Lord of the Flies

By William Golding

Setting

• The setting of the novel Lord of the flies takes place on an inhabited island

• In the pacific ocean, • In the 1950’s • During world war II.

Point of View

The point of view is from a third person point of view, the narrators point of view.

Characters

• Ralph-The main protagonist• Piggy-A protagonist• Jack-The main antagonist• Simon-Neutral

Conflicts

• Piggy has a internal conflict with himself on his self-esteem, Man vs himself

• Piggy has a external conflict with Jack, his bully. Man vs Man

• All of the kid’s besides Ralph,Piggy and Simon has an external conflict with society by the lack of civilization, savagery, Man vs nature.

Foreshadowing

• Jack hates piggy, foreshadows his death• Jack gaining power, collapse of society• Simon curious about the beast, foreshadows

his conversation with the Lord of the Flies.

symbols

• The conch, Authority• Jack gaining power, collapse of authority• Piggy’s glasses, adult, intelligence, hope• The conch shattering, a critical hit to society• Piggy’s death, the last bit of society diminish

Irony

• When the boys set the island on fire to capture Ralph, readers expected that it was the end. Instead, the fire they started is what caused them to be rescued.

• Piggy vision is not well; he wears glasses. However, his intuition is stronger than anybody else on the island.

Plot Summary

• A plane carrying a group of boy’s from ages 6-12 crashed on an island in the Pacific Ocean

• The boy’s determine who leads them, Ralph leads the group because of his appearance

• The boy’s after awhile craft spears and go hunting.

• At night the boy’s see a figure in the sky and think it’s some sort of beast.

Theme

• The boy’s being 6-12 you expect nothing evil or cruel to happen, yet we find out how these kid’s could really become without civilization, salvagery would take place.