Innocence

Question 1

how is innocence presented in lotf?

Answer 1

• through Jack (loss of innocence)
• through transformation
• absence of rules
• as they shed clothes
• through Simon
• through masks
• savagery
• maturity
• through the littluns
• through Ralph (loss of innocence)
• through killing of pigs

Question 2

potential exam questions for innocence

Answer 2

• examine the presentation of innocence
• how does Golding use Jack/Ralph to show the loss of innocence?
• how does Golding use Simon to present innocence?
• write about the importance of innocence

Question 3

beginning quotes for innocence

Answer 3

‘blew a jet of water into the air’ (ch.1)

'’Bong!’’ ‘‘Doink!’’ (ch.2)

'’This is our island. It’s a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll have fun’’ (ch.2)

‘Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilisation that knew nothing of him and was in ruins’ (ch.4)

‘Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness’ (ch.4)

‘The mask compelled them’ (ch.4)

Question 4

middle quotes for innocence

Answer 4

‘remembering that first enthusiastic exploration as though it were a part of a brighter childhood, he smiled jeeringly’ (ch.5)

‘there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat–!’’ (ch.5)

‘Mummy had still been with them and Daddy had come home every day’ (ch.7)

‘the awful picture of the spider’ (ch.7)

‘He sunned himself in their new respect and felt that hunting was good after all’ (ch.7)

Question 5

end quotes for innocence

Answer 5

'’It was dark. there was that–that bloody dance’’ (ch.10)

'’It was an accident,’’ said Piggy suddenly’ (ch.10)

'’I’ve got a pax,’’ laugh lightly, and sleep among the others? Pretend they were still boys, schoolboys’ (ch.12)

'’Fun and games,’’ said the officer’ (ch.12)

'’Only two. And they’ve gone’’ (ch.12)

‘Ralph wept for the end of innocence’ (ch.12)