Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
Created by
Elyse Rhodes
Civilized Vs. Barbaric
Civilized
• having an advanced or
humane culture, society, etc.
• polite; well-bred; refined.
• of or pertaining to civilized
people: The civilized world
must fight ignorance.
• easy to manage or control;
well organized or ordered: The
car is quiet and civilized, even
in sharp turns.
Barbaric
• without civilizing influences;
uncivilized; primitive: barbaric
invaders.
• of, like, or befitting barbarians:
a barbaric empire; barbaric
practices.
• crudely rich or splendid:
barbaric decorations.
William Gerald Golding
• Born in Cornwall, England in
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1911
Educated at Oxford University
Joined the Royal Navy in 1940
1st novel, Lord of the Flies, was
published in 1954
He became a teacher and an
author after WWII
1983 he was awarded the
Nobel Prize for Literature
He died in 1993
Lord of the Flies ~ Setting
A deserted island in the Pacific w/ NO grown-ups!
Lord of the Flies ~ Ralph
• Protagonist
• Age 12
• Light skinned and
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muscular
Daddy is in the Navy
He is elected Chief
He represents
DEMOCRACY
He found the conch
Lord of the Flies ~ Piggy
• He is short and chubby
• He wears glasses and has
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asthma
Both of his parents are
deceased and he was raised by
his overprotective aunt
He is the most intelligent boy
on the island
His glasses are used to start
the fire
He is an outcast who is
mercilessly picked on by the
other boys
Piggy is killed by Roger
Lord of the Flies ~ Jack Merridew
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Antagonist
Head of the choir
He is tall, thin and bony
He has read hair, blue
eyes and freckles
• He is ugly
• He is obsessed with
hunting and killing
• He represents
DICTATORSHIP
Lord of the Flies ~ Simon
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Member of the choir
Has fainting spells
Nice to the “littluns”
Helpful
Has a secret fort/cave
Is brutally murdered
by the entire group of
savages re-enacting
the pig hunt
Lord of the Flies ~ Roger
• Small shifty boy
• No one knew him
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prior to the plane
crash
He keeps to himself
He is quiet and
secretive
Mysterious
Roger murders Piggy
Lord of the Flies ~ Sam and Eric
• Identical twins
• They are blonde, chunky
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and lively
They seem to do
everything at the same
time, including breathe
They become “one”
person on the island and
are referred to as
“Samneric” by the others
The Lord of the Flies
• “Kill the pig. Cut her
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throat. Spill her blood.”
“Kill the pig. Cut her
throat. Bash her in.”
Peace offering to the
“beastie”
Simon visualizes the pig
head telling him that the
other boys will kill him
“The Sound of the Shell”
Chapter 1
• A plane load of young British
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school boys crash lands on a
deserted island in the Pacific
There is a war going on WWII
The conch is found ~ “We can
use this to call the others.
Have a meeting. They’ll come
when they hear us ---”
Ralph is elected Chief
Jack hesitates and does not kill
the pig that is tangled in the
vines
“Fire on the Mountain”
Chapter 2
• The conch shell will be used at
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meetings to determine who
will speak
The “beastie” is introduced by
the little boy with the mulberry
colored birthmark ~ “He wants
to know what you’re going to
do about the snake thing.”
The boys build a signal fire
using Piggy’s glasses
They accidentally set the
jungle on fire
A “littlun” is missing
“Huts on the Beach”
Chapter 3
• Ralph and Simon build
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huts for shelter on the
beach
Jack hunts for pigs ~ “All
you can talk about is pig,
pig, pig!”
Ralph and Jack argue
about the importance of
building shelter vs.
hunting for meat
Simon finds a hidden fort
in the jungle where he
can go and be alone
“Painted Faces and Long Hair”
Chapter 4
• The “littluns” spend the days
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playing and the nights having
nightmares
Jack has become obsessed with
hunting/killing and he paints his
face to camouflage himself from
the pigs ~ “He looked in
astonishment, no longer at himself
but at an awesome stranger.”
