Lord of the Flies by William Golding
1. Lord of the Flies begins with a plane full of young boys crashing on an uninhabited island. Only the kids survived and they are forced to live on the island until they can figure out how to get home. They select Ralph as the chief and everything seems fine to start out. The boys start to separate and Jack becomes the chief of his own tribe called “the pig hunters.” After a while Ralph and Piggy realize more and more boys are going to Jack’s side and they are becoming the hunted rather than the hunters. The boys start acting more and more like animals and even Piggy is killed. Ralph becomes the pig hunters’ only target and just as they are going to kill him, they are rescued by a naval officer.
2. The main theme in this novel is a loss of innocence. At the beginning of the story, the boys play games and have fun because they don't have any parents to tell them what to do or how to live. Eventually, they start developing a savage lifestyle. They begin to plot and kill each other and almost become animals. The fact that they put a pig head on a stick and worshipped it like a “God” showed their transformation. It shows their change in attitude and their loss of innocence.
3. Golding’s tone is very dark. He has a very negative view on the plot. He is also very violent describing the actions between the boys.
1. Lord of the Flies begins with a plane full of young boys crashing on an uninhabited island. Only the kids survived and they are forced to live on the island until they can figure out how to get home. They select Ralph as the chief and everything seems fine to start out. The boys start to separate and Jack becomes the chief of his own tribe called “the pig hunters.” After a while Ralph and Piggy realize more and more boys are going to Jack’s side and they are becoming the hunted rather than the hunters. The boys start acting more and more like animals and even Piggy is killed. Ralph becomes the pig hunters’ only target and just as they are going to kill him, they are rescued by a naval officer.
2. The main theme in this novel is a loss of innocence. At the beginning of the story, the boys play games and have fun because they don't have any parents to tell them what to do or how to live. Eventually, they start developing a savage lifestyle. They begin to plot and kill each other and almost become animals. The fact that they put a pig head on a stick and worshipped it like a “God” showed their transformation. It shows their change in attitude and their loss of innocence.
3. Golding’s tone is very dark. He has a very negative view on the plot. He is also very violent describing the actions between the boys.
- "Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!"
- "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!"
- “There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast. . . . Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!
4. Symbolism
- "The conch glimmered … a white blob against the place where the sun would rise. He pushed back his mop."
Foreshadowing
- "There was no light left save that of the stars."
Diction
- "The crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words … but the tearing of teeth and claws."
- "The crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words … but the tearing of teeth and claws."
Imagery
- "The water rose farther and dressed Simon's coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder became sculptured marble."
Characterization
- "He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat…looked up through thick spectacles."
- "The water rose farther and dressed Simon's coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder became sculptured marble."
Characterization
- "He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat…looked up through thick spectacles."
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