In this modern era in which we live, books are no longer the resourceful tools they once were. No longer does anyone sit by the fire and curl up with a nice book. This can be blamed on that wonderful invention of the 1950s, the television. Television has been a mainstay in our homes now for some fifty years, and will continue to be there for many years to come. What is the bad side of this? Television has taken away the imagination, by providing images, rather than having us think of them on our own. All too often, rather than sitting down and reading, we tend to search for a video version of a classic novel. Every time another book is made into a movie, a little more importance is lost on the idea of reading. Not only that, but movie versions of books often distort what the author was trying to convey. Also, many of the symbolic meanings are lost when a novel reaches the silver screen. The opposite of this can also be true. Many movie adaptations of novels can be q!
             uite convincing, and can hit the writer's ideas exactly. The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is a perfect example of both of these concepts. By describing the symbolic meanings, themes, and characters present in the book, one can begin to understand how this book is not only quite unique from the movie, but quite similar as well.
             Often times when a book is made into a movie, the symbolic meanings are lost. It is a lot easier to understand the symbols prevalent in writing. In movies, the director often give you symbols that are created in his mind, thus he is telling us how to think. In the movie, many of the symbolic meanings stayed in tact. The idea that Jack represents the primitive nature of man, and Ralph represents civilization is still there. Some of the other characters also had symbolic meanings as well. Piggy was a representation of intelligence and social order. In the movie, as well as in the book, the death of piggy sparked the...