Lord of the Flies Chapter 1 4
Analysis: Chapter 1 5
Chapter 2 5
Analysis: Chapter 2 6
Chapter 3 7
Analysis: Chapter 3 7
Chapter 4 8
Analysis: Chapter 4 9
Chapter 5 10
Analysis: Chapter 5 10
Chapter 6 11
Analysis: Chapter 6 12
Chapter 7 12
Analysis: Chapter 7 13
Chapter 8 14
Analysis: Chapter 8 15
Chapter 9 16
Analysis: Chapter 9 17
Chapter 10 18
Analysis: Chapter 10 18
Chapter 11 19
Analysis: Chapter 11 20
Chapter 12 20
Analysis: Chapter 12 21
Characters 22 Ralph 22 Jack 23 Simon 24 Piggy 25
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Roger 26 Sam and Eric 27 Themes 27 Civilisation Vs. Savagery, order vs. chaos, reason vs. impulse, law vs. anarchy, good vs. evil 27 Loss Of Innocence 29 Struggle To Build Civilisation 29 Man’s Inherent Evil 29 Dangers Of Mob Mentality 30 War And The Future Of Mankind 30 Biblical Parallels 31 The Conch Shell 31 Piggy’s Glasses 31 The Signal Fire 32 The Beast 32 The Lord Of The Flies 32 Adults and war. 33 Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Simon, And Roger 33 Jack’s mask and war paint 33 Double headed spear 34 Sticks made into spears 34
ENDING OF THE NOVEL 34
The scar 35 Protagonist 35 Antagonist 36 Setting 36 Genre 37 Allegorical Fiction 37 Dystopian Fiction 38 Style 38 Point of View 41
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Tone 41 Foreshadowing 42 Simon’s Death 42 Piggy’s Death 42 Burning of the Island 43 The Boys’ Rescue 43
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Chapter 1 -Disorientation by the reader mirrors disorientation of the children -Undisturbed nature is pristine, humanity spoil/ruin/scar that perfection, introduces evil to paradise -fair-haired, tall, handsome, and athletic boy wanders around a crash site „long scar“ -lowers himself down some rocks toward a lagoon on a beach -encounters chubby, intellectual boy, wears thick glasses „specs“ -Piggy described as „fat“ seven times in the first two pages, never learn his real name -Proudly announces that he has asthma, Ralph rebrands as „ass-mar“ -midst of a war, a transport plane carrying a group of English boys was shot down over the ocean, crashed in thick jungle on a deserted island, scattered by the wreck, the surviving boys lost each other and cannot find the pilot, all the adults on the plane were killed -Find a closed lagoon, Ralph swims, Piggy can’t because of asthma: „Sucks to your ass-mar“ -look around the beach, wondering what has become of the other boys from the plane -discover a large, cream-coloured conch shell - Piggy: could be used as a trumpet -convinces Ralph to blow through the shell to find the other boys, blast of sound from the shell, boys start to straggle onto the beach -oldest among them are around twelve; the youngest are around six -boys’ choir, dressed in black gowns and led by an older boy named Jack. They march to the beach in two parallel lines, and Jack snaps at them to stand at attention. The boys provoke Piggy and mock his appearance and nickname -boys decide to elect a leader -> choirboys vote for Jack, all the other boys vote for Ralph -wins the vote, Jack clearly wants the position -to pacify Jack, Ralph asks the choir to serve as the hunters, asks Jack to lead them -need to explore their new environment, Ralph chooses Jack and a choir member named Simon to explore the island, ignoring Piggy’s whining requests to be picked -three explorers leave the meeting place and set off across the island.
- prospect of exploring the island exhilarates/exites/thrills the boys, play together in the jungle
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-feel a bond forming among them -reach the end of the jungle, where high, sharp rocks extend out toward steep mountains -climb up the side of one of the steep hills, from the peak, they can see that they are on an island with no signs of civilisation -Ralph feels as though they have discovered their own land -travel back toward the beach, find a wild pig caught in a tangle of vines -Jack draws his knife, steps in to kill it, but hesitates, unable to bring himself to act