The Island Flashcards
How could the island be viewed as representing the littleuns and the lower classes?
It is isolated, abandoned and neglected and is also abused like the littleuns and the lower classes in society during Golding’s time.
What could the quote ‘This is an island. Nobody don’t know we’re here.’, said by Piggy, suggest?
Piggy is the only one who is concerned and this shows his link to the island and therefore reiterating his place in the lower classes of society.
What quote related to the island could show that men in Golding’s time were brought up to take control?
‘This belongs to us’ OR
‘All ours’
How could the Island be viewed as a passive parent?
It offers the boys too much freedom and it becomes dangerous and a very negative influence on the boys.
Give a quote to show that the island is personified negatively and is a passive parent.
‘The unfriendly side of the mountain.’ OR
‘They were used now to stomach-aches’ OR
‘The world outside the shelter was impossibly dangerous’ OR
‘The horrors of the Island’
What could the quote ‘They were used now to stomach-aches’ suggest about the island?
It doesn’t look after the boys well and could suggest malnourishment.
How does the island represent what happens to all the boys?
It starts of like heaven, but by the end it is more like hell. The island is Juxtaposed.
Give 2 quotes which show the decline of the island form heaven to hell.
‘the dazzling beach and the water beyond there was more enchantment.’ TO ‘But here… one was helpless, one was condemned.’
What language device is used to show that the island becomes savage?
Pathetic Fallacy- as the boys are neglected by the island, they become more evil.
Give a quote to show the island becoming savage.
‘Thunder went off like a gun’ OR
‘Up in the cloud the canyons boomed again.’ OR
‘Between the flashes of lightning the air was dark and terrible.
How does the Island show mankind’s evil?
The boys make the Island evil.
It could have been like Piggy (innocent) but it was wrongly treated and therefore forced into violent retreat and defence.
What quotes show that the island shows mankind’s evil?
‘The forest further down shook as with the passage of an enraged monster.’ OR
‘Already its blood was staining the sand’ (Simon’s Death) OR
‘Awful things have been done on this Island.’
Apart from showing that the island becomes savage, how does Golding use Pathetic Fallacy to describe the Island?
During the day, it is mainly peaceful on the Island, But during the night most of the evil events happen at night and the Island can take hold.
How could the Island represent the Garden of Eden?
Golding was very religious and it provides choice and opportunity to the boys, just like the Garden of Eden did to Adam (Ralph) and Eve (Piggy.)
