Beelzebub in Games/LOTF: A Comparison

Beelzebub is name for the devil. And In Christian demonology, he is one of the seven princes of Hell. The "Dictionnaire Infernal" describes Beelzebub as a demonic fly who is also known as the "Lord of the Flies".

After some research, it seems Beelzebub the demon is actually quite popular in the gaming culture. One such game that I play regularly is game called "Puzzle & Dragons" which essentially a fun, addicting puzzling game.

Beelzebub in the game is seen, well, riding a sort of motorbike. An "insect motor bike" resembling a fly. Beelzebub is known as the "Lord of The Flies" and so Beelzebub riding a motorbike is just a more exaggerating way of showing how Beelzebub is related to flies. Before reading the book and going through the discussion in class about the demon Beelzebub, the insect motor bike to me, was just something cool to add to the artwork. However now I realise that the game actually shows Beelzebub riding on the fly-bike because he is the Lord of the Flies.

And in Lord of the Flies, the bloody, severed pig’s head that Jack impales on a stake is called the Lord of the Flies (Beelzebub). This symbol becomes an important image in the novel. Simon confronts the sow’s head in the his special area, and it seems to speak to him, telling him that evil lies within every heart and promising to have some fun with him. 

It's almost as if Simon represents mankind and the pig's head represents Beelzebub or Satan

http://puzzledragonx.com/en/monster.asp?n=1371

Boy and girl behaviour in Lord of the Flies

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11101515/Why-Lord-of-the-Flies-speaks-volumes-about-boys.html

This article describes the differences in boy and girl behaviour and how it is not socially acceptable for girls to bite and fight when they're growing up. Because of this, girls use more complex ways of representing violence/aggression. Boys, on the other hand, have more violent responses in their behaviour making it come out in stressful situations such as the setting in Lord of the Flies. Moreover, Lord of the Flies could have only been written about boys for the results to come out as so.

If Lord of the Flies had girls instead of boys, you would have more talking than violence because that is just how the brains are wired. Of course, you will find boys who do not resort to violence (Simon) and girls who do use violence but the majority do not according to research by Dr Stephanie van Goozen, a professor of developmental psychology at Cardiff University.

Although the two genders or different, when it comes down to life or death, they will both use violence as a way of solving the problem. When it comes down to survival, your instincts kick in and your "layers of conditioning" will break off. Girls have the potential to be as aggressive as the opposing gender by the must be pushed harder than boys.

Lord of the Flies and The Hunger Games

https://graemedavidrobinson.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/lord-of-the-flies-the-hunger-games-a-comparison/

This website shows some clear similarities between Lord of the Flies and The Hunger Games. Both these books explain how when left to make our own decisions, with little or no guidance, we turn evil. In Lord of the Flies, they are not told to kill one another yet they manage to do so. Also, both novels show how our society shapes how we think and act. In The Hunger Games, those who go into the arena are thought to kill because that is what they were shown by the capitol.

Lord of the Flies - Iron Maiden

Though this song sounds like something Jack Black performed in the famous movie School of Rock, this not so popular song by Iron Maiden describes what the whole book Lord of the Flies is talking about. The lyrics say stuff like "Fate has brought us to these shores", "Who cares now what's right or wrong, it's reality", "Killing so we survive wherever we may roam"
While on the other hand it also has lyrics that are metaphors like "Wherever we may hide, we've got to get away" which most likely is saying wherever you may hide you can get away from the beast inside of you. Some of the last lyrics state "I like all the mixed emotion and anger it brings out the animal, the power you can feel" which probably relates to how Jack first had mixed emotions about the group but soon to become more powerful and he took over. Iron Maiden seemed to repeat the lyrics "Saints and sinners, something willing us
We are lord of the flies" Which is some what of a irrational statement. Saints who are obviously opposite of sinners also have a lord of the flies side. 

"Telly" from Matilda the Musical related to Lord of the Flies and Human Nature

     I noticed, when watching the song, that the "telly" is similar to the boys home, the one they dream of going back to. The island the boys in Lord of the Flies are stranded on represents all struggles or, as Mr. Wormwood would say, reading a book. I see that Mr. Wormwood represents a "typical" human, wanting to go the easiest way, and thinking he or she's right. When Mr. Wormwood says "All I know I learnt from Telly, what to think and what to buy." it shows how the boys only knowledge comes from the world they were in before the plane crash. They were influenced by their lifes, similar to the thoughts in the Geography of Thought. "Endless content, endless channels, endless chat on endless panels! All you need to fill your muffin, without havin' to really think or nothin.'"Like many humans, the song stresses the fact that we think we have "endless" resources, so we can choose the easiest way out, and there will be no consequences. We also sometimes think that being the most fortunate, we are the best, "The bigger the telly, the smarter the man!"

