Why is the head called Lord of the Flies?

Answer 1

In the literal sense, the head is called Lord of the Flies because flies did, indeed, scavenge the rotting pig head, giving Golding the ability to refer to the pig head as the Lord of the Flies.

"Lord of the Flies" is directly translated to "Beelzebub" - a deity sometimes even referred to Satan himself. The appearance of this pig signifies the big turning point in the novel as the boys become increasingly savage afterwards.

When Simon encounters the pig and has a hallucination, he comes to realization that the beast is not on the island - it is in all of us.

Answer 2

None of the boys called the sow's head on the stick the 'Lord of the Flies.' It was only referred to by this name by the narrator, during the description of Simon standing before the sow's head on the stick and the narrator states, "... in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned." As a sow is female the use of the word 'his' is an interesting choice.

Answer 3

The pig's head on the stick was not the 'Lord of the Flies.' The pig's head was simply an offering left by Jack for the beast. When Simon had an epileptic fit he was staring at the pig's head, covered in flies, and inside his own mind he was having an imaginary conversation with evil which he already new was inside everyone. The real beast, the real Lord of the Flies is simply the capacity to do evil that is inside everyone. It is the darkness in man's heart, that Ralph wept for at the end of the book. The name Lord of the Flies is a translation from an ancient name for the Devil, Beelzebub. And just as the real flies are attracted to the dead head on a stick the tribe of boys, led by Jack, are increasingly attracted to killing and hurting, to evil, they are like flies drawn to something rotten.

Answer 4

The head is called Lord of the Flies in William Golding's novel because it is a severed pig's head placed on a stick as an offering to the "beast." The flies swarming around the decaying head symbolize decay, corruption, and the evil inherent in humanity. The title suggests that evil and savagery have a powerful influence over the boys on the island.

Answer 5

"the lord of the flies"

Answer 6

Simon talked to the Lord of the flies

Answer 7

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