It was simply what seemed sensible for me to write after the war when everyone was thanking God they werent Nazis Id seen enough to realize that every single one of us could be Nazis William Golding ID: 682630
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On Writing Lord of the Flies
“It was simply what seemed sensible for me to write after the war when everyone was thanking God they weren’t Nazis. I’d seen enough to realize that every single one of us could be Nazis.”
--William GoldingSlide3
Golding’s Message “The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature.”
--William GoldingSlide4
Themes for Annotation:good vs. evil (inherent)
loss of innocence
mob mentality
nature vs. nurture
identity
survival of the fittest
“inner” beast
society as civilizing factor
Things fall apartFear of the unknown (The Beast Within)Slide5
AllusionsUse of the names Ralph and Jack as the main characters from The Coral Island
.
Simon from the Bible “Simon called Peter”, Peter was the other boy’s name in
The
Coral Island
Mention of
Coral Island
and Treasure
IslandNumerous biblical allusions throughoutSlide6
In Golding’s day a popular boys adventure story was…
The Coral Island
A story most boys and adults in England would be familiar with.Slide7
The Coral IslandWritten in 1858
A group of boys gets stranded on a deserted, tropical island
The major characters are
Jack
,
Ralph
, and
Peterkin
It’s an adventure story with a happy endingOther examples of children ruling without adults?Slide8
Golding’s Literary TechniqueHeavy use of symbolismIrony
Realism
Abundant imagery and sensory detail
Figurative Language Simile
Metaphor
PersonificationSlide9
SymbolsScar ConchSpecs
Snake
Pig
FireHuts The Beast (imaginary?)
Lord of the Flies
Littleuns
Slide10
Notes on Lord of the FliesThe Characters
Ralph –
civilization
Good-natured, fair, uses common sense
Jack –
savagery
Uses fear and threats to control the boys
Simon –
spirituality
Most spiritual character, not afraid to go alone into the jungle, understands the reality of the “beast”Slide11
Notes on Lord of the FliesThe Characters
4. Piggy –
wisdom; order; technology; vision
The most intelligent on the island, outcast,
outsider, target
5. Roger – “Spear”
the cruelest character, uses brute force at whim,
represents
the worst in people when there is no society to keep people in checkSlide12
Notes on Lord of the FliesFor Consideration:
Simon as a “Christ figure”:
Simon goes alone into the jungle and confronts evil. Simon
feeds, prophesizes, withdraws, fasts, is tormentedSlide13
Notes on Lord of the FliesFor Consideration:
“Lord of the Flies” – A literal translation of “Beelzebub,” a Hebrew name for the devil. The “Lord of the Flies” represents the incarnation of evil itself. Slide14
Notes on Lord of the FliesFor Consideration:
Natural Goodness of Man Theory:
Left to themselves, humans would live good lives, and it is the influence of civilization that corrupts people. Slide15
Notes on Lord of the FliesFor Consideration:
Golding has said that
Lord of the Flies
is “an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature.” He acknowledges evil as a force that lurks within every person. Slide16
Days One and TwoGroup Work: Study guides and Secondary SourcesClass discussion on findings:
* Golding’s inspirations?
*
Group discussion Qs
*Vocab
* ArticlesSlide17
Chapter 1: The Sound of the ShellSymbolism of shedding clothes? Namelessness?
Scar
Ralph “…stood on his head” (10)
Page 11-realistic?
How are they still children?
A lot of talk of shadows
Made up words
Sam and Eric (18)
Jack and the Choir (19, 22)Kids are horrible (20, 23)
Ralph as leader. Why? (21)Simon and fainting (22, 23)Why no girls? Why only 12 and under?Slide18
Chapter 1 Quotes“No grownups” (Ralph 8)“As he received the assurance of something purposeful being done…”
(3P 17)
“There’s no man with a trumpet. Only me”
(Ralph 19)
“He hovered between the two courses of apology or further insult” (3P 23)
“Ralph, faced by the task
of translating
ll
this into an explanation, stood on his head…”(3P 23-24)“This belongs to us” (Ralph 27)
“…peacock water…”(3P 27)“The pause was only long enough…” (3P 29)Slide19
All of Golding’s novel takes place on the remote tropical island.Slide20
Chapter 2: Fire on the MountainDemocracyThe Beastie in the
Dark
Would you want to be rescued?
Fire and inability to light it, keep it lit
Simon
What’s up with the conch already?
Trying to maintain time and order (40)
Thoughts on Piggy?
How many little ‘uns are there?
Mulberry kid?Slide21
Chapter Two Quotes“But I tell you there isn’t a beast!” (Ralph 34)
“After all, we’re not savages. We’re English…” (Jack 40)
“One patch touched a tree trunk and scrambled up like a bright squirrel” (3P 41).
“Piggy glanced nervously
into hell
and cradled the conch” (3P 41
)
“Snakes! Snakes! Look at the snakes!” (Boys 43)
Slide22
Chapter 3: Huts on the BeachTime has gone byTension builds
Simon as Jesus?
Hunters or hunted?
Is this chapter realistic?
The Fire
Candle budsSlide23
C3 Quotes“-the promise of meat.” (O3 45)“They talk and scream. The
littleuns
. Even some of the others. As if-” (R 47) As if what?
