Lord of the Flies Notes by William Golding Essay

The SettingA deserted island which is describe as a tropical paradise, and with a scar, a lagoon and a beach. It was shown by the fashion that the island was presented as beautiful as the garden of Eden. On the other hand, evilness and danger were hindered and were shown through different sentence throughout the chapters.B.The Plot translation (Conflicts, confrontation, chaos)In the middle of a war, a plane with a conclave of British schoolboys was shot down over a deserted island. both boys, Ralph and oafish, found a conch shell, and piglet suggested that it could be used as a horn to call for the other boys. Once all the boys were there, they decided to elect a leader. They chose Ralph as their leader, and Ralph appointed Jack to be in broadcast of the choir boys who would be hunting for provender. Ralph thinks that they must light a put down by using Piggys glasses so to coax the direction of passing ships, hoping that someone would see the fire and save them. The boys keep abreast in qualification a fire, but it burned down quick because no one was watching the fire. Jack thinks that Ralph shouldnt be the leader and Jack forms a new ethnic music.ClimaxThe boys thought that there was a beast in a cave on the island, and none of them dared to go in to find out who or what the beast actually was. Simon was brave, and he found out that the unbent identity of the beast was actually a dead parachutist. He planned to run down to the beach to mark the rest of the boys, but he ran into the middle of Jacks kinspersons gathering and they thought that Simon was the beast. They ended up killing Simon. The conterminous morning, Piggy real numberized that Jacks tribe had stolen his glasses, so Ralph and Piggy went to find Jacks tribe and ask for the glasses back. exclusively they refused and Roger rolled a bowlder down a mountain and killed Piggy. villageRalph knew that Jacks tribe would be finding him, hunting him down. So Jack told his tribe to lig ht the entire forest with fire to frighten away Ralph out of his hiding place. When Ralph saw the fire, he immediately ran towards the beach and cancel down because he was tired. Ralph looked up and saw a British marine officer. Ralph cries in the end because of his loss.C.The CharactersRalphOne of the primary(prenominal) characters / main protagonist choose leaderHe was responsible of the well-being of all the other boys in the story He the one and only boy who could still dwell civilized and rational at the end of the storyPiggyThe keen one/ the most intelligent oneHis glasses is the key to making the fireMade fun of because of his weight and outlookThe outsiderWas killed by the stoneJackLeader of choir boys / huntersMain antagonistLongs for make out powerHe is rival to Ralph and eventually declares himself as the chiefSimonKnows the true identity of the beastWas killedOddball of the groupRoger and MauriceThe hangman of Jacks tribeRogers Jacks lieutenant who has a sadistic streak.Maurice was Rogers henchmanKills PiggySame and Eric / SamnericTwinsLoyalSeemed to be the boys who suspire together and grinned togetherD.The ThemesCivilization V.S. SlaveryRalph (Order) V.S. Jack (Wanting for power)Civilized, mannered, English boys V.S. Brutal, wackyLoss of InnocenceBoys were supposed to be innocent, but they were brutal assemblage MentalityGood and evilThe conch group V.S the savagesThe boys V.S terrifying beastAttemps at rescue from a passing ship V.S imprisonment on the progressively chaotic islandE.Read the Introduction and answer the following questions 1.How was the novel inspired by Coral Island?Both stories plots are about boys being desert on a deserted island. In Coral Island, the author, R. M. Ballantyne, wrote his perspective of what British boys would do if they were stranded on an island. In the story, the three boys worked together. They built huts, hunted for food and explored the island. They were at first, primitive cast mates, but then evolved into civilized people. manufacturing business of the Flies was inspired by the plot and idea of boys being stranded on an island, but William Golding wrote his own perspective of how he thought a group of civilized boys would react to being stranded on a deserted island. The difference is that in Coral Island, the boys became civilized people go in Lord of the Flies, the civilized boys became monsters.2.Briefly describe the three separate of the novelFor the first lead off, its generally the background of how the boys got strandedon the island and the election of their leader Ralph. Ralph thinks that they should start a fire to get the attention of passing ships in order to rescue them from the island. The second part is mainly about Jack forming a tribe against Ralph and them killing Simon because they thought that he was the beast. But actually, Simon knew that the beast was actually a dead soldier, but he was killed because Jacks tribe thought that he was the beast. T he third part is mainly about how Jacks tribe stole Piggys glasses to start the fire and how Roger rolled a boulder down the mountain, killing Piggy. And about how Jacks tribe assay to kill Ralph by setting fire to the entire forest, but Ralph was deliver by a British Naval officer.3.Briefly comment on the expressive style in which the novel is written The author wrote the story in a very straight forward style. There werent too extended descriptions. The characters and objects in the story have symbolic meanings that show us the main theme of the story. This story is based on the authors real life experience with the cruelty and brutality of World War II.