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LORD OF THE FLIESLORD OF THE FLIES
AN ARCHETYPE OF THE POST-APOCALYPTIC AGEAN ARCHETYPE OF THE POST-APOCALYPTIC AGE
TRIBESsociety has a choice
TRIBESsociety has a choice
SocietyCivilization
RulesLaws
Long term goalsPlans
PIGGY=Intelligence
RALPH= fun
Group thinkPowerViolenceHumiliationBlood-lustControlMilitaryImmediacyBrute force
JACK= evil
CHARACTER CONNECTIONSCHARACTER CONNECTIONS
CHARACTERS AS TYPES / SYMBOLS
CHARACTERS AS TYPES / SYMBOLS
IntelligenceSociety,
thinkerHelps Ralph
Goodness / spirituality / mystic = solves the mystery of the beast
The dirty WorkSadistSavageloner
BrutalityForceViolenceDivisionUs vs. them
Model boy / democracyfollowers / traitors
BEFORE AND AFTERBEFORE AND AFTER
What changes the boys?
Nature vs. Nurture?
Do adults prevent bad behaviour?
Socialization?
Specific incidents in the novel that change the boys?
Personality traits or strength of character?
TRANSFORMATIONremove civilization / society and what happens
to people?
TRANSFORMATIONremove civilization / society and what happens
to people?
From civilized English schoolboys to violent, murdering savages…
THE ISLANDTHE ISLANDIdyllic place that provides all the food & water necessary for survival, decent climate, shelter… it should be a great place to be so what goes wrong? It’s not about geography or location…
VISION / CIVILIZATIONVISION / CIVILIZATION
Piggy’s glasses are a technological invention, a tool for seeing, and a way to start the fire. They represent the power of reason and intelligence. How do the glasses change throughout the novel? What happens to them in the end?
THE CONCH = CIVILIZATIONTHE CONCH = CIVILIZATION
The conch represents order, civilization, democracy, and all the good things about laws in society.
Trace the way the conch is treated throughout the novel.
FIREFIREDestructive but practical, the fire is like a barometer of the boys’ ties to civilization. Maintain signal fire & hope to get rescued = still want to go back to civilization.
Trace the development of the symbol throughout the novel.
THE BEASTTHE BEAST
There is something primal, evil, violent, rude, uncivilized, in all of us. The BEAST is all of us, inside all of us…
The beast is
everywhere. It comes
from the air, the water.
It’s in Simon’s
glade during their
chat.
The beast is the physical embodiment of fear .. Shadows, creeper vines, the parachute, things that go bump in the night…
THE BEAST - BeelzebubTHE BEAST - Beelzebub
Literally, when Jack & the choir kill
the sow, they put the
pig’s head on a stick.
It’s left there, rotting,
circled with flies, as an offering to
the “beast”
“The Lord of the Flies” is a literal translation of the Hebrew word BEELZEBUB which is a derogatory term for the devil, one of the seven princes of hell.
WAR & CHILDRENWAR & CHILDRENAre children naturally evil? Did they become this way because of a flaw in human nature?
Was it done to them?
The loss of innocence.
Growing Up.
How society changed post-
WW2 (genocide,
war, totalitarianism)
WEAKNESS & BULLIESWEAKNESS & BULLIESStereotypes
of bullies and victims.
Ages of the boys.
Social structure &
pecking order of popularity.
Why does no one stand up for Piggy?
Why does no one stop Jack?
Why is it so hard to build a good world?
ADULTS VS. CHILDRENADULTS VS. CHILDRENWould children
behave differently if there were
adults around?
Girls vs. boys?
Does their youth makes them
less responsible?
Is the adult world any different?
What controls our actions?
What lessons can we take away from this?
THE END OF INNOCENCETHE END OF INNOCENCE
The world has forever
changed.
Post-island,
post- WW2
What will they be like
in the future?
True innocence really means purity, lack of corruption, not being guilty of a crime.
CIVILIZED SOCIETYCIVILIZED SOCIETY
Golding’s premise is that laws, society, civilization, rules, democracy, and order prevent us from falling into chaos. Our humanity is saved by the rule of law. Discuss!
REASON & FEARREASON & FEAR
QuickTime™ and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Acting on facts,
reasons, proof,
evidence, truth is a
good thing in a
civilized society.
Acting on fear, anxiety, paranoia, superstition, primitive urges, rituals designed to placate imaginary beings…
BIBLICAL PARALLELSBIBLICAL PARALLELS
Garden of Eden = island
Serpent = devil
Beastie = devil
Simon = Christ figure who
understands the beast
Definitely a “European, Judeo-Christian, white guy, democracy & capitalism are awesome” view of the world.
THE LORD OF THE FLIESTHE LORD OF THE FLIES
“… maybe it’s only us… Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness…” Beast from the Air Ch.5, p. 97
WHY IS THIS AN IMPORTANT NOVEL?
WHY IS THIS AN IMPORTANT NOVEL?