counterfeitredhead:

hazelweatherfield:

In school, we go to our english classes and the we are told to read these so called great novels. We are told they are full of symbolism. Case and point, Lord of the Flies. According to my english teacher, everything in the book is a symbol. William Golding had a deep, profound reason for every single word he put on a page, no matter how insignificant it seems. And she lists off the all symbols in the book. But, when you really think about it, so much of symbolism is opinion based. What if all the things that the teachers are drilling into our heads aren’t true? What if William Golding just wanted to write a book about little boys living on an island and what if he didn’t have a reason for everything in the book? What if everything that we’ve been taught is a lie?

Yep, I got a blank stare when I pointed this out to my Freshman Lit teacher. And then I was told to stop being so close-minded.

when i read lord of the flies i fell in love and then found pretty much everything i could of william golding talking about it. he did fill it with monumentally important symbolism, TO HIM. in most of the interviews he gave about it he would get really upset and even rude when people would uestion him further after he would say he didnt expect everyone to interpret it the same way that he wrote it…he got the whole altered states of reality and perception thing. it made me love him that much more. my senior adv. english teacher and my fav college english professor were two of the only teachers ever to actually be smart enough to understand that.