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Title: Lord of the Flies


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Lord of the Flies
  • William Golding

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William Golding Background
  • Born in Cornwall, England
  • Studied at Oxford
  • Began his studies in science
  • After 2 years, switched to English Literature and
    education
  • Member of the British World Navy during WWII
  • Involved in Normandy invasion
  • Career-taught at a boys prep school (pre and
    post war)
  • 1983-won the Nobel Prize

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About the Novel
  • Published in 1954, after being rejected by 21
    publishers
  • Goldings influences
  • Holocaust
  • Nazi brutality
  • Atrocities caused by the atomic bombs
  • Rise of Communism
  • His war experiences
  • Rise of technology

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Man produces evil, as a bee produces
honey.-William Golding
  • Content of novel discusses
  • The problem of evil
  • Reason vs. emotion
  • Good vs. evil
  • Mans desire for power
  • Savagery vs. civilization

5
Goldings Beliefs
  • 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. -Golding
  • Used the book as a format for studying human
    nature
  • Believed that if a man was facing a difficult
    situation, then he would show his other nature
    HIS DARK AND GUILTY SIDE
  • Felt there was a capacity for evil that resides
    within all men
  • Golding The novel was an attempt to trace the
    defects of society back to the defects of human
    nature
  • Whats wrong in society is the consequences of
    human choice and actions
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Novel Background
  • Lord of the Flies The literal translation means
    Beelzebub, which is a another name for the
    devil/satan
  • Follows a group of boys stranded on an island
  • Setting undefined future during an atomic war
  • Indian or Pacific Ocean
  • Barrier Reef runs along one side of the ocean
  • Lagoon between the reef and the island
  • Orchard provides fruit
  • Castle Rock tip of the island
  • The Overview Lord of the Flies 60second Recap

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Characters
  • Ralph, 12
  • Main protagonist
  • Elected leader after finding the conch
  • Common sense, strong, courageous, intelligent
  • Insists on responsibility
  • Piggy
  • Fat, blind without his glasses, asthmatic
  • Becomes Ralphs advisor

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Characters (continued)
  • Simon, 9 or 10
  • Skinny
  • Intelligent, attune with nature
  • Lonely, logical, very mature for his age
  • Jack, 12
  • Antagonist
  • Tall, thin leader of the Choirboys
  • Easily angered, cruel
  • Desires power
  • Roger
  • Jacks follower
  • Bully
  • Insists on responsibility

10
Lord of the Flies as an Allegory
  • Allegory-a story expressing truths or
    generalizations about human nature through the
    use of symbolic characters or events
  • Think of it as an extended metaphor
  • Example Avatar-Pandora woods represent Amazon
    rainforest (stresses ecological importance) and
    attempting to get the Navi to cooperate
    represents the U.S. presence in foreign countries

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Main Themes
  • Human evil
  • Order vs. Chaos
  • Savagery vs. Civilization
  • Loss of innocence
  • Power

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Main Symbols
  • Conch
  • Lord of the Flies
  • Piggys glasses
  • Beast
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