LORD OF THE FLIES CHAPTER 9 SYMBOL ANALYSIS by H. Davis Borden https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft Post your response to the discussion topic by clicking the plus button below. en-us 2024-12-09 00:56:43 UTC 2025-04-04 19:16:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/8.0/png/1f437.png https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396439827 Simon's body drifting away symbolizes the boys loss of innocence

]]> 2025-04-04 19:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396439827 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396439881 Rain: Because of how it rained it erased the significance of the Beast, and after it showed how the Beast never really even existed.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396439881 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396439944 Thunder / Lighting = The fear felt among the boys

]]> 2025-04-04 19:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396439944 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440008 The chant symbolizes insanity and savagery

]]> 2025-04-04 19:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440008 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440029 The Storm: The groups further descent into madness as they continue the game

]]> 2025-04-04 19:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440029 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440051 Simons death that I think shows lack of civilization and maturity in the boys group, and loss of control.


]]> 2025-04-04 19:06:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440051 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440063 The Flies- the Flies surrounding and following Simon represents fear and insanity

]]> 2025-04-04 19:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440063 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440105 Pig head/Lord of the flies: a bad omen representing mental severance, fear, and death

]]> 2025-04-04 19:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440105 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440109 Meat --> temptation of savagery, giving in/giving up

]]> 2025-04-04 19:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440109 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440142 Simon's body drifting out to sea might represent a loss of truth, since he was the only one aware of what was going on.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440142 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440194 The game symbolizes the boys loss of innocent and decent into savagery. The boys label it a "game" as a twisted excuse of holding on to their child-like wonder

]]> 2025-04-04 19:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440194 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440224 the lotf represents how the only beast in the chapter represents the kids hallucinations and fears

]]> 2025-04-04 19:07:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440224 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440239 The game symbolizes savagery

]]> 2025-04-04 19:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440239 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440476 Storm/Rain -> Means change is coming

]]> 2025-04-04 19:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440476 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440496 'Jack's Dance' is used as a calming mechanism to help get rid of anxiety. Fight fear with fear

]]> 2025-04-04 19:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440496 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440531 Meat-symbolizes jack's way of living (savagery)

]]> 2025-04-04 19:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440531 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440577 Flies- death

flies are affiliated and attracted to death, both with the dead pig corpse and when the Lord Of The Flies visited Simon, foreshadowing his death.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440577 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440590 The flies symbolize death. They surround the severed pig head, and the parachutist. Simon is around both of these and mentions the flies then dies shortly after.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440590 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440695 The Storm: shows the chaotic violence of Simon’s death, symbolizing the uncontrollable forces of nature and emotion overtaking the boys in the island.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440695 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440719 the darkness/storm represents confution and death events.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440719 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440738 Storm --> plays along with the current mood and situation

]]> 2025-04-04 19:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440738 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440762 Simon's death could symbolize a loss or a lack of knowledge in some way since he was trying to inform them about the beast before he died

]]> 2025-04-04 19:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440762 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440810 Jack's spear symbolizes power and authority.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440810 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440821 the storm represents the mood of the chapter how its gonna be gloomy

]]> 2025-04-04 19:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440821 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440825 Jack's side of the island:

Symbolizes civilization ends there and the conch has ZERO authority

]]> 2025-04-04 19:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440825 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440917 The stormy and rainy weather reflected the upsetting/angering situation that they are in.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396440917 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396441051 Jack painted face. embrace of tribal rituals and disregard of civilzation

]]> 2025-04-04 19:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396441051 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396441399 The storm presented a lot of the dark things that happened during chapter 9 like somins death, and also the lost of control over their group and civilization. Since the boys already feard for the beast I think the storm also intensified their fear after the storm.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396441399 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396441515 The storm indicates the chaos and foreshadowing of a tragic event.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396441515 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396441539 Simon and Simon's death - Simon can symbolize understanding and good, his body drifting from the island could potentially symbolize a complete lack of empathy and good on the island.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396441539 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396441859 storm symbolizes chaos and loss of control.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396441859 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396442060 The dance: could represent the sometimes cruel and blinding aspects of human nature

]]> 2025-04-04 19:09:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396442060 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396442075 Simon's death advocates their loss of innocence and justified the beast he believed were within the boys.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396442075 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396442518 The Storm - Chaos, fear, and misunderstanding. During the Storm, the boys irrational fear of the beast overcomes all reason as they kill Simon, who was attempting to deliver the news that the beast is harmless.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396442518 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396442708 the pig head which also leads to savagery, and shows the beast that they all hold in them.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396442708 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396442940 Simons Death -> Symbolizes "good" being defeated by the "bad/evil" as he was a character who was kind throughout the novel and his death only came as he wanted to show the truth to the boys. The evil is the game and their impulsive thoughts winning.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396442940 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396442989 the storm: symbolizes chaos and shows the tragic events thats going to come

]]> 2025-04-04 19:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396442989 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396443129 the body drifting away shows how the kids have finnaly lost control of the situation

]]> 2025-04-04 19:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396443129 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396443136 Simon represented whatever little amounts of humanity was remaining and the capacity to think more deeply

]]> 2025-04-04 19:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396443136 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396443332 LOTF - I assume that the Lord of the Flies is a foil of Simon's character, as Simon is good throughout the entirety of the book whereas the Lord of the Flies encourages evil and savagery.

]]> 2025-04-04 19:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396443332 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396443395 The parachute guy - When he first arrived it caused complete chaos and only kept causing more and more, till eventually it left to the separation of the group and death of Simon. He symbolizes that fear of something unknown will make you forget who you truly are, hurting those you never wanted to in the first place

]]> 2025-04-04 19:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396443395 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396443618 LOTF symbolizes the drift to insanity

]]> 2025-04-04 19:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396443618 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396444239 Simon's Death: When Simon was killed, the imagery used were related to light and angel implying that Simon was pure all the way to his death

]]> 2025-04-04 19:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396444239 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396444254 both bodies drifting away shows how the only ones to leave the island are dead

]]> 2025-04-04 19:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396444254 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396444391 Parachutist ---> War and its trauma, and how it creates chaos especially for children

]]> 2025-04-04 19:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396444391 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396445156 The storm symbolizes: fear within the group of boys, and possible future conflict between Jack and Ralph

]]> 2025-04-04 19:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396445156 https://padlet.com/hdavisborden/nld43wqrx091qkft/wish/3396445204 The man with the parashoot: Represents the boys' lack of awareness, they were quick to blame "The Beast" which turned out to be nothing instead of looking inward and realising that they were part of the problem. It also demonstrates how it made them unaware of other potential fears (like why there's a dead man on the island

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