Symbols are everywhere in LotF - pick 2 that really stood out to you and discuss their importance to the story.
The first symbol that I notices was when the choir boys lost their cloaks. It was sort of symbolism for how Jack and the choir boys revealed themselves, not only by taking off the cloaks, but as people as well.
Think a bit deeper about the themes present in the book - what do you think Golding might have been trying to say about society and politics?
I think that the book could be taken as a huge commentary on the way society and politics are run today. I mean, so many people feel powerless. Isn't this supposed to be the age of the individual? In the end, I think Golding is saying that in the worst ways, most of us are still lost kids, trying and failing to create a foolproof system on how to organize things so amorphous and unpredictable as people.
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