Lord Of The Flies Flashcards
Themes:
1) is man good or evil? Darkness of man
2) anonymity (wearing a mask-anything people won’t recognize you in)
Ex: painted faces and masks @ night.
Ralph said he won’t paint his face (still pure)
Jack Ralph Piggy Simon Roger
Jack- manipulates fear, natural born leader
Ralph - naive , leader, matures throughout book
Simon-kind,alone
Piggy - rational/scientist (doesn’t want to talk about killing-says it’s an accident)
Roger - most ruthless - kills piggy b/c there’s no consequences - enjoyed killing
Tracking symbolism:
Pig
1) Pig = human being
2) Pig = animal
3) Pig = L-rd of the Flies/ Beast
Tracking symbolism:
Kids
Children -> savages -> little kids
It goes from children to savages to little kids - to remind you at the end of the day, these were little children and that even little children can turn into your worst nightmare.
Tracking symbolism:
Glasses
1) Wearing glasses = intelligence
2) Glasses as a tool = makes fire
3) One lense breaks = losing clarity
4) Jack steals glasses = Piggy’s death
Tracking symbolism:
Conch
1) whole conch = civilization
2) conch (jack and Ralph split) = loss of power
3) conch shatters = death of society
Man vs Self
Simon and himself
When he was alone, he saw LOF and thought it was talking. The LOF was telling him to embrace his darker side - beast within him - he’s the one who told everyone that maybe the beast is within them. Basically he’s having an internal fight w/ embracing his dark side and keeping his normal self.
Man vs Man
Jack and the hunters vs Ralph and Piggy
Man vs society
When Ralph is running away from Jack and the hunters who try to kill him - Ralph has no more supporters, everyone is on Jack’s side, Piggy is gone and now it’s man against society
Man vs nature
All the boys on the island - trying to survive
Literary Device:
Irony
1) The children talk about how much they need the adults and how the adults will help them-when in reality the adults can’t even help themselves, they’re currently fighting with each other-they’re in war. They were on a plane because of a war happening. We see in the book a dead parachuter comes on the island.
2) the hunters try to kill Ralph with fire but that fire ends up saving them
3) Simon being confused for the beast - while there is no beast and he’s the one who mentioned that the beast is within them
Literary device:
Foreshadow
1) the obsession with killing a pig = Piggy Dies
2) Half of island is burnt in the beginning of the book = whole island is burnt @ the end
3) Rodger skips rocks = kills piggy with a Boulder
4) Jack and the hunters, wearing black, obedient, marching - sounds like army = at the end they’re basically having a war
What are the five things the beast is known as?
1) the kids imagination
2) inside of them
3) dead pilot
4) Simon
5) l-rd of the flies
Why does Ralph cry at the end?
Darkness of mans heart
Loss of innoncene
Piggy’s death
Coral island
Mentioned in the beginning of the book - boys say this is going to be fun like coral island
At the end the naval officer comes and asks if this is like coral island
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Coral island is unrealistic and Golding hated that, he wanted to show the reality of what happens when boys are alone on an island without any adults and that it won’t be a happy ending
Two of the characters in coral island is Ralph and Jack and Golding used those names
