Devil looks like Obama in ‘The Bible’ Print Some are comparing Satan from "The Bible" TV miniseries with President Obama. President Barack Obama, already famous for having flies attracted to his face, is now the subject of devilish talk after Sunday night’s episode of “The Bible” miniseries on the History Channel, with big names such as Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh providing their thoughts. Twitter exploded with comments from viewers who noticed an eerie similarity between the face of Mr. Obama and that of the Satan character, played by actor Mehdi Ouzaani. Media giant Glenn Beck was among the first to make the connection, tweeting, “Anyone else think the Devil in #TheBible Sunday on History Channel looks exactly like That Guy?” Beck refers to Obama as “that guy,” having vowed not to utter the name of the president in all of 2013. Twitter user @Leah Christie, tweeted, “Oh my word…watching The History Channel’s The Bible…does Satan look familiar to anyone else?” Other tweets include: @Hunt4Photos: “History channel/last night/show: The Bible. Why did Satan look just like President Obama?

Pissed off man!” Slhappy Gilmore@KPOView: “I was so excited about #TheBible as it’s a way to bring it to life for all to see. But political statements like Satan=Obama, we lose.” Stephanie Jefferson@mittchick: “I am so relieved to know that my eyes and mind were not playing tricks on me when I thought Satan resembled Obama in #TheBible” VictorJett Contreras@victorjett: WHA! Did the Bible miniseries on History Channel make the Devil look like Obama. Crazy. Ridiculous.” Rush Limbaugh held up a photo of the actor Monday afternoon on his famous “Dittocam” to show viewers that the Satan character was “a dead ringer” for Obama.

“Folks, it is uncanny,” Limbaugh noted, before quipping, “In light of that picture … the question that sprang to everybody’s mind is: if Satan had a son, would he look like the guy [in the White House]?” Find out everything you always wanted to know about the devil but were too afraid to ask in the autographed besteller, “Shocked by the Bible,” or get “Shocked by the Bible” bundled with Joe Kovacs’ brand-new bestseller, “The Divine Secret.” “The Bible” is a collaboration between Mark Burnett and his wife, actress Roma Downey. Burnett has contributed to Democrat candidates, including Obama in 2008 and the DNC in 2009, while he also produces Donald Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice” and was behind Sarah Palin’s first reality effort. “This is utter nonsense,” Burnett and Downey said in a joint statement. “The actor who played Satan, Mehdi Ouzaani, is a highly acclaimed Moroccan actor.

He has previously played parts in several biblical epics – including Satanic characters long before Barack Obama was elected as our president.” Downey added, “Both Mark and I have nothing but respect and love our president, who is a fellow Christian. False statements such as these are just designed as a foolish distraction to try and discredit the beauty of the story of ‘The Bible.'” The History Channel adds in a statement: “History Channel has the highest respect for President Obama. The series was produced with an international and diverse cast of respected actors. It’s unfortunate that anyone made this false connection. History’s ‘The Bible’ is meant to enlighten people on its rich stories and deep history.” Burnett told TMZ the devil has stirred the pot and created a false likeness between Obama and the TV devil. Burnett believes the real devil is frightened that Jesus has now entered the picture of life and is trying to distract from God’s message by creating a false story. “What could be more annoying to Satan than talking about Jesus?” Burnett told TMZ. He added he’s confident the real devil’s plan of distraction will not work, saying, “We believe in the light.” This is not the first time some in the public have made a connection between evil in the Bible and President Obama.

On Nov. 5, 2008, the very night Obama was first elected president, the Illinois Pick 3 lottery number for the Evening Pick was 666 , a number associated with “the beast” mentioned in the Book of Revelation. Obama’s home state at the time was Illinois. In January of this year, WND reported how prophecy websites were having a field day with the worldwide attention Obama received for sparring with a fly. President Obama with a fly on his face in January 2013 News reports recounted Obama’s long history of attracting flies during recorded interviews and speeches. Religious and other websites used the headlines to point out that a biblical reference for Satan, the Semitic deity Beelzebub, literally translates from Hebrew into “Lord of the Flies.” As Obama nominated two new members of his second administration on Jan. 24, a swarming fly stole the show. “This guy is bothering me here,” said Obama, who repeatedly swatted at a large black fly buzzing near his face. The London Telegraph noted a White House pool report said “the president spoke for about five minutes while being menaced by a house fly.” This was not the president’s first brush with a fly while the cameras were rolling.

