In Lord of
the Flies, one of the most critical scenes is when Simon is hallucinating
and talking to the pig's head on stick. The pig's head is described as the lord
of the flies. This scene is so critical because of the ways the author uses the
pig's head to symbolize other things. For one, the head represents Beelzebub,
or the devil's right hand man. This is a weird metaphor because Beelzebub is
depicted as a type of fly and the pig's head is called the lord of the flies
because he is surrounded by flies. In his hallucination, when Simon is talking to the lord of the
flies, Simon believes that the lord of flies tries to inflict chaos on the island.
Also, as Simon is talking to the lord of the flies, he talks about the
beast and how he wants to visit the top of the mountain, so the pig's head
responds by saying if he went to the top of the mountain he will ruin the fun,
so all of the boys will kill him. This is interesting because he is talking to
the lord of the flies in his head, but the pig knows a lot about what is going
to occur in future events. This scene also relates to scenes in the bible when
Jesus is alone and is very thirsty and is tempted in the dessert by Satan, just
like Simon.
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