lord of the flies revision Flashcards
What do the boys represent in LOTF
humanity
What does the conch represent
Democracy, the conch is power
what does the quote “toy of voting” mean
the noun toy suggest the boys are not taking democracy seriously and that the verb voting implies it is a democratic system
which quote expresses that ralph is a good leader and is on the democracy side at the beginning
“Ralph raised his hands for silence”
what is a utopia
an ideal or perfect place
what other novel did Golding use as a way of implying that the message of the book is unreal and wrong?
what was it also about
“The Coral Island”
it is about a group of Victorian children that are shipwrecked on an island and they build an Utopia
Golding believes that is wrong because humanity still have evil within them and the world can never be a perfect place or a utopia
what is a dystopia
a hellish or imperfect place
what is xenophobia
fear of foreigners
island symbolism
microcosm of the world
“roughly boat island” - the world is rough
sea symbolism
the universe
Golding’s message on the book
evil is within humanity
“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, and the darkness in man’s heart”
themes in LOTF
civilisation vs. savagery democracy vs. dictatorship loss of innocence utopia vs. dystopia violence evil things breaking down power
a few misconceptions during Golding’s time of writing the book
Feminism was not around during the time so perhaps that’s why the book has boys in it only (he also worked in a boy private school)
Britain was not yet multiracial (still believed in the WASP)
difference between Ralph, Jack & Piggy
Ralph - good leadership skills, still civilised, fair (democratic leader, everyone gets a say)
“we’ll have to have ‘hands up’ like at school”
jack - more of a dictator, he wants things to go his way, his rules are compromised to his own liking, he enjoys punishing people
“‘Lots of rules! if anyone breaks ‘em’”
Piggy - he is the voice of reason, not interested of being a leader, understands its not a game, pointing out it is not a utopia, mature
“‘Nobody knows where we are’”
What type of narrative is the novel
The third person omniscient