President Obama with a fly on his lip In 2010, Obama halted a speech about health-care reform as a fly zipped around him. During a June 2009 CNBC interview, Obama killed a fly on camera. “Get out of here,” the president said with his eyes on the fly before the interview began. When the fly persisted, he killed it with a single blow. “That was pretty impressive, wasn’t it?” said Obama of his feat. “I got the sucker.” In a 2008 campaign appearance, Obama halted a local interview after a swarm of flies had gathered around him. Those reaching to connect Obama’s fly troubles with the darkest biblical references won’t have much difficulty. One name commonly used to refer to Satan is Beelzebub, which translates from Hebrew into “Lord of the Flies.” A posting at the popular Free Republic Web forum discusses Beelzebub and asks, “Is the White House fly infestation evidence of demonic presence and influence there?” The End Times blog named Obama the “Lord of the Flies.” The blog connects Obama to Beelzebub, writing, “This really isn’t an academic question.

The Lord of the Flies is real.” Over at RevalationNow.net, a posting by “editorial staff” muses about whether Obama is possessed by a demonic entity. “I feel like I am watching a horror movie and the secret evil character is revealed by the evil signs around him,” the post reads. Beelzebub is first referenced in 2 Kings 1:2-3, 6, 16, in which Beelzebub is described as the god of the Philistine city of Ekron. Jewish scholars have interpreted the title “Lord of Flies” as the Hebrew way of comparing followers of the Canaanite deity Baal to flies. The name Beelzebub is found throughout the New Testament, mostly as a reference to the prince of demons. In Mark 3:22, the Pharisees accuse Jesus of driving out demons by the power of Beelzebub, prince of demons. The name also appears in the expanded version in Matthew 12:24, 27 and Luke 11:15, 18-19.

Beelzebub also makes a cameo as the prince of demons in the Testament of Solomon, a Hellenistic Jewish text. The extended trailer for “The Bible” miniseries can be seen by clicking on the video below: Sound off on the similarity of Obama and Satan in 'The Bible' TV series I can't believe how adolescent you people are to even make this an issue It's an obviously racist sentiment since both of them are dark skinned It's clearly an attempt by Bible thumpers to besmirch Obama's character It's a blatant effort by the producers to attack Obama. The show should be boycotted The resemblance is undeniable, but I don't know if it was intentional or not Producer Mark Burnett is right: This hoopla is the devil trying to undermine a show about Jesus I don't even think they look alike I think it's funny, but people are making too much out of it Obama is no angel as president. I think there's something to this ongoing meme How is it possible the producers never recognized the similarities?

Beyond this TV show, it's spooky how many times there's been a connection between Obama and biblical evil It's ironically amusing Producer Mark Burnett is right: This hoopla is the devil trying to undermine a show about Jesus It makes me appreciate 'The Bible' even more It's an act of God Finally, they get one thing right! Other Key Themes & Symbols: Lord of the Flies by William Golding :: Homework Help and Answers :: Slader Annaquella 5.0 "Beelzebub", the Hebrew word for the Devil, translates in English as "The Lord of the Flies". When Simon meets the Lord of the Flies he is literally talking to the Devil. The boys are supposed to be on a plane than was sending children away in a hypothetical apocalyptic war. The theme is, which was actually stated by the author is, "Without civilization, people revert back to evil and savagery, society keeps us in check." Piggy is supposed to be "society" on the island. He is the only static (doesn't change) character and he is the one trying to keep everyone organized. As everyone else's hair grows, which represents descent in savagery, Piggy's hair never grows.

