Allegory: A story that operates on
two levels, the literal and the
symbolic.
Jack
• Jack: Dictator/Anarchy/Desire for
Power/Id/ Savagery/ Instinct,
Freedom
• THIS IS PRESENT AT BIRTH. THE ID OPERATES
ACCORDING TO THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE I.E. IT SEEKS
PLEASURE AND AVOIDS PAIN. IT IS OUR INSTINCT. IF WE
WANT TO DO A PARTICULAR THING WE WILL DO IT. FOR
EXAMPLE, IF WE ARE IN A LESSON AND WE WANT TO GO
TO SLEEP, WE GO TO SLEEP.
Jack in the middle, giving orders like a king
Piggy
• Piggy: Intelligence/Reason/Intellectual
Aspects of Civilization like Science/
Knowledge/Superego
• THIS IS THE MORAL PART OF THE PERSONALITY; A PRODUCT OF
SOCIALIZATION. THE SUPER EGO IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS; THE EGOIDEAL AND THE CONSCIENCE. THE EGO-IDEAL IS THE STANDARDS OF
GOOD BEHAVIOR THAT WE ASPIRE TO. THE CONSCIENCE IS SEEN AS AN
"INNER VOICE" THAT TELLS US WHEN WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING
WRONG.
• THE DEMANDS OF THE ID ('I WANT IT, I WANT IT NOW') AND THE
DEMANDS OF THE SUPEREGO ('NO IT'S WRONG') FREQUENTLY
CONFLICT. THE EGO DEALS WITH THIS CONFLICT.
Symbols in Lord of the Flies
Ralph: Democracy/Order/Leadership/Civilizing
Impulse/ Organized Society/Moral Integrity/Ego--EGO
THE EGO HAS TO DECIDE BETWEEN THE DEMANDS OF
THE ID AND THE SUPEREGO.
Simon
• Simon: Purity/Goodness/Christ-like
Figure/Transcendentalist--critics of
contemporary society for its unthinking
conformity /urged that each person find, in
Emerson's words, “an original relation to the
universe.” Emerson and Thoreau sought this
relation in solitude amidst nature.
Roger
• Roger: Brute Force or Brutality/Pure
Evil/Bloodlust/Sociopath/Sadist
Littluns
• The Littluns: The Common Man
The Older Boys
• The Older Boys: The Ruling Class
The Beast
• The Beast: Fear of the Unknown
The Scar
• The Scar: Man’s Destructive Power/Nature
The Conch
• The Conch: Civilization/Island
Government/authority/the right to speak
The Island
• The Island: Microcosm of a Macrocosm
Piggy’s specs
• Piggy’s specs: Reason and insight/a link to
civilization ; tools of civilization
• Piggy’s broken specs:
• Loss of insight, loss of civilization
Signal Fire
• Signal fire; link to civilization , rescue, hope
The Lord of the Flies
• The Lord of the Flies: The Devil/Satan; Physical
Manifestation of the Beast; Primal Instinct of
Savagery that Exists Within Each Boy
The Butterflies
• The Butterflies: The followers of good
The Flies
• The Flies: The followers of evil
Spears sharpened at both ends
• Spears sharpened at both ends: savagery
Death of Piggy
• Death of Piggy and Destruction of Conch:
Failure or Breakdown of Society on the Island
Weapon made from bone