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Lord Of The Flies Thesis Ü

INTELLIGENCE, CIVILIZATION, AND INSTINCTS
Often times, authors use characters in their novels and stories as symbols. The characters may be symbolic of the tangible as well as the non-tangible. In addition, characters can often be looked at with a psychological approach to literature in order to better determine or understand their symbolic significance. In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, special symbolic significance may be found in the characters, Piggy, Ralph, and Jack.
Piggy, the heavy, asthmatic, nearsighted boy, was often teased and ridiculed, however Golding made it obvious to the reader that Piggy was indeed the super ego. Piggy symbolizes all the hate and discrimination in the world. If it was not for Piggy's bizarre appearance, he may have been made ruler of the island, and he certainly was the most suited for the job. He also symbolizes intelligence. He was analogous to sanity and reason. "Piggy's role as a man's reasoning faculties him as a father"......


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