Men are Evil In this classic novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding utilizes many elements of symbolism to help accomplish his motif, which is "man is basically evil." Symbolism can be anything, a person, place or thing, used to portray something beyond itself. It is used to represent or foreshadow the conclusion of the story. Much like The Coral Island, Lord of the Flies isolates people on an island: three adolescents in The Coral …showed first 75 words of 3051 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3051 total…with each other. Their personalities and what they knew can determine how they would interpret and adapt to a new environment such as the tropical island. Not everyone has so much malevolence hidden inside themselves as to become complete savages when released from the boundaries of our society. Some people will, because of the ways they were conditioned, remember and abide by the rules they had depended on for social organization and security. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**