1. Plot Characters Themes Symbols

2. AUTHOR: WILLIAM GOLDING  Writer  Actor  Teacher at an all boys public school- inspiration?  During WW2 he was a LIEUTENANT in the Royal Navy.  WAR: Really Important to Golding  Horrified  Wanted to show the word the horror

3. PLOT  Group of schoolboys who get on a plane leaving England.  They were fleeing the country because there was a war going on: WW2  The plane crashes and the boys are left on a deserted island where they must face many challenges.

4. THEMES  Civilization VS Savagery  Good VS Evil  Loss of Innocence

5. CIVILIZATION VS SAVAGERY

6. GOOD VS EVIL

7. LOSS OF INNOCENCE

8. SYMBOLS

9. LORD OF THE FLIES  One of the most important themes of the book.  Tells us that “evil lies within every human being”.  Becomes a physical manifestation and psychological manifestations of the beast

10. CHARACTERS RogerSimon Piggy Jack Ralph