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Much like Animal Farm and a number of other religious and faithful texts, Lord of the Flies is much like them being a parable and/or an allegory. While some believe it is just a sleazy adventure story about crazy little children, many go beyond that to think it is Golding's way of depicting a very thin margin between chaos and control.
As well as showing that, this novel has a religious sense to it. The Lord of the Flies is said to be the devil, while Simon is supposed to be Jesus and his nook is the Garden of Eden. And as civilization on the island endlessly collapsed, there were those who sought innocence and reason, and paid for it fatally.
However, this book could also be an allegory methinks. As well as just depicting a message that conveys the the thin descent from society to savagery, it can demonstrate how certain groups have been made into enemies and scapegoats historically and in the book. Witch hunts like the Salem Witch Trials, the Joe McCarthy Hearings, the internment of Japanese Americans and even the Holocaust can be seen in the structure of this novel. he only difference is that no one would have thought that children could be the "bad guys".
I guess I agree with Nathan because the more I read the discussions and add my own opinions to the blog I notice how it does connect more and more with Jesus and temptation as the serpent or pig's head in Paradise. Paradise being the island where another chance is given so that people can live in peace and when things start getting out of control Simon as Chris appears to try to open the kid's eyes to reality so they notice what a chance they are wasting.
The other story being told is simply the more government and human nature story that reflects upon the barbaric acts that have been witnessed though denyed throughout history.
The thing is that both things are happenning at the same time so without the help of all the discussions and careful note of specific details like Simon's death seeming angelic, the different stories wouldn't be noticed.
The lord of the flies tell two stories in a very complicated way. As Golding tells the compelling story of the boys surviving on the island and changing as they go, he also wants readers to compare this to their lives. The story of the real world is told along with this story because they trial and tribulation that these boys go through is the same thing that people in real life live through every single day.
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