Symbolism is the practice of investing things with a symbolic meaning, or by expressing the invisible or intangible by means of visible or sensuous representations; in other words, discussing or explaining a broader, more general topic by linking it symbolically with a specific event in a literary work. Time after time and novel after novel, authors since the beginning of literature have used symbolism to present ideas, concepts, emotions, moods, and many other feelings. Symbolism …showed first 75 words of 1497 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1497 total…government, people’s higher faith or religion, and general intellect. However, these are only three of the many various symbols in Lord of the Flies, which are associated with people’s characteristics, and role in society. Other levels of interpretation include a primitive human viewpoint, a philosophical or psychological perspective, or a completely religious take on the novel. Regardless of the point of analysis, the novel is symbolic of many human characteristics on many levels.