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. Gordon Characters List: Ralph: At the beginning of the book Ralph is described to have fair hair that is plastered to his head. He is wearing a school sweater and grey shirt and 12 years old. He is also sort of a jokester. Once Jack and the choir boys come to the island, Jack and Ralph both want to be chief. Ralph is voted chief, and they have a conch to say when they should come back and whoever holds it gets to talk. Towards the beginning of the book Ralph is convinced that his father is going to come and save them. He says this: My fathers in the Navy. He said there arent any unknown islands left. He says the Queen has a big room full of maps and all the islands in the world are drawn there. So the Queens got a picture of this island (p.38) As the book progresses, all the boys hair grows long and it annoys them. At the beginning of the book Ralph is more confident, but you can tell that he gets more nervous and the pressure starts to get to him a bit; Ralph turned his hand over and examined them. They were bitten down to the quick though he could not remember when he had restarted this habit nor any time when he indulged it. (p. 124) Ralph and Jack are always fighting over whom should be chief and the two groups eventually split. Towards the end of the book Ralph is starting to lose sight of their main job, which is to get rescued. He always loses his train of thought. Piggy constantly reminds him of what theyre supposed to be talking about. At this part Ralph forgets the things hes talking about at on of the groups meetings: But the- They were regarding him gravely, not yet troubled by any doubts about his sufficiency But the oh the fire! Of course, the fire! He started to laugh, then stopped and became fluent instead The fires the most important thing on the island, because, because He paused again and the silence became full of doubt and wonder. Piggy whispered urgently. Rescue. (p.162) Once something happens to everyone in Ralphs tribe, he is left alone, abandoned and Jack wants to kill him. He turns in to more of a coward at the end. Ralph screamed, a scream of fright and anger and desperation.(p. 231) Ralph is afraid of Jacks tribe. At the very end theyre finally rescued. Ralph is acting very shy around the officers and also cries for the first time on the island. Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of mans heart and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy. (p. 235) Jack: Jack comes onto the island already wanting to be in charge. He is a choir boy and all the other choir boys follow him and everything he says. Jack wants to be the main chief and leader of all the boys, but Ralph is voted to be in charge. Jack is pretty crazy from the start. Even though Ralph is the main chief, Jack still in charge of all the choir boys, and theyre the hunting group. Jack hates Piggy from the beginning of the book until the end of the book. He treats him with no respect whatsoever. Jack pointed suddenly. His specksuse them as burning glasses! Piggy was surrounded before he could back away. Here -let me go! His voice rose to a shriek of terror as Jack snatched the glasses off his face. Mind out! Give em back! I can hardly see! (p. 41) Since Jack is part of the hunting group he is determined to kill a pig, but the first time he almost kills

one he doesnt really have to courage too and doesnt want to harm the animal. As the book goes on Jack becomes more and more powerful. All the boys lose sight that their main focus is rescue. Jack had to think a moment before he could remember what rescue was. (p. 56) Jack starts to become very mean and demanding over all the other kids. After Jack kills his first pig, he becomes kind of blood thirsty and obsessed with hunting. Whenever they hunt the group chants, Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in! (p.130) The group has another revote for chief and they vote Ralph again which makes Jack outraged and thats when he forms his own tribe. His tribe is crazy for hunting and always has meat. Jacks tribe attacks Ralphs tribe and they steal Piggys glasses so now their tribe has fire too. Everyone ends up on Jacks tribe except for Ralph. Even if they went to be on Ralphs tribe everyone ends up afraid of Jack because they know that he will kill or harm them. Jack ends up wanting to kill Ralph, but Ralph is hiding so well that Jack sets the whole island on fire. Even though Jack is totally crazy by doing that, it is how they get rescued. Jack cowards once the officers come and save them. Whos is boss here? I am said Ralph loudly. A little boy who wore the remains of an extraordinary black cap on his red hair and who carried the remains of a pair of spectacles at his waist, started forward, then changed his mind and stood still. (p. 234) Piggy: Piggy is fat, wears glasses, and has asthma. So from the beginning he the loser and least respected in the group. Even though he is the least respected he has the most logic, good ideas, and brings everyone back to reality. Piggy always sees Ralph as the leader. Piggy finds the conch shell and takes it very seriously that you need to hold the conch while your talking. I got the conch, said Piggy indignantly. You let me speak! (p. 43) The littluns look up to all the biguns and make fun of Piggy. Piggy is practically blind without his specs and is also afraid of Jack. Piggy is reminding the group that they are waiting to be rescued and to keep the smoke going on the fire if they want to be rescued. Piggy stays in Ralphs tribe when they are chosen to pick a tribe. Him and Ralph are kind of in charge together. Once their tribe is attacked Piggy is almost blind and has an asthma attack. Once his glasses are stolen, Piggy gets a little confidence and wants to confront Jacks tribe. Since Piggy cant see he has to rely on Ralph to guide him; Am I safe? Quavered Piggy. I feel awful. (p. 202) While Piggy tries to talk to Jacks tribe they start to boo him and throw stones at him. He tells Jacks tribe that theyre cowards and thieves. The tribe drops a rock on Piggy then he falls off the cliff to his death, while the conch shatters into a bunch of little pieces. It was kind of like the conch was a part of Piggy because he was so close to it, so when Piggy died so did the conch. Samneric: Sam and Eric are twins. They are usually always together and think alike, so in the book theyre just referred to as Samneric. Theyre in charge of keeping the fire going. Theyre part of the biguns group. Theyre closer to Ralph than Jack. When the two tribes spilt up into Jacks tribe and Ralphs tribe they choose to be in Ralphs tribe. After Ralphs tribe goes to confront Jacks tribe and they kill Piggy Samneric are forced in a way to become apart of Jacks tribe. Even though they are now in Jacks tribe they still want to help Ralph. SamIm going to be all right, arent I? Here! Said Sam suddenly. Take this Ralph felt a chunk of meat pushed against him and grabbed it. (p. 220)

