Transcript Lord of the Flies 1

By William Golding
Setting
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This story takes place on an island by
the Pacific ocean in the 1950’s.
Point of view
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The Lord Of The Flies moves back and
forth betwixt different scene and
thoughts.
Main Characters
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Ralph,Piggy,Simon,SamnEric,Jack.
Conflicts
The first conflict is when everybody got
shot out of the sky. (man vs. man)
 The second conflict is when they land on
an island and nobody can help
them.(man vs. nature0
 The third example of conflict is when
everything is out of control and the half
of the group of kids sides with jack
instead of Ralph.
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Foreshadowing
The rolling of the boulders off the castles
foreshadows piggy's death.
 The out of control fire on the mountain
foreshadows the entire island burning.
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Symbols
The fire represents hope.
 The conch represents authority.
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Irony
The first example of irony is when jack
says there has to be rules on the island.
But later becomes the leader of the
group of savages that kills Piggy.
 The second example of irony is when
piggy says that grown ups know things
ironically they receive a grown up but
ends up being a dead parachutist.
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Plot summary
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In the middle of a war a plane evacuating a
group of boys from Britain and the plane
gets shot down in a deserted island. Two
boys named Ralph and Piggy, find a conch
shell on the beach of the island and with
that conch Ralph and Piggy try to restore
order with the conch shell. Later in the
story they don’t maintain order and
everything is chaos. Near the end some of
the boys get killed and a fire burns the
island and they get rescued.
Theme
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The theme of the story is if they was no
rules everyone will turn into savages.