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context

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fought in ww2 in the navy

bombed a german town and then was shocked at what he did when he went onto land afterwards

taught at public school

let the boys have a debate and they turned savage

read coral island as a child but thought it was unrealistic

writen during the cold war

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key theme - civilization and barbarity

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at first the boys cling to rules from normal life they hold “assembelies”

civilization then begins to fade as jacks choir begin to hunt and the littleuns wee everywhere

they begin to become violent and kill simon

they lose their clothes as a sign of the loss of civilization and paint thier faces

they all join the tribe and golding believes it is natural to be savage and that morality is taught

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not -

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not savages

thinks they need rules

jack

ironic because he leads the tribe who hunt and kill later in the book

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kill the - cut her - spill her -

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kill the beast cut her throat spill her blood

hunters chant

they get carried away and kill simon

primitive rituals

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key theme - fear

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the beast represents fear

they gradually start to believe in it

the beast is not rational and its description keeps changing so the reader knows that it is not real

jack uses fear to control others

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as if - - a good island

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as if it wasnt a good island

simon

commenting on the boys screaming in their sleep

foreshadowing of what is so come

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maybe its - us

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maybe its only us

simon

he knows that the beast is in their imagination

the only thing to fear is human nature

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  • and claws
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teeth and claws

describing simons death

fear has turned the boys into animals

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key theme - power and leadership

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ralph begins as leader and is voted in

as they become for savage jacks doctorial leadership appeals

ralph - responsible , stands up for and protects others

jack - craves power but doesnt want responsibility , steals jacks power from ralph , dictator ( hitler)

the conch symbolises authority and ralphs democratic rule

stick sharpened at both ends could hurt the hunters as well as prey

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take -

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take it

jack

dictorial leadership

gives orders so people dont have to think for themselves

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  • thing we’ve -
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only thing we’ve got

ralph wants to live by rules

they link them back to their old lives

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key theme - nature

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the island is a tropical paradise

island is like the garden of eden where adam and eve learn good and evil

the boys lose their innocence and learn abou the good and evil within

nature hurts the boys and golding shows that not everything is perfect

the boys damage the island when the plane crashes but it repairs itself showing nature indifferent to human actions

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  • diarrhoea
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chronic diarrhoea

the boys eat fruit which is not yet ready and it makes them ill

nature isnt always friendly to them

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long -

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long scar

left by the plane crashing in the forest

the island is injured

but the undergrowth begins to repair it

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burning -

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burning wreckage

the boys use fire as a weapon at the end of the novel

symbolizes mans destruction of nature

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key theme - evil

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darkness represents evil

younger boys have nightmares in the dark

simon is murdered in the dark

jack is obsessed with killing and leads most of the violent acts in the book

roger destroys things

pigs head is an offering to the beast

fear causes evil

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  • dark …. - along
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something dark fumbeling along

the description of the choir at the begining , they become jacks tribe

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darkness - mans heart

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darkness of mans heart

ralph weeps at the end

the naval officers white suit hides the truth that evil exists inside all of us

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conditioned by -

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conditioned by civilization

roger starts by only destroying sand castles because he is held back

later he kills piggy because the rules of society have left him

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    • part of you
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i am part of you

the lord of the flies tells simon that the beast is in everyone

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what does the lord of the flies represent

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the boys fear

it is an offering to the beast

lords of the flies is the meaning of the demon beelzebub

ralph brakes the stick when he is being hunted destroying the symbol of evil

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the voice of a -

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the voice of a school master

the pigs head speaks to simon in that voice

simon realises the adult world is corrupt to

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character - ralph

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represents civilization

he takes charge of the boys and gives them jobs to do in order to make the island better

he says they will use the conch to take it in turns to speak

he clings to the idea of rescue and returning to civilisation

ralph takes part in Simons murder to show that everyone has the capacity for evil and that even ralph is slipping into savagery

