Lord of the Flies

Stephen Searight Levels of Analysis in Lord of The Flies In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Golding symbolically represents the evil in man. He believes there are defects to human nature no matter what age the person is. Golding illustrates this on a literal, symbolic, and applied level. The story takes a look at what would happen if a group of British school boys were to become stranded on an island. At first …

…the novel. As the story progresses characters names slowly begin to change. A pair of twin boys, Sam and Eric, became know as Samneric, a single unit. Another boy completely forgot his name because he was just clumped into the group know as the little'uns. This is symbolic of the break down of the basic structure of society, identity. If a person does not know who he is then he can never survive in society.