When Jack first kills a pig, it is a direct biblical allusion. Jack is Eve, and he "eats from the fruit of knowledge", but that knowledge is of blood and murder. And just like Eve, Jack tries to convince Ralph (Adam) to try it. Another part of it is that once Adam and Eve eat the fruit, the first thing they notice is that they are naked. When Jack goes to talk to Ralph he suddenly realizes how naked everyone is. When Jack starts using the power of a mask while hunting, he taps into a more savage part of himself. With the mask he turns into a person that can kill, a person who doesn't have to hold the blame for murder. "Beelzebub", the Hebrew word for the Devil, translates in English as "The Lord of the Flies". When Simon meets the Lord of the Flies he is literally talking to the Devil. The boys are supposed to be on a plane than was sending children away in a hypothetical apocalyptic war. The theme is, which was actually stated by the author is, "Without civilization, people revert back to evil and savagery, society keeps us in check." Piggy is supposed to be "society" on the island.

He is the only static (doesn't change) character and he is the one trying to keep everyone organized. As everyone else's hair grows, which represents descent in savagery, Piggy's hair never grows. When Jack first kills a pig, it is a direct biblical allusion. Jack is Eve, and he "eats from the fruit of knowledge", but that knowledge is of blood and murder. And just like Eve, Jack tries to convince Ralph (Adam) to try it. Another part of it is that once Adam and Eve eat the fruit, the first thing they notice is that they are naked. When Jack goes to talk to Ralph he suddenly realizes how naked everyone is. When Jack starts using the power of a mask while hunting, he taps into a more savage part of himself. With the mask he turns into a person that can kill, a person who doesn't have to hold the blame for murder. Lord of the Flies/Gift to the Beast - the LOTF island the LOTF island Lord of the Flies The gift to the beast is a severed sow’s head which is placed in the ground as an offering in hopes to keep the beast away from the boys.

The head is a symbol of evil, and is equally opposing to the conch. The conch is a sign of power and order, and the head is the opposite, it is a sign of violence in all of the savages especially Jack. The dead pig’s head is described as, “dim-eyed, grinning faintly, [with] blood blackening between its teeth”(137). It is an image meant to instill fear into the readers and show how gruesome the head is. After the sow's head is described, “all at once they were running away, as fast as they could, through the forest toward the open beach”(137). The boys fear the sow’s head as if it is the beast. Simon, unknowingly to Jack and his tribe witnessed the murder of the sow and after Jack and his men leave Simon has a conversation with the pig head as if it were alive. William Golding refers to the head as The Lord of the Flies in their conversation. In the conversation, The Lord of the Flies tells Simon that there is evil in everyone, and if he tries to warn them about the beast’s existence then Simon will die.

Sure enough, Simon is killed, and not by the beast but by the evil in all of the children (including his own friends). In Hebrew the word that translates directly to “the lord of the flies” is Beelzebub. In Christianity Beelzebub is another name for the fallen angel Lucifer who became the devil. Therefore, The Lord of the Flies is a direct biblical reference to the devil. Golding uses The Lord of the Flies as a symbol of the devil and savagery throughout the novel. While running away from Jack and his men, Ralph “came to a clearing in the forest where rock prevented vegetation from growing... and [noticed] that the pig’s skull grinned at him from the top of a stick... Fear and rage swept him. Fiercely he hit out at the filthy thing...”(185) destroying the skull as it was to him a reminder of Jack. Ralph, being the only non-savage left on the island, would try to destroy the devilish symbol. In doing so, the Lord of the Flies mocking grin grows as “the skull lay in two pieces, its grin now six feet across"(185).

