Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an interesting book I have enjoyed recently. The writer includes a character called Piggy who is an "outsider" in my essay I am going to explain why I think such a character was included. The novel is about a group of young boys that find themselves stranded on an uninhabited island after an aircraft shoots down their plane. The story is set during a war. The book shows how being cut off from the busy outside world can cause civilisation, as we know it to breakdown. It also reveals how a person's personality can change when all sense of control is lost. With no adults on the island to keep the boys in control of themselves some of them show they have they power to kill. In the book there are three main characters Jack, Ralph and Piggy. Each of the characters has different strengths that are helpful in fighting for survival but I felt that Piggy was the most interesting character. In the beginning Piggy is introduced as a fat, ugly boy who wears glasses and has asthma, "He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat." This for him is a disadvantage because the other boy, Ralph, is good looking with an athletic build therefore when the two boys meet other survivors they seem to listen to Ralph more than Piggy because Piggy's appearance is unappealing. When I first read of Piggy he came across as being stupid. I arrived
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LORD OF THE FLIES Ralph, one of the first characters encountered in the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, is a young, fair-haired boy of twelve. Ralph is stranded on a deserted island during World War II with a group of English kids. Their plane crashed and the pilot is nowhere to be seen so the group of kids are stranded under no adult supervision. Since there are no adults to take charge, Ralph a natural leader, is elected as the chief of the boys. As the novel progresses, his leadership is threatened by Jack´s instinct towards acting savagely and lust for power. Ralph learns that most boys have their own ideas of right and wrong and sometimes have totally different priorities. Golding presents Ralph as a character that symbolizes order, civilization, and leadership in a society. Ralph first gains order from blowing on the conch shell to summon the boys after being separated from the crash. Since Ralph is the keeper of the conch, he is elected chief and has the power over the boys. The narrator describes Ralph by saying, "There was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerful, there was the conch." (p. 19) The conch represents order and power and it is used for the right of speaking in the tribe. He tries to instill a sense of order into the boys. Order
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Harpal Chandi Lord of the Flies - How does William Golding show that Law and Order of Civilised Society can be destroyed quickly? Lord of the Flies was first published in 1954 and from then on has been read by millions of people whether it would be pupils or adults. The book is still very popular as it deals with a subject that is timeless and fundamental. The book is a fable showing how the inherent evil in man's nature threatens order in a society. William Golding uses an allegorical story to illustrate this threat to civilization. Because of it's timeless topic and because it is an ideal showcase for allegoric al structure and literary analysis the novel has been dealt with in numerous school lessons and university courses. However, William Golding was a school teacher at a boarding school; he was interested in how boys behaved. He had seen what had happened in the WW2, concentration camps, ill treatment of prisoners at war. This made him think what would happen, if you left a group of boys alone on an island to set their own society, his experience made him write this novel. The boys were evacuated, the plane crashed, they were left alone on a desert island with no adults in sight. The stranded boys are from a wealthy background and that go to private schools but piggy an exemption. William Golding wants the readers to think that these boys would do well because they
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LORD OF THE FLIES By Mohammed Taguri In the beginning of lord of the flies both Jack and Ralph establish some sort of leadership characteristics. But on an Island with so many young children only one of them can become Chief. They both are very different but have an admiration and mutual respect for each other. Ralph is an upper-middle class English Boy. His father is a commander in the Navy, Ralph shows his naïve side when he tells piggy how once his father gets leave he'll come and rescue him. Ralph's main difference to Jack is that he has not altogether lost morality of his life prior to crash landing onto the island. Ralph in comparison to Jack is a lot more timid and sensitive, he does not share the aggression which emerges in Jack. Ralph however has an insensitive side at times, this is shown in the way he treats Piggy. Ralph's main weakness is his inability to decide on what to do, despite quickly maturing on the island, Ralph is still as confused and bewildered as any child would be when stranded on a desert island. His bad judgement is shown when Ralph must make a quick decision to either to fetch Piggy's glasses and risk the fire going out and ship leaving or climb on and risk the fire being totally out and unable to start again. Ralph is naïve and this is shown when the worst word he can possibly come up with is "bloody." Ralph tries to show
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Lord of the flies A plane crashes on an uninhabited island and the only survivors are a group of schoolboys. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. The novel was a piece of writing genius, and the idea still remains within the film, however I don't believe the scripting and acting left the optimum film possible within Lord of the flies. However some parts of the film were converted to the big screen with some success, some bits more than others. Nevertheless this is a good film all round and was quite a challenge to analyse. The opening sequences in the film lord of the flies are quite symbolic, and well-done considering the time and money put into it. They start with different still shots of school life with music and a Latin lesson in the background. This shows us what the children on the island were like before moving there. There is then a shot of choirboys singing, this also shows us the contrast of normal disciplined choristers and the brutal savageness of the hunters. Then there is a shot of a typical English summer, with tea, cricket and sunshine. Then suddenly tribal drumming begins, and with it comes pictures of war, this is done well as it shows the link between tribal ways and the destruction of war, this also comes up later on in the film. As the
