Jack creates the Lord of the Flies by severing the sow’s head and impaling it on a stake in the forest as an offering for the beast. Simon claims that The Lord of the Flies spoke to him about the nature of evil. The sow’s head can also be seen as a physical representation of “the beast” and as a symbol of Satan. In the author’s notes, “The “lord of the flies” is a translation of the Hebrew Ba’alzevuv. It has been suggested that it was a mistranslation of a mistransliterated word which gave us this pungent and suggestive name for the Devil, a devil whose name suggest he is devoted to decay, destruction, demoralization, hysteria and panic therefore fits in very well with Golding’s
Jack creates the Lord of the Flies by severing the sow’s head and impaling it on a stake in the forest as an offering for the beast. Simon claims that The Lord of the Flies spoke to him about the nature of evil. The sow’s head can also be seen as a physical representation of “the beast” and as a symbol of Satan. In the author’s notes, “The “lord of the flies” is a translation of the Hebrew Ba’alzevuv. It has been suggested that it was a mistranslation of a mistransliterated word which gave us this pungent and suggestive name for the Devil, a devil whose name suggest he is devoted to decay, destruction, demoralization, hysteria and panic therefore fits in very well with Golding’s