Q.

Lor
dOft
heFl
iesasanal
legor
y.

Answer
:-

Def
ini
ti
onofAl
legor
y:-

Anal legoryisanarrat
iveorwor kofar tthatusessymbol i
ccharacters,events,orsett
ingsto
conv ey a deepermeani ng ormor almessage.I ttypi
call
yi nv
olves a hidden orabst r
act
representati
onofideasorprinci
ples,
allowingformult
ipl
elayersofint
erpret
ation.All
egori
esare
oftenusedt oexpl
orecompl exorabstractconcept
sinamor eaccessibleandengagi ngmanner.

I
ntr
oduct
ion:

"LordoftheFli
es"byWi ll
i
am Gol
dingi
samul t
i-
layer
edall
egori
calnovelthatcanbeint
erpret
ed
throughvari
ouslenses.Itser
vesasapolit
icalall
egory
,areli
giousall
egory,andanall
egoryof
thewarbet weenci v
il
izati
onandsavagery
.Theset hr
eeall
egoricaldimensionsi
nter
twineto
explorepr
ofoundthemesandof f
eracri
ti
calcomment aryonhumannat ureandsoci
ety.

Quot
es:

Pol
i
tical
All
egor
y:

_
___
___
_"We'
vegott
ohav
erul
esandobeyt
hem.Af
teral
l
,

we'
renotsav
ages.
"__
___
___
(Ral
ph)

Rel
i
giousAl
l
egor
y:

_
___
___
_"May
be.
..may
bet
her
eisabeast
..
..WhatImeani
s..
.

may
bei
t'
sonl
yus.
"__
___
___
(Si
mon)

Al
l
egor
yofWarbet
weenCi
vi
li
zat
ionandSav
ager
y:

_
___
___
_"Ral
phweptf
ort
heendofi
nnocence,
thedar
kness

ofman'
shear
t.
"__
___
___(
Nar
rat
or)

Body
:

Pol
it
icalAl
legor
y:

PowerStruggle:Theconfli
ctbetweenRal
phandJackrepresent
st hest
ruggl
eforpowerandt
he
clashofdifferentpol
iti
calideol
ogi
es.Ral
ph'
sleader
shiprepresentsdemocracy
,whil
eJack'
s
ruleembodiesauthori
tari
ani
sm.

Gov
ernanceandOr
der
:Theest
abl
i
shmentofr
ules,t
heel
ect
ionofl
eader
s,andt
heuseof
sy
mbolsl
i
ket heconchshel
lref
lectt
hei
mpor
tanceofgov
ernanceandmai
ntai
ningsoci
alor
der
wi
thi
napoli
ti
calsyst
em.

All
egoryofWor ldWarI I
:"Lordoft heFlies"canalsobeseenasanal legoryforthebroader
contextofWor l
dWarI I
.Theboys' descentintosavagerymi r
ror
stheatrocit
iesandbreakdown
ofsocietalnor
mswi t
nessedduringt hewar .Thenov elcr
it
iquesthedestructi
vecapabi
li
ti
esof
human nat ure and quest
ions the idea of inherentgoodness int he face ofextreme
ci
rcumstances.

MobMental
it
y:Theboys'descenti
ntosav
ageryandthefor
mat i
onofavi
olentmobdemonstr
ate
t
hedangersofmobment al
it
yandt hepotent
ialf
orindi
vidual
stoloset hei
rrat
ional
i
tyand
mor
ali
tyi
nagr oupset
ti
ng.

SocialHi
erar
chyandCl assDiv
isi
ons:Thesoci
aldivi
sionsamongtheboys,wit
hcharact
ersli
ke
RalphandPiggyrepresenti
ngmar gi
nal
izedi
ndi
vidual
s,refl
ectt
heinequal
it
iesandhier
archi
es
presentwi
thi
npoli
ti
calsy st
ems.

Rel
igi
ousAl
l
egor
y:

Fal
lfr
om Grace:Theboy
s' gr
adualdescenti
ntosavager
ymi r
ror
sthebi
bli
calconceptoft
heFal
l
ofMan,sy
mbol i
zingt
helossofinnocenceandthecorr
upti
onofhumani
ty.

