Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies – Christian/ Freudian Readings

* Freudian/ sexual imagery/ phallic symbolism/ the violent or sexual urge
* Link to Golding’s own story
* “Le petit mort”
* Killing of the sow p147

* Christian symbolism
* Garden of Eden/ Fall of man
* Original sin
* Simon the Christ figure – the wilderness
* Jack, the devil
* The lord of the flies

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