Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

1. Characters

   • Ralph
     • Leader
       • Chief
         • Takes Responsibility
           • Investigates the Beast
             • "Im Chief, I'll go"
       • Recognises the need for order
         • "We'll have to 'Hands Up', Like at school."
       • Elected as Leader
     • Appearance
       • "There was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil"
         • Contrast with the red and black appearance of Jack (The Devil)
     • Insensitive
       • Doesnt ask for Piggys name
       • Mocks Piggys Nickname
         • Tells others
   • Jack
     • Choir Boy
       • Private School
     • Violent
       • Becomes Obsessed with Hunting
       • Initially unable to kill a pig
         • Still Goverend by Morals and Civilized rules
         • Overcomes his civilized ways by wearing warpaint
       • Gives into his own to his desire to kill (bloodlust)
         • 'He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill what was swollowing him up'
   • Piggy
     • Physically weak
       • Overweight
       • Asthma
       • Spectacles
         • Needed them since he was 3
         • Seen as a Weakness to Jack
     • Spectacles
       • A symbol of Intelligence
         • Science + Intelligence = Progress
           • Theres no fire without the Glasses
     • Death
       • leaves Ralph completely alone
     • Represents Law and Order
       • In the Adult world
     • Working Class
       • Looked down on by the rest of the boys
   • Simon
     • Moral
       • The rest of the boys act imorally because there are no adults
         • Even Ralph and Piggy take part in the hunt
       • Beleives in the natural value of morality
         • Kind to the youngens
     • Jesus like
     • Weak
       • Feints at beginning
       • Hallucinates at the Lord of the Flies
     • First to figure that the beast is the boys imagination
   • Roger
     • Sadistic
       • Takes pleasure from inflicting Pain
     • Cruel
       • Tortures samneric
         • Samneric says "Roger and the chief are both terrors, but Roger…"
     • Bulleys the Littluns
       • He distroys their sandcastles
       • Throws stones towards the littluns
         • Doesnt hit them on purpose because he still has morals
           • Eventually looses morals and hits the littluns with rocks
   • Sam and Eric
     • Twins
     • Loyal to Ralph
       • Forced to join Jacks tribe
         • Tortured by Roger
     • Nicknamed “Samneric.”
       • Takes away Inidividuality
         • First used by Jack
         • Piggy is the only one to call them by their real name
     • When they fight
       • Brother against Brother
         • Things are getting worse between the boys

2. Settings

   • The Island
     • Castle rock
     • the mountain
     • Signal fire
     • Platform
       • Where the Conch is first used
   • Based during Second World War
     • The boys were evacuees
   • Published in 1954
     • By William Goulding

3. Themes

   • Good and Evil
     • Conflict
     • Jack and Ralph
     • Begins with Good being superior to Bad
       • This is when Ralph is Chief
     • When jack forms his own tribe, evil takes control
       • Naval office prevents its triumpth over good, (Jack killing Ralph)
   • Order and Discipline
     • Most of the kids are from a private school with high discipline
     • No adults on the island
       • Allowing the boys to do what they want
     • Jack becomes a dictator
       • Piggy is constantly bullied by Jack
     • Piggys Brains + Ralphs self discipline = Positive achevement
   • Crowd mentality
     • Jack and his choir
       • Become disciplined when hunting pigs when good orginasation is needed
     • Climax is when simon get killed because he is mistaken for the beast
       • The boys behave out of control
   • Conflict
     • Internal
       • Mental
         • When somebody is struggling to contain forces within them
           • Rogers Bloodlust
           • Ralph when searching for the beast, appears confident but is actually scared
     • External
       • Phisical
         • Simon being killed
         • Roger throwing rocks at the Littluns