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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 SYMBOLIC OBJECTS IsabelGregoireBlock 4 Dec. 10,2014 “‘Thats what this shell’s called. I’ll give the conch tothe next person to speak. He can hold it when he’sspeaking.’ ‘But-‘ ‘Look-‘ ‘And he won’t be interrupted.Except by me’” (33). “The strange attendant creatures, with their fiery eyes andtrailing vapors, busied themselves round his head. The bodylifted a fraction of an inch from the sand and a bubble of airescaped from the mouth with a wet plop. Then it turnedgently in the water” (154). “His sandy hair, considerably longer than it hadbeen when they had dropped in, was lighternow” (48). “He was clambering heavily among the creepers andbroken trunks when a bird, a vision of red and yellow,flashed upwards with a witch-like cry, and this crywas echoed by another” (1). “But a sign came down from the world of the grownups,though at the time there was no child awake to read it.There was a sudden bright explosion and corkscrew trailacross the sky; then darkness again and stars” (95). “I’m warning you. I’m going to get angry. D’you see?You’re not wanted. Understand? We are going to havefun on this island. Understand? We are going to havefun on this island! So don’t try it on, my poor misguidedboy, or else” (144). “Piggy took off his one round of glass andpolished the surface” (124). “The chief snatched one of the few spearsthat were left and poked Sam in the ribs” (181). “The fire is the most important thing on the island. Howcan we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don't keepa fire going? Is fire too much for us to make?” (89). The fire is the most important thing on the island. Thefire symbolizes hope. As the fire goes out, the boys haveless hope. Each time they relight the fire, they regainhope. The fire also symbolizes rescue. The boys arehaving hope about being rescued. The bird flying through the sky is symbolic of war. Weknow that the adult world is in war and that is why theboys are stuck on this island. The bird is symbolic ofdanger and explosions. The colors of the bird, yellowand red, foreshadows that the island will be set on fire. “And another thing. We ought to have more rules.Where the conch is, that’s a meeting. The same upthere as down here” (43). The conch is symbolic of an authoritative power.Here it symbolizes being in charge and havingeveryone follow you. They are using the conchas something like a talking stick. It symbolizes power. Here we see the conch as a symbol of order and authority.They use meetings to discuss what is going on and how todeal with problems. In the meetings, the conch is used tokeep organized and to give authority to the person with it. The boys are using their hair as a sort of way totrack how long they have been on the island. Theirhair symbolizes the time they spend on the island.The more time they spend on the island, the longerand messier their hair gets. When we see the hair gofrom being cut nicely to being all long and dirty it issymbolizing the boys actions. They go from being nice,proper English boys to being savages. The pilot that has been parachuted is a sign from thegrownups. This symbolizes the boys being rescued.None of the boys were awake to see the man and thatis symbolizing how the boys are losing hope. None ofthem are faithful that they will be rescued and noneof them know that it is going to happen. When they arerescued it comes as a surprise like the dead pilot did. Piggy breaking his glasses symbolizes how the boys arelosing hope. His specs are used to make fire which istheir only way to be rescued. As their ways to be rescuedbreak like the glasses do, the boys lose hope. The oneround, non-broken glass symbolizes Piggy’s positivityand his hope for being rescued. The Lord of the Flies symbolizes the devil. This portionof the story is symbolic of the snake in the Garden ofEden. Simon’s happy place is supposed to be like thegarden. The Lord of the Flies shows up in the gardenlike the snake did and is convincing Simon to do thingshe does not want to do. The Lord of the Flies couldalso be considered as foreshadowing Simon’s death.He talks about Simon dying. Simon is symbolic of Jesus. In this passage he isbeing carried away by little iridescent creaturesin the sea. This symbolizes when Jesus was takeninto heaven by the Angels. Sam is symbolic of Jesus on the cross.He is being tortured as Jesus was. WhenJesus was on the cross he was pokedand prodded all over just like Sam. In Lord of the Flies, the most important symbolic objectssymbolize hope, rescue, and many things related to the bible.
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