Lord of the flies - setting and main characters

Lord of the flies

William Golding

What would you do:

if you were on a tropical island with other teens… with NO supervision from adults?

….ch 1 continued:~ Exploration of island:

The island:

…lagoon A shallow body of water separated from deeper

sea by a bar.

A lagoon: A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

A typical island:

Coral reef:a ridge of coral just beyond the beach (coral: hard shell-like substance)

Coral REEF

…island

Mirage: optical illusion createdby a layer of hot air close to the ground

Conch: sea shell

Main characters: Ralph athletic charismatic protagonist Leader Well-built average guy

Piggy Intelligent Trusts in science Sickly:asthma, overweight insecure

Jack Leader of choir boys strong-willed antithesis of Ralph Competitive violent

Simon kind considerate spiritual different

Other characters: Twins: Sam’nEric Roger Maurice

Chapter 1Pointers:~ Arrival on the island of different groups:

Ralph & Piggy, the littluns; Jack and the choirboys

~ Conch: shell; ~ Symbol: an object representing something~ Significance / symbolic meaning:

An object to bring order / democracy; a constructive society

~ Ralph is voted in as chief (p30)

pointers continued… Exploration: no adults, uninhabited Jack cannot kill the pig (p40-41)