lord of the flies, kamikaze, poppies Flashcards
spasms of red disrupting a blockade of
yellow bias binding around your blazer- poppies
chattered and laughed and we too learnt to be silent
this was not the father we loved- kamikaze
as though he
no longer existed- kamikaze
all her words flatterned and rolled
turned into felt slowly melting - poppies
and another thing we ought to have rules
where the conch is, thats a meeting- ralph
we’ll have rules, lots of rules
then when anyone breaks em’-jack
There was the brilliant world of hunting, tactics, fierce exhilaration, skill;
and there was the world of longing and baffled commonsense” – The narrator
“The chief was sitting there, naked to the waist,
his face blocked out in white and red” – The narrator
The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee;
; conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist” – The narrator
piggy/conch/ralphs leadership
democracy
jacks leadership
autocratic leadership
why does Golding argue between jack and ralphs ways of leadership
to show what society should do vs what they want and want to do and get
how does kamikaze and poppies link
Both poems highlight the effects that conflict can have on families and men who go to war. The poems use strong imagery to describe how families are destroyed by the end of the poem and will never be the same again. The sadness created in both poems shows the difficulty of internal conflict too.
how does kamikaze and poppies link pt 2
the difference between the goverment glamourised version of war and the reality of it
how does kamikaze and poppies link pt 3
kamikaze uses imagery of inner conflict and poppies use imagery natural imagery to convey inner conflict