TheBeast:Thepr
esenceofthebeastrepr
esentstheinnat
eevi
lwi
thi
nhumansandthestruggle
bet
weengoodandev il
.Ital
soref
lect
sr el
i
giousideasoftempt
ati
on,si
n,andt
hebatt
leagainst
dar
kforces.

SimonasaChr i
stFigure:Si
mon'sencount er
swi t
htheLordoftheFliesandhisevent
ual
marty
rdom par
all
elthel
if
e,temptat
ions,andcruci
fi
xi
onofJesusChr
ist
,emphasi
zi
ngthemesof
sacr
if
ice,
redempti
on,andspir
it
ualenli
ghtenment.

Ritual
ist
icBehavi
or:Theboys'
rit
ual
s,suchasthehunt
ingri
tual
sandtheworshi
pofthebeast
,
mirrorrel
igi
ousceremoniesandsymbolizet
hehumani ncl
inat
iont
owardrel
igi
ousbel
iefand
ri
tuali
sti
cpract
ices.

LossofFait
h:Theboys'l
ossoff
ait
hinr
escue,reason,
andmor
ali
tyrefl
ectstheexi
stent
ialcr
isi
s
facedbyindiv
idual
sintheabsenceofhigherpowersordi
vi
nei nter
venti
on,questi
oningthe
natur
eoffai
thandbeli
efsyst
ems.

Al
legor
yofWarbet
weenCi
vi
li
zat
ionandSav
ager
y:

Fr
agil
it
yofCi v
il
izati
on:The breakdown ofsociet
alnor
ms,rul
es,and or
deron t
he island
i
ll
ustr
ates the fragi
li
ty of ci
vil
izat
ion and i
tsv ul
ner
abi
l
ityto col
l
apse under ext
reme
ci
rcumstances.

Pr
imalInst
incts:Theboys't
ransf
ormati
onint
osavageshighli
ghtst
heemergenceofprimal
i
nsti
nct
s,violence,and t
he abandonmentofci
vi
lized behavi
orwhen r
emov ed f
rom the
const
rai
ntsofsoci
ety
.

Confl
ictbet
weenOrderandChaos:Thecontr
asti
ngf or
cesofcivi
li
zat
ionandsav
ageryr
epr
esent
theongoingwarbetweenor
derandchaosi nhumansoci et
ies.I
texplor
esthet
ensi
onbet
ween
thedesir
eforst
ruct
ureandt
heallur
eofunrestr
ainedfr
eedom.

LossofIdent
it
y:Astheboysembracetheirsavageimpul
ses,t
heylosetouchwitht
hei
rident
it
ies
andsuccumbt oagroupident
it
ybasedonv i
olenceanddest
ruct
ion,exempl
if
yingt
heerasur
eof
i
ndivi
duali
tyi
ntimesofwarandconfl
ict.

Cri
ti
queofHumanNat ure:Theal
legoryofwarbet
weenciv
il
izat
ionandsavagerydel
vesint
ot he
i
nherentcapaci
tyf
orbothgoodandev i
lwi
thi
nhumannature.I
tchal
lengesthenoti
onofinnate
humangoodnessandr ai
sesquestionsaboutt
heeff
ect
sofwarandconf l
i
ctonindivi
dual
sand
soci
eti
es.

Theseaspect
sinter
twi
net ocr
eatealayer
ednarrat
ivet
hatexplor
espolit
ical,r
eli
gious,and
soci
etal
themes,
making"Lor
doftheFl
i
es"aprof
oundandthought
-pr
ovoki
ngallegori
calwork.

Concl
usi
on:

Inconclusion,"Lordoft heFl i
es"skill
ful
l
yincorporat
esel ementsofpol i
ti
calall
egory,r
eli
gious
all
egor
y, andanal legoryofthewarbet weencivi
li
zati
onandsav ager
y.Thenov eldel
vesint
ot he
complexiti
esofpower ,governance,humannat ur
e,andt hestr
ugglebetweenor derandchaos.By
combiningt heseallegori
caldimensions,thenovelinv
itesreaderstoref
lectonpr of
oundthemes
suchaspowerdy nami cs,mor al
i
ty,thehumancapaci tyforgoodandev il
,theroleoffai
thand
beli
efsystems,andt hedel i
catebalancebetweensoci etalorderandtheal l
ureofunrestr
ained
fr
eedom.

ByM AdnanSumr
ah