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LordoftheFliesWilliamGolding.1.Author2.Background5.Symbolism6.Theme3.Plot4.Protagonists7.WritingstyleContents.WilliamGoldingHewasborninCornwall,English,in1911andeducatedat

OxfordUniversity.Hisfirstbook,poems,waspublishedin1935.FollowingastintintheRoyalNavyandotherdiversionsduringandafterWWII,GoldingwroteLordoftheFlies(1954)whileteachingschool.ThiswasthefirstofmanynovelsincludingTheInheritors(1955),PincherMartin(1958),andFreeFall(1959)andaplay,TheBrassButterfly(1958),whichledtohisbeingawardedtheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1983.HediedinJune1993andisburiedinHolyTrinitychurchyard,English..BackgroundDuringWorldWarII,GoldingservedintheRoyalNavyincommandofarocketship.HisactiveserviceincludedinvolvementinthesinkingoftheGermanBattleshipBismarck(俾斯麦号)andparticipatingintheNormandyInvasion(诺曼底登陆)..BackgroundHiswartimeexperiencesplayedalargepartinhelpinghimtoformhisviewoflifeandalsomadehimwitnesseverythingabouttheferocityofthewar.Hefoundthateveryoneeventhechildrenarenotinnocent.Sometimes,whenamanisfacingadifficultsituationthenhewillprobablyshowhisdarkandguiltynature..PlotInafictitiouswar,aplanecarryingagroupofboyscrashes

onanisolatedisland.Inthebeginning,theyareharmoniousandunited,butlatertheysplitintotwofactions.Theykilleachotherandfinallytheoriginalevilofhumannaturewins..ProtagonistsRalphis12yearsold.Heisfairandwell-built,andmightnevergrowintoadevil,forheissunnyanddecent,sensible,considerate.Hedoesn’tunderstandalot,buthastwothingsclear:firstly,theywillsoonberescued.Andsecondly,untiltheyarerescuedtheymusthangtogether.Itishewhofindstheconchandarrangesthatwhenthereisameetinghewhoholdstheconchshallspeak.Heischosenasaleader.Heisdemocracy.Andaslongastheconchremains,thereissomesemblanceofcooperation.Butitgetssmashed..ProtagonistsPiggyisfat,asthmatic(哮喘),shortsighted,underprivilegedandwise.Heisthebrainsoftheparty.It'sthelensesofhisspectaclesthatkindlefire.HeisloyaltoRalph,andtriestostophimfrommakingmistakes,forheknowswheremistakesmayleadtoinanunknownisland.Andaslongashesurvivesthereissomesemblanceofintelligence.

Eventually,piggyiskilledbyRoger.

.ProtagonistsJackisthenovel’santagonist.

Heistheheadofchoir(唱诗班).Helovesadventure,excitement,foragingingroups,orderswhenissuedbyhimself.Heisgoodatmanipulatingtheotherboys,representstheinstinctofsavagerywithinhumanbeings,asopposedtothecivilizinginstinctRalphrepresents.

.ProtagonistsSimonisashy,sensitiveboyinthegroup.He,insomeways,istheonlynaturally“good”characterontheisland.Simonrepresentsakindofnaturalgoodness,asopposedtotheunbridledevilofJackandthemoralityofcivilizationrepresentedbyRalphandPiggy..Symbolism1.Thetitle——LordoftheFliessymbolizesevil,whichistheliteraltranslationoftheHebrewword“Beelzebub”,aSatanfigureintheBible,whorepresentstheevilwithinthem.2.Theconch(海螺),whichisusedtosummontheboystogatherings,representsorder,civilization,andauthority..Symbolism3.Piggy'sglasses,whichareusedtomakefire,symbolizethepowerofscienceandintellectualendeavor.Helosesspectaclesatatime,whichindicatestheboys'lossofvalues.4.TheBeastie,isrepresentedbyapig'sheadonastickhwassymbolizedasthedarknessofhumanbeings.Itwasnotreal,butimaginedbythesechildrenwhofearedthegloomynight..Theme1.theFallofManandOriginalSin2.thecivilizationtosavagery__________________.Theme3.“theendofinnocence”and“thedark