context LOTF Flashcards
what are goldings intentions
when social restraints are stripped innate cruelty and barbarism within human beings emerges and life becomes a battle of survival.
The atrocities committed in ww2 made him rethink his ideas on the nature of evil. He explored how people who are supposed to be civilised can commit evil acts.
for most individuals it is only law, society and fear of punishment that prevent people behaving in an evil way.
3 quotes golding used
‘perfectibility of social man’
‘I had discovered what one man could do to another’
‘man produces evil as a bee produces honey’
how was LOTF similar to coral island
in both novels there are 3 British school Boys shipwrecked on an island.hower in coral island they keep their British civilised standards in the face of all the uncivilised adversaries. LOTF is almost like a parody as the boys are in the same situation but behave very differently.
when is coral island referenced in LOTF
in the first assembly ralph persuades the boys they will have a good time- ‘its like in a book-coral island’ and at the end it is referenced once again my a naval officer before realising what has happened. This is deliberate as golding shatters Ballantyne’s illusion by the boys demonstrating the evil within.
what form does golding use
the adventure novel form where the protagonists are children who become heroes overcoming external evil but he subverts the genre where the evil is within and cannot be overcome
how does dialogue show the boys descent into savagery
the boys are well spoken using middle class standard English showing how they are public school idealistic British boys. AS the novel progresses their speech becomes more colloquial with some swearing showing regression. Their taboo words wouldn’t be used by high class words.
how is piggys dialogue different to the others
he is obviously working class as his speech has a lot of grammatical errors. His non standard grammar separates him highlighting their class differences to readers. He is the most intelligent but it isn’t seen due to his language.
