If you read the end of the chapter, A gift for darkness, its the scene where we see Simon speaking to the pigs head, who calls himself, the Lord of the Flies. In this scene, the Lord of the Flies says, "There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And Im the beast." He also says, "Fancy thinking that the beast was something you could hunt and kill."
I am well aware that the Word Beelezebob, meaning Satan, is the Hebrew Word for, the Lord of the Flies. The beast is obviously Satan, the pigs head, speaking in Simons thoughts. The actual title however, signifies that the children on the island are the flies, and their lord is Satan, particulary the ones that Jack converted. The Beast sates, "Do you see, you're not wanted. We are going to have fun on this island. So don't try it or else we shall do you." WE being Satan and his flies, the FLIES being Jack, Roger Maurice, etc. Satan also stated that Simon would indeed be killed and that he would meet him down below. This particular scene in the book reminded me of when Jesus was speaking with Satan in the garden, and how Satan said that Jesus's plan would fail, 'so don't bother trying it.' Jesus was sacrificed just as Simon was, except Jesus was sacrificed by the will of god, and Simon was killed by the will of Satan.
So, to put it blantly, the title signifies Satan being in control, because this time, it is not man he overpowers, which he sometimes does, but it is children that he is in control of. As we well know, Satan is a deciever. "Im the reason why things are what they are.," said the Lord of the Flies. Children are represented as flies in this book because children are often easy to decieve and they are so very well decieved, that they end up going bloodthirsty and Simon dies because of it. The reason for the line, "Don try to escape, don't you dare try it... or we shall kill you" is that Satan could not take control over Simon, and he tried to convince him not to escape, he could not decieve Simon because Simon was good hearted and special. When Ralph intervened with Satans plan to try and escape, Jack and his tribe, the flieschased after Ralph and attempted to kill him... until the pilot showed up.
Happy four twenty.
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