Lord of the Flies

Themes

lost innocence
loss of moral code
pig chant and ritual
Jacks blood lust
hurting each other intentionally
loss of societys order
lack of authority
forgetting and abandoning the rules
losing sanity
civility is fading away

Civilization vs.
Savagery
the presence or lack of morals
Ralph = civilization-rules, rescue, morals, responsibility
Jack = savagery -excitement, no responsibility, free, no
morals
Jack himself Furtive thing (49)
Ralph Sighed lead. (129)
Difference in priorities - Jack wants to stick a pig
while Ralph wants rescue

Good vs. Evil

Ralph vs. Jack
Fire vs. hunt
Roger vs. Percival
Beast vs kids
Order vs chaos
Boys vs environment
Conch vs knife
Piggy vs Jack
Jack vs fire
hunters vs everyone
rescue vs meat

Nature of Fear
the human brain is afraid of the unknown
fear comes from within therefore reflects our
inner nature
the boys each fear the beast in different ways
we fear what we dont understand/
comprehend - DEATH
evolved to fear what could being us danger

Dehumanization of
Relationships
Jack becoming dictator
ritual hunting thingy
Jack and Piggys relationship becomes more
hostile
Roger gets mean
Jack becomes jealous of Ralph
Boys are less of a group, more of a cult

Become careless with human lives

Ralph excited about hunting because
part of the group - wanted them to
recognize that he hurt the pig
Jack makes other boys more hateful
of Piggy
Simon becomes different from others
because he spends more time in his
own head

Nature of Evil
prolonged time of accompanied isolation brings
out true evil and savagery from within people
often out of desperation comes evil from
apparent purity
can be said evil is part of nature
survival at the cost of others no matter the cause
survival of the fittest natural selection
inevitably brings out evil