Osiris In Lord Of The Flies

At first glance, William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is about British schoolboys stranded on an island, but this novel could be interpreted in many ways by many different people. One of the most common interpretations is that the novel represents the Christian myth of the fall of man. A less popular interpretation is a comparison to the Osiris myth, stating that pride is the “original sin”. Yet another way the novel could be interpreted is in a psychological way about the gradual return towards amorality and humans’ primitive and savage nature. Lord of the Flies: An Analysis by F.C. Bufkin is about one of the most commonly made comparisons, a comparison to the Christian myth of the fall of man. According to him, the goal of

Golding’s Lord of the Flies: Pride as Original Sin by John F. Fitzgerald and John R. Kayser not only compares the novel to the Osiris myth, but also claims that pride is the original sin. They claim that “mankind’s essential illness” is irrational fear and that man do the most outrageous inhumanities in order to appease out pride. The Osiris myth tells the story of the appearance of disagreement and war. Osiris symbolizes all the good in the universe and Typhon symbolizes all the evil. Jack represents Typhon. Jack has red hair, is ruddy, and blushes when he’s angry and frustrated. Typhon is also described as red and ruddy and because of this, red headed men were burned and abused in ancient Egypt because they represented Typhon. Jack’s personality is also Typhonic because he has an overwhelming ambition and a burning desire to become the chief. Ralph is civilized, and the counterpart to Jack. He is Osiris to Jack’s Typhon. Simon and Piggy both represent creativity, reason and intuition. However, Simon’s death symbolically marks the death of Osiris by the power of Typhoon. Simon and Piggy’s bodies fell into the sea just like how Osiris’s body fell into the sea. Pride can show itself in many different ways such as honor, prestige, fame and wealth. Fitzgerald and Kayser claim that in the end, it’s pride and nationalism that caused the destructive, global horrors of the twentieth century. They

According to her, the novel is about the slow return towards man’s primitive and savage state. Without adults on the island, the boys form a genuine primitive society, evolving its gods and demons, and its rituals and taboos. Ralph represents a man’s good impulses, and Jack represents the evil instinctual forces. Rosenfield discusses Freud’s conclusions that no child is innocent Piggy represents logic and is a father figure. In the beginning, the boys are “only pretending” and don’t realize how they’re creating a primitive society. Their games eventually turn into reality, prompting Ralph’s increasing focus on their rescue. Rosenfield claims that the ultimate irrationality is war, and that by once again joining society, the boys not only return to a primitive and childish morality, but they also degenerate into adults. Even though many people see children as innocent and playful, but children often can be the cruelest simply because of their lack of understanding. A lot of children don’t understand the consequences of their actions, which is like how the boys on the island are. They only think that only they’re playing, and are unaware of the true meaning of “death” in the real