Lord of the flies William Golding
Nov 21, 2014
Lord of the flies
William Golding
What would you do:
if you were on a tropical island with other teens… with NO supervision from adults?
….ch 1 continued:~ Exploration of island:
The island:
…lagoon A shallow body of water separated from deeper
sea by a bar.
A lagoon: A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.
A typical island:
Coral reef:a ridge of coral just beyond the beach (coral: hard shell-like substance)
Coral REEF
…island
Mirage: optical illusion createdby a layer of hot air close to the ground
Conch: sea shell
Main characters: Ralph athletic charismatic protagonist Leader Well-built average guy
Piggy Intelligent Trusts in science Sickly:asthma, overweight insecure
Jack Leader of choir boys strong-willed antithesis of Ralph Competitive violent
Simon kind considerate spiritual different
Other characters: Twins: Sam’nEric Roger Maurice
Chapter 1Pointers:~ Arrival on the island of different groups:
Ralph & Piggy, the littluns; Jack and the choirboys
~ Conch: shell; ~ Symbol: an object representing something~ Significance / symbolic meaning:
An object to bring order / democracy; a constructive society
~ Ralph is voted in as chief (p30)
pointers continued… Exploration: no adults, uninhabited Jack cannot kill the pig (p40-41)