Lord of the Flies - Symbolism Chart
Symbolism plays a very important part in the development of the story. This technique is designed to give
significance to certain people or objects, which represent something else. Complete the following table as you
read the novel – indicating what you think or what your group thinks a symbol might represent.
Object or Character
Piggy
Piggy’s glasses
Ralph
The conch
Simon
Roger
Jack
The island
The scar
The beast
What That Represents
The Lord of the Flies
Fire
The parachute man
Castle Rock
Darkness
The flies
The naval officer and the
warship
The face-paint
The boy with the mulberry
birthmark on his face
Samneric
Littluns
Choir/Hunters