Even after lashing out at the skull its grin only grows wider, and Jack only grows more savage. Ralph, then “wrenched the quivering stick from the crack and held it as a spear between him and the white pieces”(185) of the skull. In this moment Ralph picks up the spear as if it were a line between him and evil and crosses over to the dark side. The Lord of the Flies was not lying in his conversation with Simon when he said that there is evil in everyone, because even Ralph is affected and jabs his spear at numerous savages. Lord of the Flies What’s Up With the Title? NEXT Let's get the easy part out of the way first: "the Lord of the Flies" is what Simon ends up calling the severed pig's head—presumably because it's covered in flies. So, calling the book Lord of the Flies brings the boys' primitive violence front and center. Now let's break it down. "Lord" is a word of power, and the desire for power drives the book's central conflict: who gets to decide what the boys will do? "Flies," on the other hand, connote death and decay.

Put them together, and you've got death and decay tied up with power and corruption. Nice. Lastly, as if that weren't enough, "The Lord of the Flies" is also the popular translation of Beelzebub , who's either a demon or the devil himself, depending on how you like your mythology. And that makes us ask: is evil external to us, like a talking, decaying pig head? Or does Simon call the head "Lord of the Flies" because he sees it as a manifestation of the boys' nature—and possibly his own? Login form Lord of the Flies Here you can find the whole text of the presentations dedicated to the novel "Lord of the Flies" and uploaded on our site. You can download the presentions from the section "Lord of the Flies. Presentations" . To get them follow the link... Lord of the Flies. Symbols (by Seagull, 8davids8, & alex_makh) We are going to speak about the symbols of the novel "Lord of the Flies". "Lord of the Flies” is full of symbols. The story itself symbolizes the process of development of our society.

In this presentation we speak of the most important symbols of the story. The conch shell is a symbol of unification and social cohesion. In this particular book it is also a symbol of power. Ralph uses the conch at the meetings. There any boy has a right to speak only when he holds the conch. The shell is a symbol of leadership. In the novel it is opposed to the knife. These two symbols actually help to create a society and to support order. But the use of the shell is a peaceful way to the civilization. The moment when Roger crushes the conch dropping some stone on Piggy represents the end of the civilization on the deserted island and the beginning of absolute barbarism among boys. Piggy’s spectacles is a symbol of civilized world. It shows that the life in the wild world is easier when people use means of civilization. As we can see it’s better for Piggy to wear his spectacles in order just not fall down. The spectacles symbolizes the power of knowledge. From the very beginning of the story the boys use it to make a signal fire.

The efforts of Jack’s tribe to get the glasses show that knowledge is always appreciated as a great power in any kind of society, either civilization or savagery. Jack’s knife is a symbol of aggression. It’s the first sign of the fact that evolution is a struggle for survival. This knife is also the first step of children into the adults’ world. Being a symbol of war and brute force the knife can also support power and order in any society. The knife becomes an opposition to the conch shell in the novel. Both things are useful in the creation of the society and supporting order. But the knife is a way of war and tragedy. By the end of the story the knife becomes the only thing that supports Jack’s power on the island. The signal fire burns on the mountain attract the attention of passing ships that can rescue the boys. As a result, the signal fire means a certain link of the boys with civilization. In the first chapters of the novel, the fact that the boys maintain the fire signifying the boys’ desire to be rescued and return to society. When the fire burns low or goes out, we realize that the boys have lost their desire to be rescued and have started degrading towards savagery.

The signal fire represents the level of the civilization prevailing among the boys. Ironically, at the end of the novel, the fire finally attracts soldiers on a ship to the island, but it is not the signal fire. Instead, it is the fire of savagery – the forest fire that the boys started while trying to kill Ralph. The boys are frightened by the beastie. But the reader doesn’t know whether the beast exists or not. The thing is that it doesn’t matter. The beast is a symbol of what is happening with the society of the boys. The more they are afraid of the beast, the more savage they become. They lose their human looks and have primeval fear for the beast. The seed of fear is already in them, and as the narration goes it takes more place in the mind of the society. How it influences the boys is also important. Though Ralph tries to convince the boys that there is no beast, Jack says the contrary not understanding that he leads the society to its end and casts fear. He follows his own goals and his implicit struggle with Ralph may result in a social collapse. Golding shows how the society rots from inside while people in it struggle for power.

