Transcript Lord of The Flies By William Golding

Chapter 10:
The Shell and The Glasses
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Ralph and Piggy return
to the camp after Simons
murder
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They discover that Sam
and Eric and a few
littluns are the only ones
left at the camp
Roger joins Jack’s tribe
and discovers that Jack is
going to beat Wilfred for
unknown reason's
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Jack tells his tribe what
there going to do and
plans there raid on
Ralphs camp for fire
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The boys at Ralphs camp
discuss what there going
to do about the fire
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Jack and his hunters attack Ralphs
Camp in the middle of the night
while Ralph and his followers are
sleeping
The boys at Ralphs camp
recover after the attack
Jack and the rest of the
attackers celebrate the
theft of piggy’s Glasses
The beach: “ Gazing up with impaired
sight at the chief’s seat and the glittering
lagoon. The green light and glossy patches
of sunshine played over their befouled
bodies.”(Golding,156)
The Platform : “Ralph climbed
onto the platform carefully. The
Coarse grass was still worn away
were the assembly used to sit; the
Fragile white conch still gleamed
By the polished seat(Golding ,155)
Castle Rock: “Sitting on the
tremendous rock in the torrid
sun”(Golding,159)
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Ralph: The leader of the now smaller tribe of boys. He is now scared due to what
he has witnessed at the feast that Jack and his savages threw as well as Simons
murder.
Jack and his tribe: The leader of the Savage tribe only satisfies the basic needs and
urges of his tribe. Him and his tribe are now only thinking using their Id’s. Their
superego seems to be non-existent at this point in the story. They seem to now only
concern themselves with survival needs such as food. They no longer think about
being rescued.
Piggy: the second in command in Ralph's tribe. Piggy is also scared due to what
happened feast and watching Simon get murdered. Piggy believes that the savage
tribe did not mean to murder Simon and that it was an accident “’It was an
accident ‘ said Piggy suddenly ‘Coming in the dark– he hadnt no business crawling
like that out of the dark. He was batty. He asked for it’ He gesticulated widely
again ‘It was an accident ‘”(Golding, 157)
Samneric: the technical third member of Ralphs group since they’re counted as
one. Both boys awkwardly talk about what happened and are scared due what
they saw.
-Text to self: In the beginning of this chapter Ralph
and Piggy, are discussing, or rather not discussing,
what happened to Simon the night before. They are
using a psychological defense mechanism that
everyone uses; denial, to try to forget the
traumatizing event, as Ralph tries to deny the fact
that Simon was murdered by trying to make excuses
“P’raps he was only pretending “(Golding,157)
-Text to text: In The Fellowship of the Ring,
the Black Riders are constantly performing
organized attacks at night on Frodo and
company to attempt to steal a very valuable
object from them, in this case it’s the ring.
-Text to World: Theft occurs in many
places, from break-ins to bank
robberies. People steal money or
material objects with a high money
value to satisfy their id, the pleasure
principle. The hunters stole the glasses
to satisfy their basic needs or id alike.
The shell is the conch, which still
represents acting in a civilized
manner, “The coarse grass was
still worn away where the
assembly used to sit; the fragile
white conch still gleamed by the
polished seat” (Golding, 155).
Ralph is the civilized leader of his now
smaller group and still treats the shell as
democratic power, “I got the conch!”
(Golding, 156).
Piggy also treats it this way as he implies
that Ralph can call an assembly “Piggy
nodded at the conch. ‘you could—(call an
assembly)‘” (156).
The glasses, Piggy’s glasses, represents
living in a savage manner, in the way the
hunters aim to use it.
They raided Ralph’s hut at night, started
a fight with those inside, and stole
Piggy’s glasses. They wanted the glasses
so that they could start a fire in order to
cook the meat they will catch so they can
eat it.
They are acting uncivilized and savage as
they steal from the opposing camp and
they will use what they stole to indirectly
satisfy their id’s needs.