Part one of term paper
Lord of the Flies is a complex book. When first reading this book one might assume that it is just a book about a group of boys stranded on an island. When looking deeper into the novel you might find that it is actually a commentary on how the author, William Golding, views human nature. From reading this book you might gather that Golding ...

Part two of term paper
... in the theme. William Golding uses symbols to form his theme. The type of symbols he uses are literary symbols. Literary symbols only have meaning in the context of the book that they are in. For example, a major symbol in Lord of the Flies is the pigs head. To someone who hasn’t read the book the pigs head would have no meaning to them. The meaning applied to literary symbols would only be recognized by thows who have read the book. Therefor literary symbols are created by the author for th ...