Simon speaks with the pig’s head that takes the form of Beelzebub and represents pure evil. This apparently means that there is no evil except what we create and the evil is in us. It is a profound religious allusion that shows the essence of evil representations, such as devil, demons or malign forces that are nothing more but just people’s malicious desires to generate evil in the world. Simon symbolically sees the evil which lives in humans and that is the root of the social problems. The understanding that came to Simon’s head is the crucial point in the novel simply because of its title. This issue can be extended to the society in general. The world is at war while the boys are on the island, and Golding thus compare the isolated island with the whole world where the same evil overwhelms people and makes them strive for power and kill each other. Ralph represents order, leadership, and civilization. Piggy represents the scientific and intellectual aspects of civilization. Jack represents savagery and the desire for power. Simon represents natural human goodness. Roger represents brutality and bloodlust.

The relationships that develop between the older boys and the younger ones emphasize the older boys’ connection to either the civilized or the savage instinct: civilized boys like Ralph and Simon use their power to protect the younger boys and somehow develop the society; savage boys like Jack and Roger use their power to fulfill their own desires, treating the smaller boys as objects for their own amusement. To sum up, we should say, that the boys tried to develop a society on the deserted island. But in fact, they’ve just started to struggle for power and survival. In the end it leads to their savagery and seems that the society of the boys is doomed to destruction until they are rescued by the soldiers. All in all, the symbols are very profound and constitute a very important part of the story that helps the reader to understand the motifs of the novel. Lord of the Flies. Motifs (by MissJane) "Lord of the Flies” Lord of the Flies. Allusions (by Asya, Luck, & Rina) "Lord of the Flies" is full of allusions. We are going to discuss the most interesting and important of them.

An allusion is a reference to a famous person, a historical or religious figure, a historical event, or another literary work. Allusions allow an author to inject deep meaning with few words. The first example of an allusion is the title of the novel itself. Lord of the Flies – the title is a literal translation from Hebrew for Beelzebub, the devil's right hand demon in hell. This allusion emphasizes the evil that reigns over the island and within humankind. Biblical Allusions in Lord of the Flies. In the story, Lord of the Flies, there are many biblical allusions; Simon represents Jesus, the pig’s head represents Satan or rather their satanic sides, Jack represents Judas, and the island represents the Garden of Eden. Throughout this novel these allusions play large parts in the story and ideals place in the story. Simon, one of the major characters in the story, is set as the allusion of Jesus. Christ always had an affinity with children; in Ch. 4, he shows his way with the ‘littluns’ by picking fruit for them. This shows his goodness by nature.

Also, like Christ, he saw the atavistic problem of the hunters and tried to bring them back to good. Like in the bible, Simon, like Christ, dies as a martyr for his cause; coming back with the news that the beast is a corpse, he is slain by the savage hunters. "Simon, sitting between the twins and Piggy, wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy, who grabbed it. The twins giggled and Simon lowered his face in shame.” This quote shows that Simon is kind and sincere like Christ throughout his lifetimes. Simon goes often to the forest to meditate, just as Christ went for 40 days and nights to meditate in the desert. The first chapters of the novel, the island itself resembles the Garden of Eden from Genesis, with its picturesque scenery, abundant fruit, and idyllic weather. Accordingly, the boys are symbolically linked to Adam and Eve before the fall.

Ralph’s first act after the plane crash is to remove his clothes and bathe in the water, a gesture that recalls the nudity of the innocent Adam and Eve and the act of baptism, a Christian rite which, by some accounts, renews in the sinner a state of grace. Naming also becomes important in Genesis, reflected in the novel as the boys give their names. The "snake-thing" recalls the presence of Satan in the Garden of Eden. But unlike Adam and Eve, the boys are mistaken about the creature, which is not an external force (like Satan) but a projection of the evil impulses that are innate within themselves and the human psyche. Still, it is the boys' failure to recognize the danger of the evil within themselves. They continue to externalize it as a beast (again "Lord of the Flies" and "the Beast" are used in religion to refer to Satan), but they become more and more irrational in their perception of it, and they end up developing alternative religious ideas about the Beast and what it wants and does. Although Satan in the Genesis account also has been read as a reflection of evil within human nature, readers usually consider Satan an external force. Original sin enters human nature because of Satan.