Simon: Simon is one of the choir boys. He is a follower, hard worker, and goal oriented He is a good kid and is caught in the middle of Ralph and Jack. He is sort of the most caring person and tries to do well. As the book progresses Simon gets delusional and crazy. Simon spoke aloud to the clearing. What else is there to do? Nothing replied. (p. 167) After Simon talks to the Lord of the Flies, he thinks he knows what the beast is and goes onto warn the others. As hes telling them they think that Simon is the beast. Jack and Ralphs tribes both attack and end up murdering Simon. The weather is dark and gloomy once Simon dies kind of showing that its a tragedy that Simon dies. Somewhere over the darkened curve of the world the sun and moon were pulling, and the film of water on the earth planet was held, bulging slightly on one side while the solid core turned Simons dead body moved out toward the open sea. (p. 177) Roger: At the beginning of the novel Roger is sort of quiet and reserved. There was a slight, furtive boy whom no one knew, who kept to himself with an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy. He muttered that his name was Roger and was silent again. (p. 19) Roger follows Jack. Roger is kind of a bully and knocks down the littluns sandcastle towards the beginning. When the tribes spilt up Roger goes to Jacks tribe. Roger is sort of like Jacks wing-man. He starts to sort of turn into a mini Jack. At first when Ralphs tribe comes to confront Jacks tribe, Roger talks to them like hes the chief. Some source of power began to pulse in Rogers body. (p. 203) He thinks he has so much power that he ends up letting the rock go and it lands on Piggy and thats how he dies. Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever. (p. 209) He doesnt even feel bad. Robert: Robert is one of the choir boys. Robert is in charge of the littluns. Robert is just kind of there the whole time and doesnt make a fuss too often. The boys become kind of crazy with hunting and after they hunt a pig they want to reenact it. The boys pretend the Robert is the pig and practically kill him while they reenact the hunt. The circle moved in and round. Robert squealed in mock terror, then in real pain. Ow! Stop it! Youre hurting! (p. 129) When the tribes spilt Robert joins Jacks tribe. Robert is the one who creates the rock lever that kills Piggy. A log had been jammed under the topmost rock and another lever under that. Robert leaned lightly on the lever and the rock groaned. A full effort would send the rock thundering down to the neck of land. Roger admired. (p. 183) Maurice: Maurice is one of the choir boys. There was Maurice, next in size among the choir boys to Jack, but broad and grinning all the time. (p. 19) Maurice and Roger both stomp on the littluns sand castles. Soon after they do this, Maurice immediately starts to feel guilty. Now though there was no parent to let fall a heavy hand, Maurice still felt the unease of wrongdoing. (p. 65) So I guess you can say that Maurice is a good kid that has morals. He doesnt talk too much, but one time there is a heated discussion and he gets involved. Maurice spoke, so loudly that they jumped. (p. 97) Maurice sort of starts to lose himself and becomes more evil, like hes turning into Jack. Maurice just sort of disappears. Wheres Maurice? Piggy wiped his glasses again. I expect no, he wouldnt go into the forest by himself, would he? (p. 149) That is the last we hear of Maurice.

