Lord of the Flies Research Paper"Maybe there is a beast...maybe it's just us." In William Golding's post-war novel, Lord of the Flies, he illustrates how darkness is within all of us, describing the island as a rerun of the Second World War. The island symbolizes life in the real world by allowing people to see war through these young boys. The background of the book and the outside world are shown to be related through symbols. The archetypal symbols, characters and setting convey the idea that the beast is within. There are many symbols in Lord of the Flies that show a connection to World War II. At the beginning of the story, Ralph and Piggy find a seashell. This shell was used to show civilization. Whoever had possession of the shell could speak. Towards the end of the story, the shell was shattered into pieces. This showed the end of civilization and the rule of law, which also occurred during World War II, when Hitler became a dictator. The scar left by the plane crash symbolizes how man and his wild nature destroy paradise. In the Second World War many bomb battles broke out which ruined the territory, as was illustrated through the young boys of the island. Evil in man is symbolized by the Beast. The Beast was a severed pig's head stuck in the ground. The boys had evil inside them just like the dictators of World War II. The characters in Lord of the Flies also show a correlation with war. Jack is a dictator like Hitler. He refused to work with the other kids and wanted to be solely responsible. Piggy represents reasoning through problems. He is killed because he thinks smart. Jack didn't want anyone else to speak against him and influence the other kids. Hitl... middle of the paper... a bomb dropped on Hiroshima which is like the huge fire in Lord of the Flies. Paradise has been ruined by the savage instincts of man and technology. The war proved full of savages. Many people did not know that humans were capable of such destruction. Technology has had a huge impact on the war and the island among the boys. William Golding illustrates World War II through boys in this novel. Technology is one of the greatest destroyers of a civilization. Jealousy is another destroyer that ruins good nature among men and brings out the beast from within. The author chose to show the evil present in man through boys to allow the world to understand how immoral war was. The symbols, character and setting are shown to be related to the outside world. The novel does nothing but reinforce the idea of ​​the wild in every human being.