Without a real Satan in the novel, however, Golding stresses the ways that this Eden is already fallen; for these boys, evil already is within them waiting to be discovered. Only Simon seems to be a positive character (like many biblical prophets and like Jesus). Critics also have noted that Simon's confrontation with the Lord of the Flies resembles Christ's conversation with the devil during his forty days in the wilderness as described in the New Testament gospels, and critics have noted parallels between Simon's murder and Christ's sacrifice on the cross. Comparing Lord of the Flies to Hitler's Regime and the Holocaust William Golding, the award winning author of Lord of the Flies, said in an interview that "Lord of the Flies was simply what it seemed sensible for me to write after the war, when everybody was thanking God they weren’t Nazis. And I’d seen enough and thought enough to realize that every single one of us could be Nazis…” (Shaffer 54). Golding’s novel strongly relates to the Nazi regime and the horrors of the Holocaust. Similarities can be seen between the leaders on the island and the Nazi leaders, as well as in the treatment of perceived lower class people in both situations.

It also can be compared through the time and circumstances that both took place in. Similarities Between Jack and Hitler: Lord of the Flies has many similarities to the Nazi regime. One of these is how characters in the novel can be compared to Nazi leaders. For instance, in the novel Jack plays the role of Hitler. Like Hitler, Jack was a great orator, and used his charm to persuade the other boys to his point of view (Adolf Hitler Biography). This can be seen near the very beginning of the novel when Jack declares during one of the meetings: "I’m not going to be part of Ralph’s lot…I’m going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too” (Golding 140). They both waited for just the right moment when people were vulnerable and in need and looking for someone to step in and offer them some hope. Hitler came to power at a time when Germany was at an all-time low. He won the public’s support with his promises of restoring Germans’ pride by helping them out of the recession and returning their country to its former glory (Adolf Hitler Biography).

Jack did much the same thing, waiting until the boys were bored and restless under Ralph’s command, and then coming forward (Golding 146). Both men had a charismatic talent that they used for evil to accomplish something beneficial to them. The Dehumanization of Piggy and the Jews: Another similarity between Lord of the Flies and the Nazi system is the treatment of people who were perceived as being ‘lesser’ than the norm. During the Nazi’s reign in Germany, Jews were very ill-treated. In his book Mein Kampf, Hitler referred to them as "filthy Jews” (Jews in Nazi Germany). In Lord of the Flies, Piggy was an outcast among the boys, much like the Jews were outcasts in German society. He was verbally abused on numerous occasions, mainly by Jack. For instance, he was called Piggy against his will, as well as fatty. By not calling him by his real name Jack and the other boys were dehumanizing Piggy, making him seem like less of a person and more of an object to be ridiculed.

Hitler took the same approach with the Jews, dehumanizing them by categorizing them as "sub-humans” and spreading the lies that they were an inferior race (Jews in Nazi Germany). Hitler’s process of dehumanizing the Jews ultimately culminated in the horrors of the Holocaust because by making the Jews seem less than human, he removed the reproach in killing them. This is paralleled in Lord of the Flies when the dehumanization of Piggy ultimately results in his death at the hands of Roger (Golding 200). Lord of the Flies and the Holocaust: Lord of the Flies can be compared to the Holocaust through the time and circumstances they occurred in. Both took place during the devastation of World War II (Shaffer 54). In addition to this, both were set in remote areas. The Holocaust took place in Germany where unthinkable things went on for many years in secret. Most of the world was oblivious to the horror unfolding in Germany until after the war was over and they went in and saw all of the terror and devastation that resulted from Hitler and his Nazis. In Lord of the Flies the boys were stranded on a remote island.

