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Unit 26: William Golding—Lord of the Flies:

Detailed Study of Text-II

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
26.1 Detailed Study of Text
26.2 Summary
26.3 Keywords

26.4 Review Questions
26.5 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
• Explain detailed study of text Lord of the flies chapters seven to twelve

• Discuss summary and analysis of chapters seven to twelve.

Introduction

Golding write the novel in the third person perspective. there is one omniscient narrator.
Although the book generally follows Ralph, it occasionally breaks off and follows another
character for a time. This entire book is authobiographical in that it tells us something the
author wants to show us. Golding tries to teach us and warn us of the evil nature of mankind.
He says through the book that we are evil and that it is only society that keeps us from
committing crimes.
Golding frequently uses imagery to describe the scenery and the setting. A good example
occurs in the first passage where Golding’s writes, “there was a strip of weed-strewn beach
that was almost as firm as a road. A Kind of glamour was spread over them and the scene and
they were conscious of the glamour and made happy by it.”
Golding uses a lot of symbolism in The Lord of the Flies. The entire book is symbolic of the
nature of man and society in general as the island becomes a society metaphorical to society
as a whole and the hunt at the end of the book symbolic of the war. A symbol Golding uses
throughout the book is the conch. It represents authority and order. The person holding the
conch had the power, and it created order and rules since when it was called, everyone had
to listen. Another symbol is Piggy’s glasses. It symbolized knowledge and insight. While
Piggy had them, he was able to give advice to the group, such as that of the signal fire. It was
the glasses that created the fire. However, after the glasses are broken, the group loses what
insight they had. The war paint is also a symbol. It symbolized the rejection of society. In a
way, when they put on the mask of war paint, they took off the mask of society and revealed
their true inner selves which were savage.

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