lord of the flies Flashcards
context
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
key theme - civilization and barbarity
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
not -
not savages
thinks they need rules
jack
ironic because he leads the tribe who hunt and kill later in the book
kill the - cut her - spill her -
kill the beast cut her throat spill her blood
hunters chant
they get carried away and kill simon
primitive rituals
key theme - fear
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
as if - - a good island
as if it wasnt a good island
simon
commenting on the boys screaming in their sleep
foreshadowing of what is so come
maybe its - us
maybe its only us
simon
he knows that the beast is in their imagination
the only thing to fear is human nature
- and claws
teeth and claws
describing simons death
fear has turned the boys into animals
key theme - power and leadership
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
take -
take it
jack
dictorial leadership
gives orders so people dont have to think for themselves
- thing we’ve -
only thing we’ve got
ralph wants to live by rules
they link them back to their old lives
key theme - nature
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
- diarrhoea
chronic diarrhoea
the boys eat fruit which is not yet ready and it makes them ill
nature isnt always friendly to them
long -
long scar
left by the plane crashing in the forest
the island is injured
but the undergrowth begins to repair it
burning -
burning wreckage
the boys use fire as a weapon at the end of the novel
symbolizes mans destruction of nature
key theme - evil
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
- dark …. - along
something dark fumbeling along
the description of the choir at the begining , they become jacks tribe
darkness - mans heart
darkness of mans heart
ralph weeps at the end
the naval officers white suit hides the truth that evil exists inside all of us
conditioned by -
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
- part of you
i am part of you
the lord of the flies tells simon that the beast is in everyone
what does the lord of the flies represent
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
the voice of a -
the voice of a school master
the pigs head speaks to simon in that voice
simon realises the adult world is corrupt to
character - ralph
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
the - with fair -
the boy with fair hair
describing Ralph
fair can be a description of his hair but also of his personality
the - belongs to you
the choir belongs to you
ralph is fair and makes sure that jack remains in charge of the choir
- 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
- 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
- sense
talk sense
ralph realises whilst he is being hunted that piggy was a good thinker
he relied on his intelligence
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
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
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
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
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
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
the - - - named piggy
the true wise friend named piggy
piggy
loyal
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
shut - -
shut up fatty
jack shouts at piggy
piggy is not going to be well respected
- 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
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
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
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
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
ugly - silliness
ugly without silliness
decription of jack
it contrasts ralphs and show how golding wants us to perceive him
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
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
- to the rules
bollocks to the rules
jack
he doesnt need rules and he is turning his back on society
cry -
crybabies
jack
insults the littleuns
playground language
- was bent -
jack was bent double
jack
adapted quickly to his new surroundings and has reverted back to hunter gathering
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
im not going to - with you -
im not going to play with you anymore
child like
jack
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
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
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
- 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
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
maybe its only -
maybe its only us
simon thinks the beast is internal
it is growing as the boys turn more savage
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
roger - the stick at - ends
roger sharpened the stick at both ends
he is mercilless
it can hurt enemys but also friends
- 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
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
- 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