Johnny: Johnny is a littlun and a choir boy. He has dark skin and is small. Johnny is sort of a trouble-maker. Henry and Johnny were throwing sand at Percival who was crying quietly again. (p. 72) Johnny is not really mentioned much during the book. Percival: Percival is a littlun. He is a cry baby, he is always crying. Percival is also very quiet. When they ask Percival his name he answers: Percival Wemys Madison. The Vicarage, Harcout St. Anthony, Hants, telephone, telephone, tele (p. 95) It was like someone gave him the information if he was to be in trouble. After he answered this he couldnt stop crying. He isnt mention a lot until the end. When theyre rescued Percival cannot remember any of his information. Im, Im But there was no more to come. Percival Wemys Madison sought in his head for an incantation that had faded clean away. (p. 234) Percival was very shaken up by his whole experience on the island. Henry: Henry is a choir boy. He is a littlun and towards the beginning he states that he wants to go home. Out of the littluns Henry was sort of the leader, since he was the biggest one out of them. He will take an interest in something then just kind of just loses his interest. After Roger stomps on his sand castle, he starts to follow Roger and then Roger starts to throw stones at him. He isnt mention much for the rest of the book. Lord of the Flies: The Lord of the Flies is a pigs head the Jacks tribe catches. The Lord of the Flies appears to Simon, and thats when Simon thinks he figured out what the best is. Then while Ralph is running through the forest he sees it. The skull regarded Ralph like on who knows all the answer and wont tell. A sick fear and rage swept him. (p. 215) The Lord of the Flies sort of represents all the evil on the island.

Characterization Analysis: Jack is the one who changes the most through the duration of the story. From the beginning he wants to be chief, and the main one in charge. He doesnt become a main chief until he breaks off and makes his own tribe and people follow him. Jack just wants to have all the power. At the beginning though, Jack is afraid to even kill a pig, but at the end he becomes obsessed with hunting. Jack doesnt really show that he is afraid of anything. The kids are all scared, so seeing Jack is fearless they look up to him. Hunting is definitely Jacks main priority; he sort of forgets about everything else and is so into hunting. Hunting to him is even more important than being rescued or keeping the fire going. When Jack hunts he wears war paint, it sort of makes him a more crazy person and its like he is a true hunter. By not showing fear, more of the kids feel comfortable following him. When the two tribes split up, many follow Jack. In his tribe they all wear war paint and always have meat because they hunt so often. When they hunt they even have a messed up little chant that they sing. Jacks priorities do change over the span of the book. At the beginning, everyone votes Ralph as chief, even though Jack he is much more worthy of being chief. After this Jack feels in a way that he has to prove to everyone that he would make a better chief than Ralph. Once Jack becomes chief of his own tribe he just orders everyone around and has them do a lot of stuff for him. One of his plans is to steal fire from Ralphs tribe; they have to steal Piggys glasses in order to make fire. Jack hates Piggy from the start of the book, and is constantly rude to him. So when they steal Piggys glasses making him practically blind Jack feels no sympathy for the poor kid. Jack makes it clear that he is not afraid to kill something and has no problem when they murder Simon and Piggy. Jack has so much power that he turns his whole tribe against Ralph and they even try to kill Ralph. Jack doesnt care what he has to destroy to get to Ralph; he ends up setting the whole island on fire in order to try to get to Ralph. Its sort of ironic because by setting the whole island on fire that is how the naval officers notice the island. By the end of the book Jack is devious, aggressive, mean, has no respect for anyone, and blood thirsty. Even though when the naval officers come to save them he suddenly becomes shy and doesnt speak.

