Transcript Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies
By William Golding
Setting
• The setting of the novel Lord of the flies takes
place on an inhabited island
• In the pacific ocean,
• In the 1950’s
• During world war II.
Point of View
The point of view is from a third person point of
view, the narrators point of view.
Characters
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Ralph-The main protagonist
Piggy-A protagonist
Jack-The main antagonist
Simon-Neutral
Conflicts
• Piggy has a internal conflict with himself on
his self-esteem, Man vs himself
• Piggy has a external conflict with Jack, his
bully. Man vs Man
• All of the kid’s besides Ralph,Piggy and Simon
has an external conflict with society by the
lack of civilization, savagery, Man vs nature.
Foreshadowing
• Jack hates piggy, foreshadows his death
• Jack gaining power, collapse of society
• Simon curious about the beast, foreshadows
his conversation with the Lord of the Flies.
symbols
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The conch, Authority
Jack gaining power, collapse of authority
Piggy’s glasses, adult, intelligence, hope
The conch shattering, a critical hit to society
Piggy’s death, the last bit of society diminish
Irony
• When the boys set the island on fire to
capture Ralph, readers expected that it was
the end. Instead, the fire they started is what
caused them to be rescued.
• Piggy vision is not well; he wears glasses.
However, his intuition is stronger than
anybody else on the island.
Plot Summary
• A plane carrying a group of boy’s from ages 612 crashed on an island in the Pacific Ocean
• The boy’s determine who leads them, Ralph
leads the group because of his appearance
• The boy’s after awhile craft spears and go
hunting.
• At night the boy’s see a figure in the sky and
think it’s some sort of beast.
Theme
• The boy’s being 6-12 you expect nothing evil
or cruel to happen, yet we find out how these
kid’s could really become without civilization,
salvagery would take place.