      Mr. Wormwood has many of the characters combined in him. He does have a Piggy side, he is saying some very clever things, but he doesn't realize the deeper side. He is also trying to get everyone to follow him, (towards the end he says, "All together now!") which is similar to Jack, and also Ralph. Before the song begins, Mr. Wormwood says, "Ladies and Gentleman, may I present to you today the pinnacle of our achievements as a species. The very reason we bothered evolving out of unicorns in the first place." While we may think we are smart, there's so much more than on the cover.

      Both Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood use the word "somewhere" for the first word of their numbers. This shows that, like the boys in Lord of the Flies, they don't know exactly what's going on but they infer based on their previous experiences. Sometimes the inferences aren't accurate but there's no one to tell them that, just like there was no one to tell Roger that throwing rocks at people isn't morally right. When there's no restrictions, things get out of hand.

Yet another song related to Lord of the Flies

Musicians and writers alike tackle similar "Big Questions", and occasionally draw ideas from each other to express their worldview. Therefore, it comes to no surprise that the widely known single "Demons" by Imagine Dragons (a.k.a Amigos In Danger, an anagram used by hardcore fans) references Lord of the Flies by William Golding.

Here is my breakdown à la Adrienne Gao:

When the days are cold 

And the cards all fold  

And the saints we see 

Are all made of gold

(Just when Ralph's head is about to part ways with his body)
(Naval officer with "gold foliage" on his cap arrives)

When your dreams all fail 

And the ones we hail 

Are the worst of all 

And the blood’s run stale

(Ralph has failed to keep a fire going)
(Even the littluns worship Jack)
(Including MBB, death count is 3! already)

I wanna hide the truth 

I wanna shelter you 

But with the beast inside 

There’s nowhere we can hide

(Ralph tries to maintain a civil society)
("Maybe it's only us"-Simon)

No matter what we breed 

We still are made of greed 

This is my kingdom come 

This is my kingdom come

(Golding's worldview: Humans are fundamentally evil)
(According to Baumeister, greed is one of the roots of evil)
("Thy kingdom come" refers to the end of the (Ralph's) world in the Lord's Prayer)

When you feel my heat 

Look into my eyes 

It’s where my demons hide 

It’s where my demons hide

(Jack & Co. setting the entire island on fire)
(The Beast lives within us)

Don’t get too close 

It’s dark inside 

It’s where my demons hide 

It’s where my demons hide

At the curtain’s call 

It's the last of all 

When the lights fade out 

All the sinners crawl

(A "curtain" flaps in Ralph's head whenever he loses focus, when he starts to give in to the savagery)
(Ralph hides where "only a crawler like himself" could get in)

So they dug your grave 

And the masquerade 

Will come calling out 

At the mess you made

(Ralph's final resting place is kindly prepared: on a stick)
(Jack & Co. wearing face paint)
(This is ironic since the island is toast thanks to Jack, not Ralph)

Don't wanna let you down  

But I am hell bound 

Though this is all for you 

Don't wanna hide the truth

(Open to interpretation) 

No matter what we breed 

We still are made of greed 

This is my kingdom come 

This is my kingdom come

[Chorus]

They say it's what you make 

I say it's up to fate 

It's woven in my soul 

I need to let you go

(Again, Golding's worldview of nature "fate" > nurture "what you make")

Your eyes, they shine so bright 

I wanna save that light 

I can't escape this now 

Unless you show me how

(The naval officer is described as shiny "white", "gilt", "gold")
(Ralph wants to be like him, as a responsible sensible adult)
(He cries for "the end of innocence", and it is too late to change anything)
(He believes that the officer can help fix everything because he is a responsible adult. This is ironic since the adults are mirroring the boys action, only on a macro scale)

[Chorus]

Fun fact: Dan Reynolds (Frontman of Amigos In Danger) and William Golding were both born on a Tuesday. Rito Tanaka was born on a Thursday.

Castle Rock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies#Influence

The boys never went to Castle Rock until chapter six (Beast from Air) when the boys, except Piggy and the littluns, goes hunting for the beast. Later, when Jack becomes chief of the tribe, Castle Rock becomes home to the savages.

Castle Rock is the name of a fictional town in several of Stephen King's novels, including The Dead Zone, Doctor Sleep and Revival.
Also, Lord of the Flies (1990) film was produced by the Castle Rock production.
Finally, the name of the final song on U2's album Boy (1980)  is Shadows and Tall Trees from Chapter 7 of Lord of the Flies.