Commentary on Lord of the Flies

The focus in the book is a group of well-educated British boys who turn into murderous savages. In page 188 and 189, the boys kill Simon the symbolic figure of Christ.
When Simon goes to the top of the hill to see what the beast was, he learns that it was just a dead man hanging from the parachute. Thinking it will only make them happy and calm them down; he goes and tries to find his mates. The first thing one thinks when they read about Simon is his resemblance with Christ. Simon was very caring, thoughtful, and was killed before he was able to tell people the truth. Even though not much is said about their resemblance, if you read further into the book it becomes clearer.
“Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” the chant that at the beginning of the book was used to kill a pig, ended up with killing two children. “Kill the pig, cut her throat, spill her blood!” A simple hunting song that in the past had helped them provide themselves with food, had helped them turn into murderers. They became savages. With their painted faces, and obsession for hunting, seemed so tribal.
The writer uses a mixture of formal and colloquial writing, which also creates a pretty wide contrast when you read. When he is talking as the narrator, everything sounds formal and serious. “The sticks fell and the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed. The beast was on its knees in the centre, its arms folded over his face.” This text shows that he uses onomatopoeia for words, so they represent the actions properly. For description, the author uses metaphors such as “then the clouds opened and let down the rain like a water-fall”, which makes the book more intriguing and also more realistic. William Golding is an expert at using imager, so that you feel, smell, touch, and see your way through the book. The narrator also does a good job using personification like “then the breeze died too.”
These two pages mostly fall in two distinctive sections that in the end tie into one: the savagery of the children and determination for killing, and then the killing of Simon. “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” The aggressiveness of this quote forces one to realize what these kids have become. They turned into beasts themselves; the poise that they had learned throughout their life left them completely. Their fighting for peace and order turned into a fight for blood and fear. Instead of killing the beast, they managed to kill a child.
Jack represents bad. Ralph represents good. Jack is for torture, Ralph is for peace. Jack is for destruction. Ralph is for democracy. The dissimilarity between the two makes it more fascinating, and also adds depth. The sophisticated language and expansive detail makes the passage come to life. It makes you want to turn the page, but 271 pages aren’t enough for such a book.