1. The boys have crashed their plane- Wilderness Survival Assignment
Plane simulation exercise
All pilot/adults are dead. You have 15 minutes to create a plan and leadership. What will you do????

2. List with a partner in order of necessity and explain purpose for each.
First aid kit
Coins for pay phones
canteen Emergency food rations
Water purification tablets/filter
Fish hooks and fishing line
Police whistle
Toilet paper
Waterproof matches
Fire starter
Rigid blade knife
saw
Compass
Map of the area
Signal mirror
Flashlight
Plastic tarp

3. Introduction and Background
Lord of the Flies 1954
Introduction and Background

4. Title Translation “Beelzebub” a Hebrew word for LUCIFER
However, the literal translation of “Beelzebub”
into English is LORD OF THE FLIES

5. William Golding Born in Britain 1911-1993
L.O.T.F Author
William Golding
Born in Britain

6. In the decade before LOTF was published, Britain had been involved in two wars:
WWII
Korean War

7. As a child, Golding had witnessed WWI, which was referred to as “the war to end all wars”
HOWEVER,
22 years later Britain was again involved in
ANOTHER WAR
to end all wars, which caused more devastation than was imaginable

8. Through LOTF, Golding is making the statement that we cannot escape our savage, violent tendencies…

9. …and without social order, we devolve into a state of chaos

12. LOTF Symbols (Objects, characters, figures, or colors that represent ideas or concepts)
Piggy’s Glasses = The last surviving evidence of the lawful, structured world
REASON and LOGIC
Conch Shell = New democracy on the island
LAW and ORDER
Beast = Evil…reference to the serpent in the garden of Eden
SAVAGERY

13. Important Symbols Butterflies= goodness and harmony with nature
Lord of the Flies = A pig’s head on a stick that becomes the physical acceptance of evil and chaos on the island
Parachutist- adult supervision
Masks- loss of civilization

14. Symbols (cont’d)
Signal Fire- hope and reason
Island- isolation

15. TERMS to REMEMBER
Microcosm = A small world that represents the world at large
Edenic = Eden like, paradise like, a setting that has not yet been spoiled by man

16. Character Analysis
Ralph ~ Main character described as “fair haired,” having “broad shoulders…[like a] boxer’s,” and has a face that “proclaims no devil”
(Roosevelt)
Committed to civilization and morality
Translation = GOOD

17. Character Analysis
Piggy \ Described as “fat,” “intellectual,” asthmatic, and needs glasses
(Jews of WWII)
Represents scientific, rational side of civilization, and social order

18. Character Analysis
Jack ~ Described as having red hair, wears black with a snake clasp, ugly
Cruel and manipulative
Represents our savage instincts played out ( HITLER)
EVIL

19. Character Analysis
Simon ~ Described as a skinny, vivid little boy, who “meditates;” and he faints, which some cultures have believed is a sign of connecting with the spiritual world
(Christ figure)
Seems to be connected with nature, and he has an innate, spiritual goodness

20. Character Analysis Roger ~ “Silent” and sadistic
Mussolini
Targets the “littluns”
The only one to premeditate murder
Kills without conscience
Pure evil

21. Character Analysis Sam and Eric (Samneric) ~ Twins
Described as barely having enough skin to cover both, bullet-headed, and they finish each other’s sentences
The last to remain loyal to Ralph
Represent the tug-of-war
within us to remain good

22. Character Analysis “Littluns” ~ The younger kids
Represent the common folk, who easily follow the lead of others into savagery when there is no enforced structure in society

23. The island- setting
Microcosm for all of humanity

24. A group of English boys are deserted on an island after their plane has been shot down in WWII

25. Themes Moral Degeneration Descent into Savagery Religious Imagery
Conflict Resolution
Sexual Imagery
Characterization (who do you most resemble)

26. Chapter One Vocabulary find the word in the book, highlight and define in margin
1. Efflorescence
2. Effulgence
3. Enmity
4. Decorous
5. Chorister
6. Bastion
7. Hiatus