Golding's Style develops his
Social Allegory
Chapters 8 and 11
Sophie Bolin, Rachel Estrada, Avery Gonalez
Mrs. Thibodeaux
English I
1 December 2011
Summary
Chapter 8
Chapter 11
After hunting down the beast, Jack
announces that it does exist. Jack claims
that Ralph is a coward and should not be
chief. None of the boys agree and he
storms off to create his own tribe. Ralph
becomes discouraged and Piggy cheers
him up. Other boys join Jack's tribe and
they go on a hunt and catch a pig. They
stick the pig's head on a stick and leave it
for the beast. Simon slips away from the
camp and discovers the head, which
proceeds to speak to him and claims to be
the "Lord of the Flies". SImon faints.
Ralph is trying to start the fire without
Piggy's glasses. All of the boys in his
tribe realize it's hopeless so they
charge over to Jack's tribe. When Jack
sees Ralph, they begin to argue. Piggy
then tries to intervene. Roger shoves a
boulder in Piggy's direction, killing him
and crushing the conch shell. Ralph
runs into the jungle. Jack tortures Sam
and Eric, forcing them to join his tribe.
Use of Unique Word Choice
Denotation
"Truculently they squared
up to each other but kept
just out of fighting
distance." (Golding 177)
• Here Golding is describing
Ralph and Jack before
they begin to fight.The use
of the word "truculently"
describes the boys fierce
and brutal attitude towards
each other.
Tone
"Jack's voice went up,
tremulous yet determined,
pushing against the
uncooperative silence."
(Golding 126)
- Golding used the words
tremulous yet determined to
describe Jack's voice to show
his emotions. And the
"uncooperative silence"
expresses the unwillingness
to listen on the part of the
audience.
Use of Unique Word Choice
Symbol:
• Piggy's glasses
Piggy is the smartest boy in the group
and his glasses represent the power of
science
and intellectual attempt in society.
• The Signal Fire
The signal fire represents the boy's
wanting to be rescued and brought
back to civilization
Connotation
"There isn't anyone to help you. Only me.
And I'm the Beast... Fancy thinking that
the Beast was something you could hunt
and kill! You knew, didn't you? I'm apart of
you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason
why it's no go? Why are the things the
way they are?"
The Lord of the Flies says this to Simon
during his vision. these words confirm
Simon's thought in chapter 5 that the
beast is only in themselves. this also
shows Goulding wanted you to think about
inner savagery
Style of Characterization
Golding uses dialog to develop
characters...
"You pinched Piggy's specs," said Ralph, breathlessly. "You've got to
give them back."
"Got to? Who says?"
...
"I say! You voted me for chief..." (Golding 176)
• Here Ralph shows that he has matured because he decides that he
needs to get Piggy's glasses back from Jack. He tries to handle the
situation in a responsible manner.
• In life, there are people who don't want to respect authority just like
Jack chose not to.
Golding uses character action to
develop characters...
• " 'I'm going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs. Anyone
who wants to hunt when i do can come too.' "(Golding 127)
Here Jack is arguing with Ralph and Jack's decision to
go
start his own tribe shows how he that he is only
focused on
hunting. He is being immature and selfish.
- "Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment,leaned all his
weight on the lever...the rock struck Piggy... the body of Piggy
was gone."
Roger pushes the rock and kills Piggy, which shows how savage the
boys had become; how selfish, inhumane, and unloving Roger really
was.
Golding uses direct characterization to
develop his characters...
• "I got the conch. I'm going
to that Jack Merridew an'
tell him, I am." (Golding
171)
Piggy is tired of
Jack
bullying them
aroung so he finally
decides that he is
going
to step up and tell
him
something.
Golding uses 3 plot devices to develop
his allegory
Foreshadowing:
In chapter 8 when Simon has a conversation with the Lord of the Flies it foreshadows his violent death.
Internal Conflict:
In chapter 8 the Lord of the flies tells Simon "Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and
kill!" Golding is talking about the beast inside of us and the internal conflict humans face with the evil that
lives inside of everyone.
External Conflict:
In chapter 11, when Jack and Ralph brawl this leads to piggy's death, Sam and Eric's capture by Jack's
tribe and eventually their rescue because in chapter 12 Ralph runs onto the beach trying to escape the
consequences of fighting with jack and runs into the naval officer.
Foreshadowing
• Jack and Ralph had
continually had differences
in opinions and this had
foreshadowed that they
would eventually split
which did eventually
happen.
Archetypes
-Piggy is the archetype of a wimpy, dorky kid that all the other
kids make fun of.
- Simon is the archetype of the kid who tries to make peace.
- Ralph is the archetype of a leader, and someone who seeks
good.
-Jack is the archetype for troublemakers, and people who only
think of themselves. He also tried to rise above the power of
others and was rebellious.
THE END :)