Worldviews, Ideologies, and Politics
Simon's solitary excursions into the forest suggest this "sixth" sense, which values a direct perception of truth and is nourished in the forest communing with nature.
What is "intuition"?
Though initially a source of wonder and excitement, the boys increasingly view the island with this emotion, fueled by the beast and the unknown.
What is "fear" or "apprehension"?
The progress in Ralph's character arc as reflected in the statement, "He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one's waking life was spent watching one's feet" (76).
What is maturation?
What is recognizing the strengths of others?
What is waking up to the gravity of the situation?
What is a shift in values?
This event at the beginning of the chapter, with its dramatic imagery and otherworldly implications, sets an ominous tone and heightens the boys' anxieties about the unknown.
What is the parachute man?
"A sign came down from the world of grownups, though at the time there no child awake to read it" (95).
This character's insistence on exploring the castle-like rock formation despite the growing fear of the beast reveals his ambition for power and his disregard for the emotional well-being of the group.
Who is "Jack"?
A worldview that values reason, logic, and social order and is reflected by Piggy's statement "Life... is scientific, that's what it is" (84).
What is "rationalism"?
Jack 's fascination with hunting and conquering the island's interior demonstrates this worldview dichotomy card position and cultural attitude towards forests from Unit 2.
What is "ruler over nature" and "a resource to be exploited for [personal] gain?
The symbolic significance of Percival’s failed recitation, “Percival Wemys Madison. The Vicarage, Harcourt St. Anthony, Hants, telephone, telephone, tele-” (86).
What is "drifting away from civilization"?
The description that SamnEric give to the movement of a dead parachutist being blown in the wind.
What is "slinking behind the trees"? (100)
The boy who said, "if only they could get a message to us?" (94).
Who is "Ralph"?
Golding criticizes this type of failed worldview symbolized by the neglected fire and the rise of Jack and is reflected in the quote, "A strange thing happened in his head. Something flittered there in front of his mind like a bat’s wing, obscuring his idea" (107-108).
What is "the worldview of commonsense will prevail"?
Piggy could be considered this theme from We Will Not Be Saved as he views the island primarily as a source of danger and discomfort, longing for the safety and order of civilization.
What is "biophobia"?
The character who echoes Absolem from Alice in Wonderland and the jaguar in We Will Not Be Saved, asking, "What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What's grownups going to think? Going off-hunting pigs--letting fires out--and now!" (91).
Who is "Piggy"?
A key line about Simon that reflects one type of conflict, "character vs. self."
What is "Other people could stand up and speak to an assembly, apparently, without that dreadful feeling of the pressure of personality; could say what they would as they were speaking to only one person"? (103).
This symbolic object, discovered by the boys during their exploration, reinforces the growing sense of mystery and foreboding surrounding the island.
Ralph's leadership struggles suggest another deficient worldview, reflected in the statement, "Felt a kind of affectionate reverence for the conch... You voted me for chief. Now you do what I say" (81).
What is "autocracy"?
What is "abuse of power"?
Fire symbolizes the boy's struggle to impose order and control over the island's natural forces, reflecting this cultural attitude toward forests seen from Unit 2.
What is "forest as adversary"?
The line where Ralph admits that he made a mistake in having the meeting so late, that perhaps the topic is not an appropriate one to be discussed as it gets darker, reflecting his diminished role as leader.
What is "There's too much talk about ghosts. We ought to have left all this for daylight... What'd you want me to say then? I was wrong to call this assembly so late" (90).
The symbolic meaning behind the phrase "He says the beast comes out of the sea" (88) and "it seemed like breathing of some stupendous creature” (105).
What is "the unconscious"?
The ocean symbolizes the unconscious, the ugly thoughts and desires buried deep within all humans.
The type of conflict now introduced if the parachute man comes from the same place that conditioned Roger's arm, "a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins" (62).
What is "character vs. fate"?
These two worldviews, one characterized by authoritarianism, extreme nationalism, and the suppression of opposition, and the other by "the strong prey on the weak" mentality (also in Rabbit-Proof Fence), is mirrored in Jack's leadership style in Chapters 5 and 6 of Lord of the Flies, as he seizes power and manipulates the boys' fears.
What is "fascism" and "social Darwinism"?
William Golding uses Simon as a foil to symbolize this cultural attitude towards forests seen from Unit 2.
What is "a wake-up call for a new worldview"?
The most philosophical line in Chapter 5.
What is "Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness"? (89)
Name three objects that Simon describes with the most philosophical line from Chapter 6, "However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick" (103)?
The depravity and altruism can be described to:
What is "the parachutist"?
What is "the adult world"?
What is "human nature"?
The symbol representing "off-campus history," defined by William Golding as, "the thing which threatens every child everywhere, the history of blood and intolerance, of ignorance and prejudice, the thing which is dead but won’t lie down."
What is "the parachutist"?