Part 1 of Essay
“The whole book is symbolic in nature except the rescue in the end where adult life appears, dignified and capable, but in reality enmeshed in the same evil as the symbolic life of the children on the island.” William Golding summed up the complex novel he had written not as a simple adventure story, but as a complex web ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... plane, Golding purposefully picked an island because of isolation from the rest of the world. He designed the island to his symbolic purposes, giving it a beach, platform, jungle, mountain, and cliffs, each of which can be used to represent human abilities and dreams. According to historic documents, the boat shape of the island is an ancient symbol of civilization. The boys were forced to look to themselves to solve the problems of their own little society. “Nobody knows where we are. We may be here a long ....