Nature and Simon Flashcards
Finish and analyse the quote: “All around him ____________”
“All around him the long scar smashed”
-foreshadows division and loss of civilisation with physical mark on the island
⁃boys are a disruption to the peace just as human nature ruins good things
Finish and analyse the quote: “The __________ higher”
“The flames flapped higher”
-animalistic bird imagery
⁃symbolism of freedom and rescue
Finish and analyse the quote:
“We used his_______”
“We used his specs”
kind nature and standing up for those who are ridiculed except for himself (selfless)
Finish and analyse the quote: “The separate ______________to shake the mountain”
“The separate noises of fire merged into a drum-roll that seemed to shake the mountain”
-personified sound and anticipation
⁃drums are associated with soldiers, war and tribes so civilisation and savagery and how they can co exist as a fire can be both destructive and supportive
Finish and analyse the quote: “Piggy glanced ___________”
“Piggy glanced nervously into hell”
-religious imagery
⁃the island is torture that may be inescapable as the boys will never return to civilisation the same
⁃symbolic of eternal suffering? metaphor
Finish and analyse the quote: “The silence of ______________ the heat”
“The silence of the forest was more impressive than the heat”
Jack is always in the act of destroying nature or at war with nature and so he is deaf to what it speaks unlike Simon
Finish and analyse the quote: “Beast from ____”
“Beast from air”
-the fall of the parachutist could be religious imagery of fallen angels that bring evil into the world
⁃the negative effect humans have on nature
Finish and analyse the quote: “The figure ___________ flowers”
“The figure fell and crumpled among the blue flowers”
-fragility of human nature
⁃contrast between nature and people in it
⁃island controls the parachutist just as it does with the boys’ mindset
Finish and analyse the quote: “You’ll get back _________________”
“You’ll get back alright. I think so anyways”
Simon has a weird understanding of everything on the Island before anyone else
extra quotes:
“Ashes blew into Ralph’s face from the dead fire” - death imagery, hope of rescue is gone
“butterflies danced around each other”
Finish and analyse the quote: “they heaved _____________ him lie”
“they heaved the fallen boy onto the platform and let him lie”
-death imagery and foreshadowing
⁃“platform” simon is acting as a sacrifice
⁃heaved and fallen could mean the boys are carrying the weight of their sins as killing simon was evil
Finish and analyse the quote: “Simon found _______”
“Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach”
-fruit may link to the fruit of the Spirit one of which is peace
-shows that he values those who are placed low in the social hierarchy and reaches to uplift them