There was no proper leadership, no one in authority to step in and tell them that what they were doing was wrong. As a result of their lack of leadership, and because there were no adults to censor their behaviour, the boys went from being well mannered and behaved school boys, to bloodthirsty savages. Near the beginning of the novel when Jack tried to kill a pig, he found that he couldn’t bring himself to do it "because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood” (Golding 29). This shows that Jack was still civilized; he had not yet begun to lose his humanity. Near the end of the novel when the boys were all hunting for Ralph, he approached Samneric who told him that "Roger sharpened a stick at both ends” (Golding 211). This is significant because earlier when the boys were hunting, Jack made them sharpen a stick at both ends. Then, after they had killed a pig, they stuck the stick in the ground and mounted the pig’s head on the other end of it. This shows that the boys had fully transformed into savages because they were willing to slaughter Ralph as if he were just a pig.

As with the Holocaust, the events in Lord of the Flies took place in secret, with the outside human world having no idea of the horrors that were going on. In conclusion, the novel Lord of the Flies has many similarities to the Nazi regime. This can be seen in parallels between characters in the novel such as Jack, and members of the Nazi party such as Hitler. There is also a common theme in both of dehumanization, leading to violence and ultimately death. The novel was set during World War II, at the same time that the devastation of the Holocaust unfolded and, like the Holocaust, the events in the novel took place in an isolated area which prevented any interference from the outside world. William Golding was deeply affected by the war and the horrors unleashed on the world by the Nazis. This can be seen in the way that Lord of the Flies seems to mirror certain events or circumstances similar to those of the Nazi regime, in an effort by the author to understand human nature and how it is possible to sink to such depravity. Allusions to the Cold War. Published in 1954 early in the Cold War, Lord of the Flies is firmly rooted in the sociopolitical concerns of its era.

Composed during the Cold War, the novel's action unfolds from a hypothetical atomic war between England and "the Reds," which was a clear word for communists. Therefore the novel alludes to the Cold War conflict between liberal democratic U.S. and the totalitarian communistic USSR. Both Ralph and Jack symbolize different types of government. Ralph stands for democracy. The boys elect Ralph as leader, "elect" being the operative word here. Ralph shares responsibilities with the other boys. He is a boy who leads by example. Ralph has a vision, as much as a boy can have, of a functioning society. Ralph even gives Jack control of a sort of army/hunting wing of government. Ralph evolves by utilizing the strengths of other boys, like Simon and Piggy, to help develop a better society and perhaps get rescued. Ralph, an embodiment of democracy, clashes tragically with Jack, a character who represents a style of military dictatorship similar to the West's perception of communist leader Joseph Stalin. Jack takes control and becomes the autocratic dictator who leads by fear instead of consultation and example.

By the end of the novel Jack sets himself up as sort of a God/King, that can also be seen as an allusion to or even a parody of Stalin's personality cult. "Jack, now a leader sits on a great log, painted and garlanded as an idol.” The civilized democracy of Ralph has long been forgotten. Allusions to communist regime. In terms of symbolism Jack represents Stalin's leadership and therefore the author overtly alludes to the communist regime. Dressed in a black cape and cap, with flaming red hair, Jack also visually evokes the "Reds" in the fictional world of the novel and the historical U.S.S.R., whose signature colors were red and black. At the time of writing a very western view was that the Communist east in Russia was spreading out - trying to spread communism across the world - in doing so it forced its influence over much of Easter Europe which became the Eastern Bloc. Therefore the deaths of Simon and Piggy can symbolically represent Eastern European countries' fall to communism. Allusions to the arms race. Another part of the Cold War was the threat of nuclear destruction of the world.

