1. Allegory and Symbolism in Lord of the Flies
... life. Golding uses allegory as a literary device to advance the story's significance beyond just an adventure fable. The book scrutinizes human behaviour in its most natural and un-conditioned shape and proves to be one big allegory. The story is composed of several different allegories including elements ... are eventually responsible for the complete destruction of the island. Beginning with the first act of mankind disrupting the earth on the island, a big mark is left by the boys' crashing plane, "All around him the long scar smashed into the jungle..." (7). The scar symbolizes how ...
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