lord of the flies

“The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.”: loss of civilization

-              Symbolism and imagery represents civilization breaking away

 

“Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong — we hunt!”: loss of civilization

-              Jack openly rejects structured society and embraces violent behavior

-              Direct contrast (antithesis) between following rules and savagery

-              Colloquial language reflects jacks ignorance of civilized normality’s

 

“We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They’ll come when they hear us. Whoever holds the conch gets to speak.” theme: loss of civilization theme: loss of civilization

-              The conch represents authority, rules and law (like in civilization)

-              Repetition of the rule throughout the beginning of the story emphasizes fairness, equality and a structured society

kill the pig theme: loss of innocence

-               repetition and violent imagery promotes ritual-like rhythm,

-               shows the normality and excitement of violence.

-               Showing growing savagery and loss of moral control.

“The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.” theme: loss of innocence

-              Symbolism: the conch symbolizes order and protection/rules, its destructions shows civilization breaking apart, the boys are no longer protected by rules and are required to make their own life changing decisions

-              Imagery: makes the idea more impactful

“Roger sharpened a stick at both ends.” theme: loss of innocence

-              shows roger has changed from a schoolboy into someone capable of murder

-              foreshadowing and symbolism of death

-              shows violence is now planned not impulsive, the boys are losing moral restraint

-              Golding suggests innocence is gone when cruelty becomes intentional

 

characters ralph “We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They’ll come when they hear us. Whoever holds the conch gets to speak.”

 

“We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They’ll come when they hear us. Whoever holds the conch gets to speak.”

 

-              The conch represents authority, rules and law (like in civilization) that ralph is leading

-              Repetition of the rule throughout the beginning of the story emphasizes ralphs need for fairness, equality and a structured society

characters ralph What did it mean? A stick sharpened at both ends. What was there in that?

What did it mean? A stick sharpened at both ends. What was there in that?

 

-              Rhetorical question shows ralph is struggling to comprehend the violence, showing he hasn’t been effected by the loss of civilization like the other boys

-              Repeated questioning conveys ralphs confusion and horror

characters ralph the fire is the most important thing on this island

the fire is the most important thing on this island

 

superlative of most important in cohesion with simple sentence shows clarity and focus

characters jack “Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong — we hunt!”

“Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong — we hunt!”

-              Jack openly rejects structured society and embraces violent behavior

-              Direct contrast (antithesis) between following rules and savagery

-              Colloquial language reflects jacks ignorance of civilized normality’s

 

characters ralph “I ought to be chief”

“I ought to be chief”

-              Personal pronoun shows he feels entitled to leadership, emphasizing his self centered attitude

-              Connotations on chief suggest that to jack, chief is about status and control

 

roger characters ‘Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry — threw it to miss’

‘Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry — threw it to miss’

 

The repetition of threw emphasizes rogers deliberate action to throw the rock but draws attention to the fact he chooses not to hit henry, showing he has restraint.

 

The dash creates a pause that draws audience attention to the crucial fact that roger deliberately misses

roger characters “Roger sharpened a stick at both ends.”

“Roger sharpened a stick at both ends.”

 

Sharpened stick symbolises rogers growing violence and savagery

 

Stick foreshadows the increasing violence roger will commit later in the novel

 

Short/simple sentence reflects rogers cold and purposeful behavior, making his actions seem matter of act