“But we want meat!” (J 49)
“He wanted to explain how people were never quite what you thought they were” (O3 50)
“They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling, unable to communicate” (O3 50)
“…beef sounds…” (O3 52)Slide24
Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long HairPercival, Johnny, Henry, and the littleuns
Roger and Maurice
Sadism (
schadenfreude)
Masks
Piggy is a tacit outsider (59)
Piggy’s specs
The fire and the hunt
Where is the Beast?Savagery vs. CivilizationSlide25
C4 Quotes“There were creatures that lived in this last fling of the sea, tiny transparencies that came questing in…” (O3 55)
“Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins” (O3 56)
“The fire was dead” (O3 60)
“There was a ship” (R 64)
“
Kill the Pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood
” (Hunters 62)
“You should have seen the blood!” (J 64)
“Passions beat about Simon on the mountain top with broken wings” (O3 65)Slide26
Chapter 5: Beast from WaterLoss of InnocenceSpringy logs (70)
Politics (71)
Dirty
Things fall apart
Ralph sadly wiser (83)
No beast “Cos things wouldn’t make sense” Houses an’…” (P 83)
Irony
of the kids’ faith in grownupsSlide27
C5 Quotes“He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life…waking life was spent watching one’s feet” (O3P 69)
“-what was a face
” (O3P 70)
“Things are breaking up” (R 74)“There aren’t any beasts to be afraid of on this island” (J 75)
“Percival
Wemys
Madison would not shut up” (O3P 78)
The sea an “…unknown indigo of infinite possibility” (O3P 79)
“…Jack says you can be frightened because people are frightened anyway… (M 79)“Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness” (O3P 80)
“Bollocks to the rules” (J 83)“Fat lot of good we are. Three blind mice.” (R 84)Slide28Slide29Slide30
Chapter 6: Beast from AirThe sign from the world of grown ups?True unadulterated fear? Samneric
. Are they “lying”?
Fear + hunting spears (or _____)
Things fall apart
Piggy!
Who can relate to Simon? (bottom of 93)Slide31
C6 Quotes“Soon the darkness was full of claws, full of the awful and unknown menace” (O3P 89)
“The beast followed us-” (SE 90)
One of my
faves:
“However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick” (O3P 93)
And: “Soon, in a matter of centuries…” (O3P 95)Slide32
Halfway PerntSlide33
On board:Individual: You’re stranded on a beautiful island. No adults. Will you make it? What have you got to bring to the table? Is this going to be paradise? How are your flaws revealed?Slide34
On board:Group: You’re stranded together on a beautiful island. No adults. Who will make it? Who will not? Will this be paradise? How are your flaws revealed?Slide35
Chapter 7: Shadows and Tall Treeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gbmRSDTU0c
Ra
lph matures. Is self conscious
Simon
Ralph reminisces (beautiful realism 102)
Ralph likes hunting
Berengaria
Sadism and Bacchanalia
Savagery and Civilization(ish) and the male egoSlide36
C7 Quotes“Not one of them was an obvious suspect for a shower, and yet-” (O3P 99)“You’ll
get back alright” (S 101)
“…there were droppings that steamed. Jack bent down to them as though he loved them” (O3P 101)
“Use a
littleun
” (J 104)
“Ralph looked back at Jack, seeing him, infuriatingly, for the first time” (O3P 107)
“Why do you hate me?” (R 107)
“A stain in the darkness, a stain that was Jack…” (O3P 109)“…the darkness and desperate enterprise gave the night a kind of dentist's chair unreality” (O3P 111)Slide37
Chapter 8: Gift for the DarknessSlide38
Chapter 9: A View to a DeathThe Bacchaeid, ego, superegoSlide39
Chapter 10: The Shell and the GlassesSlide40
Chapter 11: Castle RockSlide41
Chapter 12: Cry of the HuntersSlide42
Notes on Lord of the FliesSlide43
Lord of the Flies in Pop CultureIn Hook, Robin Williams compares Lost Boys to savages in LOTFThe Simpsons episode “Das Bus” is a parody
Inspiration for the anime series
Infinite Ryvius
Mel Gibson’s 2006 movie Apocalypto has a similar ending.T.V. shows
Survivor
and
Lost
are said to have been inspired from LOTF2006 movie Unaccompanied Minors makes reference to LOTFSlide44
Popular Culture Cont.Stephen King uses the name “Castle Rock” (from the novel) as the name of a town in his books. He also makes reference to LOTF in the novels
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
,
Cujo and
Hearts in Atlantis
Orson Scott Card makes reference in his novel,
Ender’s Shadow
.
HookSlide45
The Offspring“You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid”
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjW4_OlhKfo
Clever alibis
Lord of the flies
Hit ‘
em
right between the eyes
Hit ‘em right between the eyesWhen you walk away
Nothing more to saySee the lightning in your eyesSee ‘em running for their livesSlide46
WhatSlide47
SeinfeldIn the Seinfeld stand-up comedy session prior to a show, Jerry makes the observation: "Any day you had gym class was a weird school day. It started off normal. You had English, Social Studies, Geometry, then suddenly you’re in Lord of the Flies for 40 minutes. You’re hanging from a rope, you have hardly any clothes on, teachers are yelling at you, kids are throwing dodge balls at you and snapping towels - you're trying to survive. And then it's Science, Language, and History. Now that is a weird day." Slide48
Group Work: Philosophy1. Rousseau’s Social Contract and Noble Savage2. Hobbes’ Inherent Evilness
DebateSlide49
Source of Inspiration to Musicians Musicians Iron Maiden, Gatsby’s American Dream, Nine Inch Nails, Tori Amos, A.F.I., and Danielle Dax have all recorded songs about the novel. Titles such as:
“Where the Flies Are”
“Touch Piggy’s Eyes”
“Lord of the Flies” “Piggy
“Fable”Slide50
The End “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy."
- William Golding,
Lord of the Flies
, Chapter 12Slide51
FILM CLIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvmi3oZ_vH8