Lord of the Flies Literary Elements Notes Setting

Lord of the Flies Literary Elements Notes

Setting • Deserted, tropical island Jungle Lagoon Beach Mountain • No adults • Fictional nuclear war

Characters Major: Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Simon Minor: Roger, Maurice, Samneric, “the littluns”

Conflict in LOTF Ralph vs. Jack Boys vs. Beastie Boys vs. Nature Boys vs. Piggy Boys vs. Themselves Jack vs. Society

Other Issues in LOTF Need for civilization and order Loss of Identity Human Nature

Themes *Remember- theme is a statement, so we will be looking at these words as starting points to make a statement. Lord of the Flies has more than one "theme, " or meaning, but the overall and most important one is that the conditions of life within society are closely related to the moral integrity of its individual members. In Golding's own words: “The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable. The whole book is symbolic in nature except the rescue in the end where adult life appears, dignified and capable, but in reality enmeshed in the same evil as the symbolic life of the children on the island. The officer, having interrupted a man-hunt, prepares to take the children off the island in a cruiser which will presently be hunting its enemy in the same implacable way. And who will rescue the adult and his cruiser? ”

Themes *Remember- theme is a statement, so we will be looking at these words as starting points to make a statement. Power Leadership Fear of the Unknown Blindness and Sight Defects of Human Nature Survival

Symbols What do you think these represent? • Conch • Piggy’s glasses • Fire • Pig/Lord of the Flies

People can also be symbols… what about these characters? • Ralph • Piggy • Simon • Jack • Roger

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