English semester two - power play techniques and their links between after 6/4 and lord of the flies Flashcards
pp ; ralph represents pro democracy “’ Let’s have a vote.’ ‘Yes!’ ‘Vote for a chief!’ ‘Let’s vote – ‘ This toy of voting was almost as pleasing as the conch.”
pp ; the students are protesting for pro democracy
pp ; jack is a symbolic representation of communism
“I ought to be chief , because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp”
pp ; the leading power in china that the protestors are going against is the Chinese communist party
pp; fear creates power and obedience
“he shouted an order and they halted”
- characterisation
pp; the Chinese uses fear to try and control the protestors back into order.
fear creates power and obedience
“turmoil will be investigated and unequivocally opposed”
- high modality language
pp ; fear unifies
“ but if there was a snake we’d hunt it and kill it.”
- inclusive language ,
pp ; fear unifies
the Chinese government uses sensationalism to create a sense of fear of the protestors and unify other citizens
” the evil masterminds conspired with reactionary forces at home and abroad to manipulate students in Beijing “
- common enemies unite
pp ; Fear of the unknown leads people to act illogically and even to abandon their ethics and principles.
“The hunters’ thoughts were crowded with memories […] of the knowledge […] that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.”
- metaphor
pp ; Fear of the unknown leads people to act illogically and even to abandon their ethics and principles.
“conspired with reactionary forces at home and abroad “
- divisive language
“evil masterminds”
pp ; everyone at their deepest roots are evil
“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.”
pp ; everyone at their deepest roots are evil
“some people engaged in grave criminal activities such as
beating, smashing, looting and burning stores, and even broke into the compounds of provincial govern-ment seats and set fire to the motor vehicles there.”
- this us used as a justification for the treatment of the civilians
pp ; tyrannical leaders hate rules
“Conch! Conch!….We don’t need the conch anymore. We know who ought to say things. What good did Simon do speaking, or Bill, or Walter? It’s time some people knew they’ve got to keep quiet and leave deciding things to the rest of us.”
- symbolism
pp; tyrannical leaders hate rules
the basis of communism is that a governing body controls over all of a countries possession
the conch in lord of the flies is symbolic for the choice of the people - in after 6/4 the government “unequivocally opposes the actions of the protestors “
- high modality language
pp ; news , fake news ( speculative ) approach
“No! How could we–kill–it?”
pp ; speculative news approach
protestors “1000 people dead in massacre”
Chinese gov “not a single person was killed”
pp ; Jack uses the power of the conch to challenge ralphs authority and undermine his leadership.
“jack went on blowing till the shelters were astir and the hunters crept to the platform …… ralph rose obediently, and piggy”
pp; the undermining of authority and leadership as a challenge of power play
chinese gov characterisation of Liu xiaobo as violent through the terms a “mad dog” “mad man” - sensationalism
chinese gov characterises protestors as a minority “small fraction of people “
pp ; fear as a device of power
“ive called an assembly said jack … first you know now we have seen the beast. We crawled up. We were only a few feet away. The beast sat up and looked at us. I don’t know what it does “
- sensationalism , hyperbole , truncated sentences
pp ; fear as a device of power
” turmoil will be unequivocally investigated”
- hyperbole
pp; Manipulation through the creation of speculative and allusive statements as a form of power play
“ralph thinks your cowards, running away from the boar and the beast. And that’s not all” - divisive language
pp; Manipulation through the creation of speculative and allusive statements as a form of power play
“liu xiaobo and his accomplices wish to rule china” - divisive language
pp ; with or against attitude to undermine and/ or threaten another power
“hands up” said jack strongly “whoever wants ralph to not be chief “ - divisive and high modality language
pp ; with or against attitude to undermine and/ or threaten another power
“liu xiaobo and his accomplices wish to rule china” - chinas use of divisive language is supposed to threaten those that sympathises with the pro democracy protestors
pp ; victim vs agressor
“im not going to play any longer. Not with you” … “I’m going off by myself. He catches his own pigs. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too” - jack - low modality , appeal rto pathos
pp ; victim vs agressor
when deng xiaoping states “most sincere condolences to brave soldiers …. who have fallen in this struggle “
- appeal to pathos
pp ; Unnecessary violence and inhumanity to represent the leaders power structure
“she squealed and bucked and the air was full of sweat and noise and blood and terror”
- graphic visual imagery
- accumulative descriptive listing
pp ; Unnecessary violence and inhumanity to represent the opposing leaders power structure
protestors “ troops continuing to gun down residents indiscriminately … the blood shed appears far from over “ - appeal to pathos
pp ; violence as an assertion of power
“the chief was sitting there , naked to the waist , his face blocked out in red and white. The tribe lay in a semi circle before him .the newly beaten and untied Wilfred was sniffing noisily in the background” - visual imagery , high modality language
pp ; violence as an assertion of power
“Those who refused to leave were Forced to leave by the soldiers. By 5:30 a.m., the clearing operation of the square had been completed.”
- high modality language
