinks the Lord of the Flies, which is a pig’s head on a stick, is talking to him. “Simon’s mouth labored, brought forth audible words” (Golding 143) is how the narrator chose to describe Simon’s feelings. Simon is nervous and thinks that the head is really talking to him. This occurs right before Simon lost consciousness. A cause of Simon’s lost innocence is being on the island without adults and no one to help him out when he has hallucinations. …show more content…
The Lord of the Flies says “You are a silly little boy” (Golding 143) to Simon. Another type of figurative language used is repetition. “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood” is said multiple times in different chapters of the book. This repetition made the text mores significant when the “beast” they killed was Simon. Figurative language makes the text more interesting to the reader. These quotes and their figurative language help put a better emphasis on the idea of loss of innocence in this