Lord of the Flies Notes by William Golding Essay

The SettingA deserted island which is describe as a tropic paradise, and with a scar, a lagoon and a land. It was shown by the appearance that the island was presented as beautiful as the garden of Eden. On the other hand, evilness and danger were hindered and were shown finished different sentence throughout the chapters.B.The PlotExposition (Conflicts, confrontation, chaos)In the middle of a war, a plane with a group of British schoolboys was shot put humble over a deserted island. Two boys, Ralph and Piggy, found a conch shell, and Piggy 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 draw. They chose Ralph as their leader, and Ralph appointed laborer to be in charge of the choir boys who would be hunting for food. Ralph thinks that they must sluttish a finish by using Piggys glasses so to attract the attention of passing ships, hoping that someone would see the fire and exempt them. The boys su cceed in making a fire, but it burned down quickly because no one was watching the fire. Jack thinks that Ralph shouldnt be the leader and Jack forms a new folk music.ClimaxThe boys image that there was a creature 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 true identity of the beast was actually a dead parachutist. He planned to run down to the beach to tell the rest of the boys, but he ran into the middle of Jacks tribes gathering and they intellection that Simon was the beast. They ended up killing Simon. The next morning, Piggy realized that Jacks tribe had stolen his glasses, so Ralph and Piggy went to find Jacks tribe and ask for the glasses back. But they refused and Roger rolled a boulder down a mountain and killed Piggy.ResolutionRalph knew that Jacks tribe would be finding him, hunting him down. So Jack told his tribe to light the entire forest with fire to scare Ra lph out of his hiding place. When Ralph saw the fire, he immediately ran towards the beach and fell down because he was tired. Ralph looked up and saw a British naval officer. Ralph cries in the end because of his loss.C.The CharactersRalphOne of the main characters / main protagonist elective leaderHe was responsible of the well-being of all the other boys in the story He the one and only boy who could still remain civilize and rational at the end of the storyPiggyThe smart one/ the most intelligent oneHis glasses is the key to making the firemake fun of because of his weight and outlookThe outsiderWas killed by the stoneJackLeader of choir boys / huntersMain antagonistLongs for total powerHe is vie 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 deputy sheriff who has a sadistic streak.Maurice was Rogers henchmanKills PiggySame and Eric / Samneric TwinsLoyalSeemed to be the boys who breathed together and grinned togetherD.The ThemesCivilization V.S. SlaveryRalph (Order) V.S. Jack (Wanting for power)Civilized, mannered, English boys V.S. Brutal, wildLoss of InnocenceBoys were supposed to be innocent, but they were brutalCrowd 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 increasingly chaotic islandE.Read the Introduction and answer the following questions 1.How was the novel shake by Coral Island?Both stories plots are about boys being detached 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. Lord of the Flies was inspired by the plot and i dea of boys being stranded on an island, but William Golding wrote his own perspective of how he thought a group of civilized boys would fight to being stranded on a deserted island. The difference is that in Coral Island, the boys became civilized people while in Lord of the Flies, the civilized boys became monsters.2.Briefly describe the three subprograms of the novelFor the first part, its mainly 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. The 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 tried to kill Ralph by setting fire to the entire forest, but Ralph was rescued by a British Naval officer.3.Briefly comment on the style in which the novel is written The author wrote the story in a very straight antecedent style. There werent too lengthy 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.