he island are debatable. While it may be a mere exciting plot device, it is also very possible within the context of the macrocosm that Golding is in fact, portraying the island as a person in decay. Previous events including the crash, which could symbolize death and various untended wildfires indicate the island has suffered substantial trauma and loss. Golding's choice to generate conflict between the id and the ego may well be a symbol for a greater crisis for the island/person, where it is reduced to an internalized battle between its two fundamental psychological processes. A mental patient fighting against sanity or a sane person fighting insanity, was this an attempt at suicide or a fight for the rein? ...
