PPT-Lord of the Flies Ralph: one of the older boys on the island; remains the leader through

Jack Ralphs most powerful antagonistenemy who develops from leader of the choir boys to chief of the savages He is responsible for most of the horrible crimes Piggy The intellectualsmart one of the group He is physically weak and he complains a lot but he sees the dangers when the others cannot. Conflict?. Man vs. Himself . How is the novel, to date, representative of the conflict man vs. himself?. Man vs. Man?. Could it also be considered man vs. man?. What are some other conflicts that arise in works of literature?. CHAPTER 1. England 1945. . The boy with fair hair washes upon the shore and begins to search his surroundings. He sees none of the other boys that were on the plane with him. He appears to be all alone on an island. . British writer and novelist. Studied science at Oxford. Changed major to English. Became an English teacher. During WW II, he joined the Royal Navy. Participated in the WWW II. Familiar with its horrors and suffering. William Golding . What is the . “Lord of the Flies”?. The Pig’s head is dubbed the Lord of the Flies. It is offered as a sacrifice to the beast. The head speaks to Simon at one point. This is when Simon realizes that the beast isn’t really a creature on the island, but evil that lurks in all of us. The LOTF is kind of like the devil – always there to tempt. He actually taunts Simon and warns him that “they’ll have fun” foreshadowing his death. . Simon. Simon’s humble origins. Originally a member of the choir, Simon was considered weak as he was known for fainting and is seen as being strange by the others.. Main Actions in the novel:. Has a fit as he marches along the beach in the choir. By William Gerald Golding. Done by: Angela Leong . Feng. Ping. Audrey Tan . Poh. . Poh. . Mallampalli. . Parinita. Basic Summary of the Book. This book is about a group of boys who, after being stranded for a period of time on an island, lose their civilized side and turn barbaric. . “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 Golding. Chapters 1-4. Section I. Vocabulary I. Decorous. Hiatus. Recrimination. Tirade. Oppressive. Vicissitudes. Blatant. Taboo. For each word…. -define it. -use it in a sentence. Chapter One. How . did the boys end up on the jungle island?. The Hero. The one who saves the day; runs the show. The Hero Ralph. Ralph is the athletic, charismatic. Pg. 10-11. Elected the leader of the boys. . “But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully there was the conch. The being that had blown that, had sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on his knees, was set apart” Pg. 24. Chapter 1: “The Sound and the Shell”. Exposition of the book: Introduces Setting and Characters . Setting (time and place). Time: WWII – a plane transporting the boys from England crashes on an island. Class Notes. The Nameless Boys. Names are for society use. Nameless Island. More than just a Paradise, it is a blank . slate. English Schoolboys= Innocent. Ralph ignores the “fat boy”. Fat = weak: Even in paradise, people are prejudice toward the weak. Pre-AP 9. th. grade Lit./Comp.. Lord of the Flies. William Golding wrote . Lord of the Flies . at the end of WWII. It was published in 1954 at the beginning of the Cold War. . Genre - The novel is an . Lord of the Flies: The Movie By Nicholas Parrott LT 1.5 The theme of Lord of the Flies is in nature humans are naturally savage. LT 1.1 On the first day the boys are on the island, one important detail of the chapter is ,"…,flashed upwards with a witch-like cry;…" This is meaning to resemble the boys fear and nervousness of the island ,which is foreign to them. They're scared of the unknown. Freedom is Dangerous . In Lord of the Flies, it shows that freedom is dangerous because without the rules and order from adults; the boys try to keep their own civilization by choosing a chief and making it a rule to use to conch. When Jack starts to make his own group and they rebel against Piggy and Ralph, they start to realize the little bit of society and civilization they had is slipping away. Showing that without these normal everyday rules they had and followed, are gone and they realize that they can get away with anything because they are alone. This resulting in danger of the fire, death and savagery. The boys start resulting in cruelty to others and the death of 3 of the boys. .