Lord Of The Flies

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Lord Of The Flies

• Features Language
• Molly, Mary Ann, Rhoda, Emma, Jamie, Iona,
  Catriona

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Chapter 1The sound Of The Shell

• Very Descriptive
• Written in the third person- This allows views on
  all the boys thoughts
• Colloquial language for the 50s

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Chapter 2 Fire On The Mountain

• We are not savages. We are English, and the
  English are the best at everything
• This is ironic as it is Piggy who says this, he
  is the proper English boy, and the rest have
  become savages.
• After the fire The drums continued Very
  Primitive- the dance around the fire.

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Chapter 3 Huts On The Beach

• The primitive nature is carried on at the
  beginning of this chapter with Jack. He behaves
  very animal like and his instincts show through.
  was bent double
• The change back into civilisation is shown
  through the building of the huts and the
  practicalities that are being stressed over.

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Chapter 4Painted Faces and Long Hair

• Pace is increasing. The first line of the chapter
  is The fist rhythm This suggests a tribal beat
  and that the boys are working by a routine rather
  than by time. (day/night)

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Chapter 5 Beast from Water

• More fights occur between Jack and Ralph. The
  first paragraph is very descriptive about the
  scenery.

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Chapter 6 Beast from Air

• Erratic and argumentative.

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Chapter 7 Shadows and Tall Trees

• The word if has been repeated, this suggests
  that there was a choice, but there isnt now.
  Ralphs outlook on hunting changes in this
  chapter.

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Chapter 8 Gift for the Darkness

• Very primitive, savage and tribal.

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Chapter 9 A View To A Death

• Savage, as Simon dies, this is very animal like
  and primitive.
• The throb and stamp of a single organism
  contrast at the end of chapter when nature
  reclaims Simon in a very beautiful and
  descriptive way.

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Chapter 10 The Shell and the Glasses

• Lots of dialogue
• Lots of childish and playground talk, contrast to
  the way that they have been acting, considering
  they just murdered one of there own.

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Chapter 11 Castle Rock

• Pace is increasing, and continues to throughout
  the chapter.
• This increases the tension
• there was, there was
• Young Simon was murdered this is a very grown
  up term, coming from piggy, as if in disbelief .

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Chapter 12 Cry of the Hunters

• There is no time lapse between these chapters, it
  continues straight on from chapter 11, this keeps
  the pace and tension going.
• The irony at the end is shown through the authors
  perspective, first through Ralph running, then
  through the Naval Officers eyes
• Fun and Games

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Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the
darkness of Mans heart, and the fall through the
air of the true wise friend called Piggy.

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