The title is said to be a reference to the
Hebrew name of
Beelzebub “god of the fly”, “host of the fly”, or literally “Lord of Flies”), a name sometimes used as a synonym for
Satan.
[3] The title of the book, in turn, has its[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/USERXP%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png[/IMG]elf become a metaphor for a power struggle in a chaotic situation
.
