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Lord of The Flies by William Golding
Annika Tracy and Ellie Tarlton
Number of Pages: 208

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12/20- to chapter 5
12/29- to chapter 9
1/10- Finish!
1/13- Reflection

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"careful you' ll  break it!-
"Shut up."

-Ralph seems to be very aggressive and mean. Is there a direct reason for this behavior or is that just his character?

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When Ralph and Piggy are swimming, Ralph says that his father was the one who taught him how to swim and that he was "he’s a commander in the Navy”. Piggy on the other hand says that "my dad's dead"(page 11). Are all the boys that were stranded wealthy, or are there some on the island that came from a poor household, like Piggy?

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What is the deal with Simon?? The third person narrator says that Simon "had deceived Ralph into thinking him delightfully gay and wicked" (page 54-55). This basically says that Simon tricked Ralph into thinking that he is nice! So is Simon really good or bad because at the end of chapter 3 when he goes into the field he acts very suspicious?

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12/20 Ellie: Chapter 4 page 70              

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12/20 Ellie: Chapter 4 page 70              

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Ok so after my last question, I have been really focussing Simon's character. On page 70, Ralph and Piggy are both yelling at Jack and later it says that Simon is there but he doesn't speak up about the matter and yells like all the other boys are. So why didn't Simon yell? Is he mature for his age or is he just quiet, or is he secretly evil and planning something?

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12/29 Ellie: Answer for Setting and Plot Question 13 edited

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12/29 Ellie: Answer for Setting and Plot Question 13 edited

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In Lord of the Flies, the boy's major conflict is man v man. The boys on the island have setup a hierarchy for themselves because of the lack of adults. Ralph and Jack are the two boys who are running for the chief position over the group, and they chose Ralph which leaves Jack very angry. Later Jack and Ralph get in an argument over what their priorities would be and it ends with Jack "not going to be apart of Ralph's lot" and that he is "going off by myself" (130). This leaves a torn relationship between Jack and Ralph and the start of major conflict between the two parties that consist of Jack's hunting choir and Ralph and Piggy's party. Jack and Piggy also have a man v man conflict because Piggy is always contradicting Jack's idea's about hunting. The main conflict in Lord of the Flies is the man v man conflict that exist between Ralph and Jack over the priorities they should be focusing on the island.

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The Lord of the Flies is written in third person omniscient. This allows the reader to have a deeper understanding of the many characters situations and emotions rather than having the reader know only the feelings and thoughts of one character. It is very helpful because there is also not only one main character and the story is very complex and at times hard to understand. When one character is feeling one thing, "that was from Piggy, shocked out of decorum", the narrator can then tell the reader how another is feeling, "Simon's effort fell about him in ruins; the laughter beat him cruelly." An omniscient narrator allows a better understanding and clarity for the book's reader.

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Before Sam 'n Eric saw what they thought was the beast, a parachutist or a parachute fell out of the sky. Sam 'n Eric heard a "plopping noise of fabric blown open", so was the creature they thought was the beast really a parachute or a person in a parachute (99)?

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Simon just witnessed Jack and the hunters setting up a dead pig's head in the middle of a field, and the pig's head is TALKING to him! Is this all real or is this all in Simon's head because the head (or the beast/ Lord of the Flies) says "I'm apart of you (147)? Also, the Lord of the Flies does say that it is the beast so is this beast all in the boy's heads?

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There is a brief shift of power when Jack begins to challenge Ralph's power that I believe will effect their situation very badly. At the mountain Jack insinuates that he believes that Ralph is weak and scared "I'm going up to the mountain to look for the beast-now" then the supreme thing, the casual, bitter word. "Coming" Ralph is able to think things through, trusts others, and is a very good leader. Jack is unpredictable and short tempered. He only wants what he wants and God help anyone else who opposes him. Jack is power hungry and relishes in hunting and brutality. When Jack begins to test Ralph's boundaries of power, everything slowly begins to fall apart.

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When is the man, "There was a speck above the island, a figure dropping swiftly beneath a parachute, a figure that hung with dangling limbs" going to enter the story? At first I thought that the "beast" was really the pilot but now I think that there is actually a beast. Will the man be able to help them? Will he bring structure and help them escape the island? Will he even enter the story?

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Discussion about the parachute jumper and the Lord of the Flies head talking to Simon and Ralph. The post disappeared so we are discussing the post that are still there and the comments that we posted on each others comments that disappeared.