Themes/Motifs
What motif/theme is represented in the difference between Jack painting his face with clay and Ralph trying to maintain order?
Savagery v. Civilization
The conch is a symbol of what?
Hope, authority, power, civilization, etc.
I love Ms. Y she is the best teacher ever.
I love Ms. Y. She is the best teacher ever.
Smoke was rising here and there among the creepers that festooned the dead or dying trees. As they watched, a flash of fire appeared at the root of one wisp, and then the smoke thickened. Small flames stirred at the trunk of a tree and crawled away through leaves and brushwood, dividing and increasing."
Imagery / personification
What does the fire represent?
Hope, comfort, healing, life, hope for rescue, etc.
Piggy's glasses are a symbol of what?
Logic, reason, enlightenment, etc.
Ralph and jack are two boys that fight constantly on the Island.
Ralph and Jack are two boys that fight constantly on the Island.
"The sun slanted in and lay golden over half the platform. The breezes that on the lagoon had chased their tails like kittens were finding their way across the platform and into the forest."
Personification
What is the Scar on the Island representative of?
A defect or blemish (mirrors the boy with the mulberry colored birthmark and his disappearance).
Overall, what does the Lord of the Flies represent on the Island in the theme/motif of savagery v. civilization.
(*hint*: think of the William Golding quote where he discussed "defeating Nazis")
The capacity for evil within all men. We are all just as capable as another human for great evil.
What does the face paint (Jack and his boys) symbolize or represent?
Facade, something to hide true identity behind.
The boy with the mulberry colored birthmark disappears almost as soon as the novel starts.
No error.
"I am the beast" (the Lord of the Flies)
Metaphor
Followers of the Devil
Piggy's death symbolized what?
The end of civilization or end of all reason/logic.
Ms. Y loves it when her students know how to correctly punctuate a sentence. she is especially proud of students who use good grammar.
Ms. Y loves it when her students know how to correctly punctuate a sentence. She is especially proud of her students who use good grammar.
Once, following his father from Chatham to Devonport, they had lived in a cottage on the edge of the moors."
Flashback
What is Castle Rock symbolic of?
(*hint*: think of what Jack and his boys did there)
Punishment, violence, constraint
The difference between Jack/his priorities and Ralph/his priorities are representative of what theme/motif?
(*hint*: think about the level of physical/mental development of both boys...)
Being men v. being boys.
What does the Island represent?
A microcosm = a community, place, or situation (in 'mini' version) that has the characteristic qualities or features of something much larger.
A.k.a., the Island represents a small version of a society that mirrors a bigger society in real life.
Ms. Y was dangarously close to yelling at her students for not knowing how to use correct punctuation, grammar, and capitalization.
Ms. Y was dangerously close to yelling at her students for not knowing how to use correct punctuation, grammar, and capitalization.
They came to a gully that split the narrow foreshore like a defense.
Simile / personification
The Lord of the Flies is symbolic of what?