Lord of the flies symbolizem
The novel Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, is a very symbolic peace of literature. Most of the symbols are very easy to identify and explain. One exception is clothing. Clothing was over looked as a symbol until the introduction of this symbolism project. It was overlooked because in our society clothing is a natural part of our every day lives, so even when we are reading, we tend to dismiss it as symbolizing only fashion or lack of. In Lord of the Flies clothing symbolizes order, rules and democracy. As the boy’s clothing turns to rags, their order turns to chaos, their rules are discarded and their system of democracy is overthrown and replaced with a fascist leader.When the boys first arrive on the island they realize that there are no adults to tell them what to do or how to behave. Basically they see no rule enforcers as no rules. Most of the boys remove some or all of their clothing to go swimming or because of the heat. This shows right from the beginning that when clothes are removed so are the rules.Ralph calls an assembly by blowing the conch and the boys come dressed “in school uniforms; grey, blue, fawn, jacketed or jerseyed. There [are] badges, mottoes even, stripes of colour in
He clearly associates being orderly with being clean and properly dressed. Without clothing teenagers and adults are promiscuous or embarrassed depending on how and why their clothes came off. After Piggy’s glasses are stolen, he makes a speech to Jack’s tribe at his base in pure daylight. This shows Jack has a disregard for rules and rescue. The last to arrive at the assembly was Jack and his choir. Bill is a bigun* who is part of Jack’s tribe. Again, this is Ralph identifying that they were orderly when they wore shorts and shirts and now this almost naked boy is not the Bill who arrived on the island not so long ago; he is a savage. When he is at his most savage moments, he is described with very few clothing on. The naval officer is dressed in “a huge peaked cap. They [are] dirty, not with the spectacular dirt of boys who have fallen into mud or been brought down hard on a rainy day. Due to Jack’s actions the fire goes out and a ship passes them by. The clothes we wear or don’t wear dictates our willingness to fallow rules and states whether or not we are capable of being an orderly part of society. … [Jack,] the boy who [controls] them [is] dressedthe same way through his cap badge [is] golden.
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