Lord of the Flies

Year 10 English Essay Lord of the Flies The events and characters in Lord of the Flies are symbolic of historic figures and Patterns of societal behaviour. Discuss. I believe that the events and characters in the novel Lord of the Flies are symbolic of historical figures and patterns of societal behaviour. During the Second World War Golding joined the navy and he was involved in some important events in the war which changed his perspective …

…real life events we were then shown that this idea of an allegory was put into practice by Golding and the way the events in the novel were symbolically similar to real life events. In conclusion, it is obvious that Golding intended his novel to be symbolically similar to the real world and the way he created his characters and events in the novel is directly related to societal and historical events and character types.