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Symbolism     In all(prenominal) of the three works Animal Farm, scripted by George Orwell, Lord of the move, written by William Golding, and The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare all have a strong common characteristic. Keeping in mind each author came from different backgrounds and had very different motivations for composing each novel/play its ironic that in each story the main idea is redundant. Each of the three stories uses symbolisation as a way to relate conflicts in the story to the conflicts in the concrete world.Symbolism in Lord of the fly     In Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses symbolism in three important areas objects that have symbolic value as references to ideas, characters that symbolize important religious and historical people, and the setting which frames conflict on the island in comparison to the whole world. (Bernard Oldsley, pg. 215)     Many objects in the Lord o f the Flies have symbolic value. The conch shell represents queen and authority, Ralph uses the shell to call for the boys to precipitate to the meetings, whoever has the shell has the power to talk. The conch shows how people use objects to give power in the world, like a crown, ribbon, or other things that show who has power. We also watch that objects dont really give a lot of power when people choose not to obey it, like Ralphs conch.(Steven Magill, pg. 2059)     The pigs percentage point of Lord of the Flies are both important objects, to Jack its a sacrifice for the beast. This object shows that people will make religions and rituals to visualize their world, even when what they think is not true. (Chris Dakins, pg. 123)      The Lord of the Flies is also a symbol of Satan or the Devil. When Simon talked to the Lord of the Flies he conditioned what the real evil was, which is in peoples hearts. (Chelsea House, pg. 22). The Lord of th e Flies is a symbol of the things we make up to be the cause for evil, when those things arent the real reason.     The fire is a symbol of hope and rescue. When the fire was fire bright, it was because the boys were working very hard to get rescued. When the fire burned push through it was because many boys, like Jack did not care anymore round being rescued. In the end, the fire that got them rescued was not meant for rescue it was at that place because Jack was burning down the island to kill Ralph.