Allusions to Lord of the Flies Many literary works inspire new works to be created every day. From things as old as Beowulf to Shakespeare's many plays, today's writers continue to draw ideas from the classics to create their own stories. For this reason, many older works of literature are still relevant today. William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies is more current than ever with allusions to popular television shows, music heard on the radio, and the latest blockbuster movie. The many allusions to Lord of the Flies in modern literature and works of art are too numerous to count. Modern cartoons and television are watched by millions of people every day. having illusions about Lord of the Flies in popular shows such as SpongeBob SquarePants and The Simpsons shows how modern Lord of the Flies ideas are. In the SpongeBob episode titled "SpongeBob Club", the conch, the main symbol of the book, is used as a sort of leader. After Squidward decides to sneak into their clubhouse, they are catapulted into the middle of a jungle, just like the boys are stranded in the middle of the desert. SpongeBob and Patrick see the magic conch as the voice of reason and figure out what to do by asking it questions. This idea comes a lot from the book. In Lord of the Flies the boys use the conch as a sign of leadership and also organization so that whoever holds it can speak and when it blows the boys must go to an assembly or meeting on the island. After SpongeBob and Patrick are ordered by the magic conch to do nothing, Squidward becomes frantic, he separates from the two, as Jack does when he forms his tribe, and tries to start his own house . After a while the mag...... middle of paper ....... Lord of the Flies. New York: Coward-McCann, 1962. Print. “SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3, Episode 12a (SpongeBob Club).” » Polly streaming -. polystreaming.com, nd Web. April 14, 2014. "The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid Lyrics | SongMeanings." Meaning of the songs. Np, and Web. May 8, 2014. “The Simpsons.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, April 30, 2014. Web. May 2, 2014. "The Simpsons Season 9 Episode 14" Das Bus. " Watch TV Anywhere RSS. watchtvanywhere.com, February 15, 1998. Web. April 14, 2014. The Hunger Games. Dir. Gary Ross. Perf. Jennifer Lawrence. Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 2012. Film.