It is also notable that Golding sets the novel in what appears to be a future human reality, one that is in crisis after atomic war. Golding's novel capitalizes on public paranoia surrounding the atom bomb which, due to the arms race of the Cold War, was at a high. Piggy shook his head, put on his flashing glasses and looked down at Ralph. "Not them. Didn’t you hear what the pilot said? About the atom bomb? They’re all dead.” Fire may also be referred to the Schnissel atomic bomb being the very thing that they pin their hopes of survival on, but turning out to be the thing that ultimately destroys the island at the end of the novel. Jack's desire to take control over Piggy's glasses as the means to create fire can also be interpreted as a symbolical representationof the arms race. Golding's attitude towards the Cold War. Golding's negative depiction of Jack, who represents an anti-democratic political system, and his suggestion of the reality of atomic war, present the novel as a gesture of support for the Western position in the Cold War. The arrival of the naval officer at the conclusion of the narrative underscores these allegorical points.

The officer embodies war and militaristic thinking, and as such, he is symbolically linked to the brutal Jack. The officer is also English and thus linked to the democratic side of the Cold War, which the novel vehemently defends. The implications of the officer's presence are provocative: Golding suggests that even a war waged in the name of civilization can reduce humanity to a state of barbarism. The ultimate scene of the novel, in which the boys weep with grief for the loss of their innocence, implicates contemporary readers in the boys' tragedy. The boys are representatives, however immature and untutored, of the wartime impulses of the period. Lord of the Flies. Main Characters (by Ayayulia) "Lord of the Flies” Lord of the Flies. Main Charasters of the Novel (by Megastarosta & Tanya) In this presentation we are going to speak about the main characters of the novel "Lord of the Flies”. Ralph is the most charismatic of the group. He is initially chosen as the leader due to his positive qualities. He maintains a conflict with Jack throughout the entire novel, attempting to keep order whereas Jack isn't concerned with it.

Ralph and Piggy together represent the struggle for order and democracy. He is the central point for the jokes, but he is very clever and he has a cool head. Piggy personifies calmness and experience. Piggy is slightly younger than Ralph and is the most weakling in the group being overweight and suffering from asthma. He is weak, smart, and friendly. The death of Piggy showed us the end of the stability and peace on the island. In Roger’s eyes, Piggy just looked like a "bag of fat.” A few chapters ahead we found that the pigs were referred to as "bags of fat” as well. The Piggy’s name is PIGGY, and the boys went gradually from killing PIGS to killing PIGGY. It seems to the reader that the boys see in Piggy the animal, that is why they killed him.Piggy is a short and overweight boy who wears glasses and represents order and democracy. Jack is about Ralph's age, with a skinnier build and red hair. From the very beginning, he seems to harbor emotions of anger and savagery. At first, he is the leader of his choir group, who become hunters as the book progresses.

He eventually overtakes Ralph as chief/leader. Simon is a shy, sensitive boy in the group. Simon, in some ways the only naturally "good” character on the island, behaves kindly toward the younger boys and is willing to work for the good of their community. Moreover, because his motivation is rooted in his deep feeling of connectedness to nature, Simon is the only character whose sense of morality does not seem to have been imposed by society. Simon represents a kind of natural goodness, as opposed to the unbridled evil of Jack and the imposed morality of civilization represented by Ralph and Piggy A small boy with dirty and shaggy black hair, Roger represents pure evil and wrongness, more so even than Jack. He has no mercy, and is the first one to intentionally kill another boy on the island when he smashed Piggy with a boulder. He gets sadistic pleasure from torturing a pig and other boys on the island. Roger is one of Jack's most loyal helpers, and gladly carries out his orders. Sam and Eric are two young twins who always travel and do everything together. Without each other, they are incapable of very much. They represent reliance and unity, and because of this become like one person referred to as Samneric.

While seemingly loyal to Ralph, they eventually give in to Jack's threats and join his tribe. While Ralph hoped otherwise, the twins in the end disclose Ralph's hiding spot to Jack. The loss of civilization led them to lose any real sense of loyalty to others. If you want to read some information about William Golding, follow this link... If you want to see the presentations dedicated to the topics, follow this link... Tags Cloud

Question: Which alternative word for the Devil is a Hebrew word with translates as Lord Of The Flies?
Answer: Beelzebub