Letter: Dear Mom and Dad, I have been stuck on this island for what seems like forever now. I feel like weve been waiting to be rescued for a long while now. The first day we arrived, a boy named Ralph blew a conch and thats how all us boys on the island came together. We all voted Ralph to be our leader, if he blows the conch we have to go to him. I like Ralph because he is nice to me. Im scared though, I want to come home and be with you guys. I cry a lot and am scared of whats going to happen to me. I told them our address and they still had no way of getting me home like you said would happen. I spend most of the time just playing in the water, building sand castles, and crying. Though one time I was making a sand castle, with the other littluns, and some mean kids came over and stomped all over it. Also, kids throw sand in my face. After this happens I just cant help but cry. All there is to eat on this island is fruit, Im sick of it. I tried pig meat the other day it was actually good. Ive met a lot of kids too. There is one kid named Piggy, he is also nice to me. We use his glasses so that we have fire. We hope that the smoke will catch the attention of someone so we can be rescued. There is also this one kid named Jack, he is a bully. He broke one side of Piggys glasses for no reason! One time we swore we saw a ship, but since Jack has became so obsessed with hunting he didnt keep the signal fire going. Jack has changed a lot since we came onto the island. Since he is the oldest he feels like he can be in charge. Jack is really into his hunting, ever since he had the chance to catch a pig, but didnt he has sworn that hes going to get one. He has only caught a couple since. When he goes hunting he wears war paint on his face and sort of gets crazy. It scares me. Another scary thing about this island is the beastie! I hate going to the woods, I feel as if its going to attack me! I only feel safe if we sleep with the fire going because that is what helps the beastie stay away. Sam and Eric, a pair of twins, have claimed to even see the beastie! I just enjoy the day time a lot more; the beastie only comes out at night. Jack says that we are all going to hunt for the beast. I honestly dont want to, but I would never say no to Jack he is so scary. He has had much more control lately. We have split into two tribes and Im in Jacks tribe. He tells us what to do a lot and we go hunting. Now we all wear war paint and go hunting. We always have meat though which is a plus because I would much rather have meat than fruit. We have finally caught the beastie! I think a wave of relief has come over the island. Right now it is all of against Ralph. I feel bad going against Ralph, he has been so nice to us. If one of us speaks up to Jack though, he might hurt us and none of us want to take that risk. We are now going to go and kill Ralph. I dont want to kill him. Jack has now set the island on fire because Ralph wont come out of hiding. It was kind of a good thing though because right now Im with a naval officer who has seen the island after Jack crazily set it on fire. I tried to tell the naval officer what the address you gave me was, but I cant remember. I hope they can get me back to you.

Love, Percival Theme Analysis:

I think the main theme in the book Lord of the Flies is society. How people without rules will become out of control and crazy. I think that William Golding wrote this book to show people that when you have rules and people in charge, there is always going to be somebody who wants that power and to take that power away from you. In the book, Ralph takes charge. The kids choose him because he is standing still and has a conch in his hand. The conch is sort of a symbol of power and respect. Towards the middle of the book Piggy is the only one who still takes the idea of the conch seriously, while it starts to fade for the rest of the group. At the end of the book, Jacks tribe ends up breaking the conch, showing that the respect and bond between the boys is broken. I think that Golding is trying to show that respect can be easily broken. Another example is when Jack makes his own tribe. The tribe has no rules whatsoever and the boys become savages. They are obsessed with hunting and killing things. They take Sam and Eric from Ralphs tribe. Jack even convinces everyone to go against Ralph. They dont care about anything anymore, its like they lose all of their morals. Golding is showing when kids dont have rules they dont know whats right from wrong. They just begin to go by what they think what is right and wrong. Since theyre just kids they dont even really know right from wrong yet. Even when they hunt it shows how theyre going crazy. They wear war paint to blend in and are blood thirsty. They are not like this at the start of the book. The boys really show how animalistic they have come when theyre hunting. In the end they even end up going on a hunt for Ralph. In Jacks crazy hunt he even sets the whole island on fire. In the beginning, you would never even know that the boys would end up hunting one of their own or kill another person. I think the craziest one has to be Jack. Golding is showing that without right or wrong, people can become crazy and do what they want to do just because they can.

Aspects of Setting: Chapter 1: Social Environment: The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon. p.1 Place: A deep, harsh note boomed under the palms, spread though the intricacies of the forest and echoed back from the pink granite of mountain. p. 13 Chapter 2: Time: The afternoon sun slanted in from the other side of the platform and most of the children, feeling too late the smart of sunburn, had put their clothes on. p. 31 Cultural Environment: I got the conch, said Piggy, in a hurt voice. I got the right to speak. p. 46 Chapter 3: Place: The silence of the forest was more oppressive then the heat, and at this hour of the day there was not even the whine of insects. p. 51 Time: But the suns nearly set. p.58 Chapter 4: Time: Strange things happen at midday. p.62 Historical Reference: Nevertheless, the northern European tradition of work, play, and food right through the day, made it possible for them to adjust themselves wholly to this new rhythm. p.63 Chapter 5: Place: The beach near the bathing pool was dotted with groups of boys waiting for the assembly. p. 84 Time: Jack stood up in the gloom, and held out his hands. p.89 Chapter 6: Time: In the darkness of the early morning there were noises by a rock a little way down the side of the mountain. p.107 Place: There was one flat rock there, spread like a table, and the water sucking down on the four weedy sides made them seem like cliffs. p.118 Chapter 7: Time: The sun had swung over the vertical and the afternoon heat was closing in on the island. p.123

