Lord of the Flies By William Golding

Setting The setting of the novel Lord of the flies takes place on an inhabited island In the pacific ocean, In the 1950’s During world war II.

Point of View The point of view is from a third person point of view, the narrators point of view.

Characters Ralph-The main protagonist Piggy-A protagonist Jack-The main antagonist Simon-Neutral

Conflicts Piggy has a internal conflict with himself on his self-esteem, Man vs himself Piggy has a external conflict with Jack, his bully. Man vs Man All of the kid’s besides Ralph,Piggy and Simon has an external conflict with society by the lack of civilization, savagery, Man vs nature.

Foreshadowing Jack hates piggy, foreshadows his death Jack gaining power, collapse of society Simon curious about the beast, foreshadows his conversation with the Lord of the Flies.

symbols The conch, Authority Jack gaining power, collapse of authority Piggy’s glasses, adult, intelligence, hope The conch shattering, a critical hit to society Piggy’s death, the last bit of society diminish

Irony When the boys set the island on fire to capture Ralph, readers expected that it was the end. Instead, the fire they started is what caused them to be rescued. Piggy vision is not well; he wears glasses. However, his intuition is stronger than anybody else on the island.

Plot Summary A plane carrying a group of boy’s from ages crashed on an island in the Pacific Ocean The boy’s determine who leads them, Ralph leads the group because of his appearance The boy’s after awhile craft spears and go hunting. At night the boy’s see a figure in the sky and think it’s some sort of beast.

Theme The boy’s being 6-12 you expect nothing evil or cruel to happen, yet we find out how these kid’s could really become without civilization, salvagery would take place.