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LORD OF THE FLIES QUOTES AND NOTES Lord of the Flies: This is the name given to the inner beast, to which only Simon ever actually speaks. As Simon's waits for the beast's arrival near the bloody sow's head on the stake (buzzing with flies), The Lord of the Flies speaks to him, warning him not to get in its way or else he shall be killed by the boys. The Lord of the Flies name comes from the sow's head and the countless flies buzzing about it, which soon move from the sow's head to swarm around the head of Simon as the Lord of the Flies tells him, "I'm a part of you." In biblical texts, the Lord of the Flies is the title of Beelzebub (a direct translation of his name), a demon of Hell and cohort of Satan. Ralph: His body described as 'golden', it is Ralph who establishes a mock-democratic government for the group in order for them to be rescued, and to maintain peace and order. But due to the opposition of Jack, Ralph's chief goals of maintaining a signal fire to alert passing ships of their presence, building the shelters and holding assemblies end up in the dust as nearly all of the boys, over time, join Jack's 'tribe', whose chief focus is to hunt, kill and eat the wild pigs of the island. Ralph is the one boy at the close of the novel who is not a hunter. Having been pursued ruthlessly by Jack and his tribe, Ralph begins weeping on the beach before his grown-up
Lord Of The Flies
Lord of the Flies "Lord of the Flies" is a novel written in the early 1950s just after World War II, by William Golding. It is set around the time of war, after a group of young boys are sent on a plane to live where there is no violence, unfortunately their plane crashes and they are left deserted on an island. They have to take care of themselves, and choose a leader, Ralph, to take control of the group and ensure they get back to safety. Things don't really turn out to plan though and they find themselves battling with good and evil, civilisation and savagery. Throughout my essay I intend to discuss the two main characters that contrast, Ralph and Jack. At first Ralph shows complete goodness within him, whereas Jack is shown to be evil, and struggles to control his temper. When Ralph is first introduced he is described as a boxer. "You could see now that he might make a boxer, as far as width and heaviness of shoulders went." This shows Ralph has power because he was big but he would not use this to be evil. Golding emphasises Ralph's goodness, this hints to what may happen at the end of the book. Golding also describes Ralph's inner being. "but there was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil" This again shows how good Ralph is, and his purity. Golding shows the contrast of Ralph and Jack by specifically describing their eyes, as it is
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Reading Lord of the Flies, one gets quite an impression of Golding's view on human nature. Whether this view is right or wrong, true or not, is a point to be debated. This image Golding paints for the reader, that of humans being inherently bad, is a perspective not all people share. This opinion, in fact, is a point that many have disagreed with when reading his work. There are many instances throughout Lord of the Flies that state Golding's opinion suggesting an evil human nature. Each of these instances are the bricks holding together his fortress of ideas that are constantly under attack. Lord of the Flies is but an abstract tool of Golding's to construct the idea of human nature in the minds of his readers. Throughout the novel, it is stated that all humans are evil. It is said that this evil is inescapable and will turn everyone evil. At one point in the book, when the Lord of the Flies is representing all evil, this theory is stated as, "The Lord of the Flies was expanding like a balloon" (Golding 130). Along with this idea is the religious symbolism that is used for ineffectively confronting the evil. At a point in the book, Golding has Simon, symbolic of Jesus Christ (a Christian deity), confront the Lord of the Flies. This is a pig's head on a stick that is imagined to talk and represent the evil in all humans. Simon tries to act and spread the knowledge of this
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Lord of the Flies . INTRODUCTION In the year 2001, our drama group Namasté played Aipotu Paradise Lost. This play was about the story of the Lord of the flies and I have found it really interesting. So I have decided to read again the book (I had read it for the play) and to do the book report about it. The book, I read last term was Animal Farm. 2. SUMMARY Some boys crashed down with their plane on an island. A war is going on in the outside world. The boys are Ralph, who becomes the leader, Piggy, Jack and his choir, Simon, the twins Sam and Eric and many little boys (six to seven years). Rules are set down. Jack wants to go hunting to have meet to eat. Some time later Ralph calls a new assembly and he says that they are completely alone on the island without adults. Then a little tells that he has seen a beast on the island, but the others only think that there is no such thing. Afterwards they make a signal fire to be rescued. They grab Piggy's specs and focus the sunlight to ignite their fire. Jack and hi choir are trying to hunt while Simon, Piggy and Ralph are building shelters. Ralph complain that nobody helps them especially Jack. They have an argue. During a swim Ralph sees a ship. He hopes that it will see their signal fire, but it has been out. He is very angry, because Jack has had the charge to look after it. But he has hunted a pig and he has caught
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Personal Fictional Writing: Imagine you are Ralph on the island; write a series of at least three diary entries, which record important episodes during your stay there. Include in the entries your changing thoughts and feelings about what occurs and about yourself and the other boys with you. Diary Entry 1: Chapter 5: Beast from water I just do not understand. It is not meant to be like this. I mean, everything requires improvisation. I call a meeting and all of them, Jack's group of boys, think that they are there to make jokes. There is no time for fun, but business. I tell them about the huts and how they are unstable, but they remain pessimistic as if they have something better to do. What can that something be? Hunting. Well, Jack seems to think so. He said that he would hunt down the beast. Really, we do not even know if the beastie truly exists. Jack is so aggressive, marching on an army of anarchy among the boys to hunt down an imaginary beast. Mass hysteria erupted when one of the diffident littluns, Percival was his name, said that the beast came from the sea, like a giant squid. I really do not know what has gone into their poor, innocent souls, torturing them like that. The fear of the boys is mounting, day after day. Well, perhaps there could be a beastie. I know that even I am not immune to fear. Nevertheless, Piggy says there is no beast, so there isn't.
