Symbolism In Teh Kite Runner And Lord Of The Flies

Think about how politics, hope, and evil are represented in daily life? We tend to delve into loads of novels, Every. Single. Day. But we never stop to think that the ideas presented in the book apply to us. It’s not just a fantasy. Novels talk about humanity, sometimes we just need to pause and receive the message that the author is trying to convey us in their literature. We are going to analyze two books, The Kite runner and lord of the flies. Khaled Hosseini, in Teh Kite Runner, and William Golding, in Lord of the Flies, Bothe use symbols in their narratives to represent broader ideas like politics, Hope and Evil, but the interpretation pf these presented ideas is varied. Both Khaled Hosseini and William Golding use a symbol to†¦show more content†¦He points out how people accepted the circumstances as their fate and didn’t fight because they felt their place was below the Taliban. â€Å" I wondered briefly what it must be like to live with such an ingrained sense of one’s place in a hierarchy.† (Hosseini 42) The ingrained sense of fear and one’s place in hierarchy forbid the Afghans to stand up and speak up. Furthermore, Hosseini and Golding explored the topic of Hope in their narratives. Golding used the signal fire as the symbol of hope for the boys. Keeping the fire going was the sole purpose of the boys before savagery took over. â€Å"The fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don’t keep a fire going? Is a fire too much for us to make? Look at us! How many are we? And yet we can’t keep a fire going to make smoke. Don’t you understand? Can’t you see we ought to-- ought to die before we let the fire out?† ( Golding 81) As the fire faded so did the civilized rule. If we observe throughout the book, the signal fire acted as a parallel to civilization and knowledge. â€Å"The fire’s the most important thing. Without the fire we can’t be rescued. I’d like to put war-paint on and be a savage. But we must keep the fire burning. The fire’s the most important thing on the island, because, --’ He paused again and the silence became full of doubt and wonder. Piggy whispered urgently ‘Rescue’ (Golding 125). In the beginning when they had