Ralph spots a ship on the horizon
but the signal fire has burned out
Jack and his hunters kill their first
pig
Jack punches Piggy and breaks his
glasses
“Beast from Water”
Chapter 5
• Ralph calls a late night meeting
• He berates the boys for not
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following the rules and helping out
with daily chores ~ “The fire is
the most important thing on the
island. How can we ever be
rescued except by luck, if we don’t
keep the fire going?”
Another “littlun” claims to have
seen a beast that comes out of
the ocean at night
The “beastie” that the child saw
was only Simon going to his hiding
place in the jungle
“Beast from Air”
Chapter 6
• Samneric see a “beastie” that
has fallen from the sky
• They report the “beastie”
sighting to Ralph who then
organizes a search party to
find and kill the beast
• The search party explores
parts of the island they have
not previously been to,
including a cave in the
mountain ~ “I’m chief. I’ll go.
Don’t argue.”
“Shadows and Tall Trees”
Chapter 7
• The hunters track a wild boar
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which eventually escapes
Ralph participates in the hunt
for the first time
The boys re-enact the hunt
using Robert as the boar
In their frenzy, the boys nearly
kill Robert ~ “Kill him! Kill
him!”
Jack suggests next time they
use a “littlun” to play the part
of the boar
The group climbs the mountain
and Ralph sees the “beastie” in
the darkness
“Gift for the Darkness”
Chapter 8
• Jack uses the conch to call a
meeting
• Jack calls Ralph a coward
• Jack forms his own group of
which he declares himself to
be the chief ~ “I’m going to
get more of the biguns away
from the conch and all that.
We’ll kill a pig and give a feast.
And about the beast. When
we kill we’ll leave some of the
kill for it. Then it won’t bother
us, maybe.”
“A View to a Death”
Chapter 9
• Simon discovers the dead pilot
who is tangled in his parachute
on the mountain top
• He goes down to the beach to
tell the boys about the pilot
and is mistaken for the
“beastie”
• The boys are in the midst of a
hunting dance and kill Simon
with their spears, teeth and
bare hands ~ “Kill the beast!
Cut his throat! Spill his blood!”
• Simon’s dead body is washed
out to sea
“The Shell and the Glasses”
Chapter 10
• Ralph and Piggy discuss Simon’s
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murder ~ “It was an accident. Coming
in the dark---he hadn’t no business
crawling like that out of the dark. He
was batty. He asked for it. It was an
accident.”
Almost all of the boys have joined
Jack’s tribe on Castle Rock
Jack and his tribe believe that the
beast is able to morph into any
disguise and that Simon was in fact
the beast in disguise
Jack, Roger and Maurice attack Ralph,
Piggy and Samneric in the middle of
the night to steal Piggy’s glasses thus
they steal the ability to make fire ~
“He was chief now in truth; and he
made stabbing motions with his spear.
From his left hand dangled Piggy’s
broken glasses.”
“Castle Rock”
Chapter 11
• Ralph and the boys go to Castle
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Rock to try and get Piggy’s glasses
back
Jack’s guards tell Ralph to leave
Castle Rock
Jack and Ralph fight
Roger pushes a huge boulder
down the mountain at Piggy,
causing him to fall off the
mountain to his death ~ “High
overhead, Roger, with a sense of
delirious abandonment, leaned all
of his weight on the lever.”
Piggy’s body is swept out to sea
Jack orders Samneric to be tied up
and forces them to join his tribe
Ralph runs away and hides in the
jungle
“Cry of the Hunters”
Chapter 12
• Jack tortures Samneric in an
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attempt to find out where Ralph is
hiding
Jack’s tribe hunts Ralph like a pig
(i.e. spears, rocks, smoke, fire,
tribal signals) ~ “They hate you
Ralph. They’re going to do you.
They’re going to hunt you
tomorrow.”
Ralph hides in the jungle near
Castle Rock
Ralph is discovered by the tribe
and runs to the beach where the
British Navy has just landed ~
“We saw your smoke. What have
you been doing? Having a war or
something?”
“Ralph wept for the end of innocence,
the darkness of man’s heart, and the
fall through the air of the true, wise
friend called Piggy.”