Background
This influenced Golding's views on humanity?
WW2 / Teaching
Freud used this analogy did illustrate how the conscious and unconscious parts of our brain work.
Iceberg
The siblings who are closely allied with Ralph for most of the book.
Sam and Eric
"Piggy glanced nervously into hell and cradled the __________." What is missing?
Conch
Represents authority, power, and order
Conch shell
Golding used this story as his inspiration.
Coral Island
According to Freud, this is present from birth.
The Id
Most all of the kids vote for Ralph for this reason.
He has the conch
What is this describing? "Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along. Ralph saw it first, and watched till the intentness of his gaze drew all eyes that way. Then the creature stepped from mirage on to clear sand, and they saw that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing.
The Choir group approaching
Represents hope and salvation, but also destruction
fire
William Golding was a member of this military branch.
Royal Navy
This key term means, "God from the Machine"
Deus Ex Machina
Which child brings up the idea that a beast exists on the island?
Mulberry Birthmark kid
Who said it, "After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything. So we’ve got to do the right things.”
Jack
Represent fear and evil
the beast/Lord of the Flies
Golding wrote LOTF during this era.
Cold War Era
This theory states that individuals are born without built-in mental content and that therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception. Humans are born as "Blank Slates"
Tabula Rasa
This character goes with Jack and Ralph to scope out and explore the island when they first arrive.
Simon
Who said it, "Man produces evil as a bee produces honey."
William Golding
Represent reason and science
Glasses
William Golding was bestowed this honor in 1988.
Knighted
LOTF is a __________ novel: it contains characters and objects that directly represent the novel's themes and ideas. They are all symbols relating to deeper matters.
Allegorical
A littlun who has a nervous breakdown and is often picked on by the other littluns. He introduces the idea that the beast might arrive from the sea.
Percival
What is this describing? "the figure slid, rose to its feet, spun, swayed down through a vastness of wet air and trod with ungainly feet the tops of the high trees; falling, still falling, it sank toward the beach and the boys rushed screaming into the darkness."
The parachutist
Represents original sin and the encroachment of humans and civilization
the scar