Relevance of William Golding's Lord of the Flies

The Relevance of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies People are manipulated by society. This is the underlying theme in William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies. Throughout the story, Golding uses symbolism to show how people are manipulated by society. Each character in the novel represents a different part of man as he has evolved throughout history. Golding show how man started out simple, but was eventually manipulated by civilization. This idea …showed first 75 words of 807 total…

…showed last 75 words of 807 total…believing that banning a person from having an abortion was a violation of that persons civil rights. Pro Choice people manipulated the American Supreme Court and American Society. Society has manipulated man ever since the beginning of evolution. Golding uses symbolism in his novel to portray this idea. The manipulation of man is easily seen by observing past events such as the “Americanization of Indians”, the Holocaust, and the abortion of millions of unborn babies.