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Title: Lord of The Flies


1
Lord of The Flies
  • Background and Information

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Lord of the Flies
  • Setting
  • Near Future
  • Nuclear War Attack on England
  • Plane Crash
  • Group of Children Boys
  • Total isolation from outside world
  • No adult supervision
  • Characters
  • Ralph
  • Jack
  • Piggy
  • Simon
  • Roger
  • Sam and Eric

Tristan de Cunha
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Sir William Gerald Golding
  • 1911 1993
  • Won Nobel Prize 1983
  • British Writer educated at Oxford
  • 1934 Published book of short stories prior to
    earning his BA in English.
  • Married Ann Brookfield had two kids.
  • WWII Served in the Royal Navy Blowing up of
    Bismarck in 1940.
  • Man produces evil as a bee produces honey.
    Intrigued by the dark side of humanity.
  • Long time teacher resigned in 1961.
  • After 1961 Full time writer
  • The Spire - 1964
  • Rites of Passage - 1980
  • Close Quarters - 1987
  • Fire down Below 1989
  • Knighted in 1988

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LOF Cont.
  • Symbolism
  • The Conch
  • The Glasses
  • The Island
  • The Lord of the Flies
  • The Scar
  • The Beast
  • The Characters
  • Themes
  • The importance of society
  • Abuse of power
  • Fear of the unknown
  • The degradation of others
  • The consequences of our decisions

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LOF General Info
  • Published 1954
  • Turned down by 21 publishers
  • Allegorical in nature
  • Film Versions 1963 and 1990
  • Based on R.M. Ballantynes Coral Island
  • Jack
  • Ralph
  • 1 of 100 greatest English Works 1923 Present
    Time Magazine
  • Translated into many languages.
  • King Lear - "As flies to wanton boys, are we to
    the gods, They kill us for their sport.

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Chapter 1 Discussion Questions
  • How did they come to be on this island?
  • Describe the scar. How was it created?
  • How do people seem to treat Piggy? Why?
  • Describe your first impression of Jack.
  • Why do you feel Ralph was chosen to be chief? Do
    you think he will prove to be an effective
    leader?
  • Describe the conch shell. What value do they find
    in it?
  • Explain the expedition on which they set forth.
    Who goes on this trip?
  • What might be the significance in the tumbling of
    the large rock off the mountain?
  • Describe the encounter with the pig. What might
    we learn from this?
  • Choose something from chapter 1 that you feel
    could be symbolic in nature. Explain what this
    item / character might symbolize and why.
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