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the - with fair -

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the boy with fair hair

describing Ralph

fair can be a description of his hair but also of his personality

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the - belongs to you
the choir belongs to you ralph is fair and makes sure that jack remains in charge of the choir
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- got to - the fire
we've got to relight the fire ralph he is obsessed with being rescued he still has faith in the fact that civilisation and people are good and will resuce them
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- im frightened who - -
course i'm frightened who wouldnt be ralph he is still a young boy and we realise that these are just children playing at being grown up
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- sense
talk sense ralph realises whilst he is being hunted that piggy was a good thinker he relied on his intelligence
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shy -
shy liking describes ralph and jacks relationship at the begining of thebook the ycould be friends but instead they fall out when jack and the hunters focus to much on hunting and not on building shelters it is the first sign that they cannot resolve conflict
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things are - -
things are breaking up ralph golding is showing that they are decending into savagry ralph doesnt know how to express himself because he is a child
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which is better ,to have - and agree or to - and -
which is better to have rules and agree or to hunt and kill ralph understands that the way jack leads is not good and he is trying to convince everyone else he believes in civilisation and trys to recreate it on the island
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wept for the end of -
wept for the end of innocence ralph when they are resuced by a naval officer ralph relises what they have done the naval officer is shocked when he finds out two boys are dead this is golding showing that the world is not an adventure book but the officer came from a warship showing that the world is in as much danger as the boys on the island
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character - piggy
piggy is an outsider his apperance is comical to the other boys he is the only one with an accent , he is clumsy and has asthma he is vulnerable to bullying he represents science and logical thinking he often acts like an adult he joins in with simons murder to show that he is giving in to savagery
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the first thing we - to have - was a -
the first thing we ought to have made was a shelter piggy he is a logical thinker he has the brains to be a leader but he does not have the confidence that is why he works well with ralph
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the - - - named piggy
the true wise friend named piggy piggy loyal
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i cant hardly - with all these - things
i cant hardly move with all these creeper things piggy he does not adapt to the island as well as the other boys do double negative shows his lower middle class upbringing
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shut - -
shut up fatty jack shouts at piggy piggy is not going to be well respected
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- like a crowd of -
acting like a crowd of kids piggy he sounds like an old wise man he is the closest thing to an adult on the island
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i have the -
i have the conch piggy he is obsessed with only talking when you have the conch because he always follows rules and obeys the leader he is trying to impose rules to an island where the boys are turning savage
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we can use this to - the others . have a -
we can use this to call the others. have a meeting piggy he comes up with the idea to use the conch but it is ralph who becomes leader because piggy doesnt have the breath to blow the conch he has a disadvantage
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glases
piggys glasses represent intelligence jack steals them to use to start a fire he doesnt think much of piggy and isnt nice to him but piggy still belives in doing the right thing
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character - jack
he wants to be in control he represents dictators in europe ( hitler and stalin) he is entitled and belives he should be leader he is naturally agressive and becomes obsessed with hunting
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ugly - silliness
ugly without silliness decription of jack it contrasts ralphs and show how golding wants us to perceive him
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i - to be -
i ought to be chief jack he is entitled because of his public school education he hates Ralph being in charge and tries to challenge him arrogant
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my - will - you form the -
my hunters will protect you from the beast jack uses fear to controll the boys similar to what hitler did golding is trying to show what type of a leader he is
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- to the rules
bollocks to the rules jack he doesnt need rules and he is turning his back on society
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cry -
crybabies jack insults the littleuns playground language
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- was bent -
jack was bent double jack adapted quickly to his new surroundings and has reverted back to hunter gathering
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the - has spoken
the chief has spoken jack his pride makes his cruel he gets more evil as the book goes on as golding is showing the evil in all of us slowly comes out
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im not going to - with you -
im not going to play with you anymore child like jack
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bloodthirsty -
bloodthirsty snarling jack golding makes it sound like he is an animal once he paints his face he is no longer himself it allows him to feel no reponsibilty for his actions he is losing touch with civilisation
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character - simon
represents religion - jesus is shy and physically weak he finds it hard to express how he is feeling he is kind doesn't believe in the beast his conversation with the lord of the flies is all in his head because he knows the boys fear them selves his murder changes everything because it was savage and barbaric
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i think we ought to - the -
i think we ought to climb the mountain simon is smart and knows they should see the beast in daylight
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- found for them the - they could not reach
simon found for them the fruit they could not reach looking after small children links back to jesus when he fed the 5000 with bread and fish
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the water rose further and - - coarse hair with brighteness
the water rose further and dressed simons coarse hair with brightness it is a very spirtiual death the water is calm and nature is welcoming him
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maybe its only -
maybe its only us simon thinks the beast is internal it is growing as the boys turn more savage
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character - roger
roger is a bully he is the first boy to call jack chief key theme - power and leadership he carrys out jacks violence he expresses himself through words rather than nature he gets more vicious as time goes on in the end he is completely taken over by evil
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roger - the stick at - ends
roger sharpened the stick at both ends he is mercilless it can hurt enemys but also friends
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- arm was - by civilisation
rogers arm was conditioned by civilisation he is throwing sticks at the boys but his purposfully missing them because he knows it is wrong
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glimpsed rogers - face above him
glimpsed rogers dark face above him roger has overthrown ralph in power he holds all the power because he is physically above him
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- with a sense of - abandonment
roger with a sense of delirious abandonment he finds it easy to be a bad person and let go of morals supports goldings idea that evryone was evil and that we were only moral because of the rules of society

English literature p2 (14 decks)

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