Cultural Environment: Robert snarled at him. Ralph entered into the play and everybody laughed. Presently they were all jabbing at Robert who made mock rushes. p.129 Chapter 8: Social Environment: He leapt down the platform and ran along the beach, paying no heed to the steady fall of his tears; and until he dived into the forest Ralph watched him. p.145 Cultural Environment: Listen all of you. Me and my hunters, were living along the beach by a flat rock. We hunt and feast and have fun. p.160 Chapter 9: Time: By early evening the sun had gone and a brassy glare had taken the place of the clear daylight. p.166 Cultural Environment: At that moment the boys who were cooking at the fire suddenly hauled off a great chunk of meat and ran with it toward the grass. They bumped Piggy, who was burnt, and yelled and danced. p.171 Chapter 10: Place: When Roger came to the neck of land that joined the Castle Rock to the mainland he was not surprised to be challenged. p.182 Time: The night was cool and purged of immediate terror. p.193 Chapter 11: Time: In the short chill of dawn the four boys gathered round the black smudge where the fire had been, while Ralph knelt and blew. Cultural Environment: He put the conch to his lips and began to blow. Savages appeared, painted out of recognition, edging round the ledge toward the neck. They carried spears and disposed themselves to defend the entrance. p.202 Chapter 12: Social Environment: He had even glimpsed one of them, striped brown, black, and red, and had judged that it was Bill. But really, thought Ralph, this was not Bill. This was a savage whose image refused to blend with that ancient picture of a boy in shorts and shirt. p.212 Historical Reference: I know. Jolly good show. Like the Coral Island. p.234

Literary Terms: Chapter 1: Simile: The fair boy stopped and jerked his stockings with an automatic gesture that made the jungle seem for a moment like the Home Counties. p. 1 Imagery: Out there, perhaps a mile away, the white surf flinked on a coral reef, and beyond that the open sea was a dark blue. p. 4 Chapter 2: Allusion: Its like in a book. Treasure Island Swallows and Amazons Coral Island p. 34 Analogy: The boys lay, panting like dogs. p. 43 Chapter 3: Sensory Language: Flower and fruit grew together on the same tree and everywhere was the scent of ripeness and the booming of a million bees at pasture. P. 59 Analogy: They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate. P. 58 Chapter 4: Imagery: He was not noticeably darker than when he had dropped in, but the shock of black hair, down his nape and low on his forehead, seemed to suit his gloomy face and made what seemed at first an unsociable remoteness into something forbidding. p. 65 Simile: The rest were shock-headed by Piggys hair still lay in wisps over his head as though baldness were his natural state and this imperfect covering would go, like the velvet on a young stags antlers. p. 69 Chapter 5: Imagery: Exposure to the air had bleached the yellow and pink to near-white and transparency. p. 85 Hyperbole: Dont you understand? Cant you see we ought to- ought to die before we let the fire out? p.88 Chapter 6: Imagery: Jacks face went so white that the freckles showed as clear, brown flecks. p.114 Simile: Nothing but what you might expect: pink, tumbled boulders with guano layered on them like icing; and a steep slope up to the shattered rocks that crowned the bastion. p.119

Chapter 7: Allusion: Once, following his father from Chatham to Devonport, they had lived in a cottage on the edge of the moors. p.126 Simile: They found fruit in a haunt of bright little birds that hovered like insects. p.132 Chapter 8: Metaphor: The silence continued, breathless and heavy and full of shame. P.144 Simile: High up among the bulging clouds thunder went off like a gun. p. 158 Chapter 9: Imagery: When the creepers shook the flies exploded from the guts with a vicious note and clamped back on again. p.166 Analogy: Before the party had started a great log had been dragged into the center of the lawn and Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol. p.170 Chapter 10: Allusion: Supposing they could be transported home by jet, then before morning they would land at the big airfield by Wiltshire. p.189 Simile: A fist withdrew and came back like a piston, so that the whole shelter exploded into light. p.192 Chapter 11: Imagery: Grey, feathery ashes scurried hither and thither at his breath but no spark shone among them. p.195 Imagery: The sky and the mountain were at an immense distance, shimmering in the heat; and the reef was lifted by mirage, floating in a kind of silver pool halfway up the sky. p.201 Chapter 12: Simile: The cry swept by him and across the narrow end of the island from sea to lagoon, like the cry of a flying bird. p. 222 Analogy: There was only one other rock up there that they might conceivably move; but that was half as big as a cottage, big as a car, a tank. p.224