Lord of the flies

• “This head is for the beast. It’s a gift.”
• “Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned“
• “his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling“
• “Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness“
• “nameless authority.“ (roger)
• ralph

  represents human beings’ civilizing instinct
• jack

  represents the instinct of savagery within human beings
• Simon

  represents a kind of natural goodness
• Piggy

  represents the scientific, rational side of civilization
• roger

  sadistic, cruel older boy who brutalizes the littluns and eventually murders Piggy by rolling a boulder onto him
• sam and eric

  closely allied with Ralph, fall victim to Jack’s manipulation and coercion
• lord of the flies

  symbolize the primordial instincts of power and cruelty that take control of Jack’s tribe
• Civilization versus Savagery

  instinct of savagery is far more primal and fundamental to the human psyche than the instinct of civilization.
• loss of innocence

  results naturally from their increasing openness to the innate evil and savagery that has always existed within them
• “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood,”
• mob mentality

  mob’s shared irrational fear and proclivity toward violence results in a devastating act of ultimate cruelty
• war

  In their descent into torture and murder, they mirror the warring world around them.
• conch shell

  powerful symbol of civilization
• piggy’s glasses

  represent the power of science and intellectual endeavor in society
• rescue fire

  sign that they want to be rescued and return to society. When the fire burns low or goes out, we realize that the boys have lost sight of their desire to be rescued and have accepted their savage lives 
• the beast

  stands for the primal instinct of savagery that exists within all human beings
• lord of the flies symbol

  both a physical manifestation of the beast, a symbol of the power of evil, and a kind of Satan figure who evokes the beast within each human being
• Beelzebub is another name for the devil and is also translated to "lord of the flies."