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LOTF(7-12)
lordoftheflies(7-12)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what does ralph need | ralph planned his toilet-meaning all the stuff he needs to clean himself up |
| when ralph describes his need to clean himseld what does that embrace | soiety norms. he doesnt want to be here |
| what is ralphs nervous habit | bitting his nail. his anixeity |
| what did everyone look like they didnt need in chapter 1 | a shower bc their heart was dirty not their body. evilness of mans heart |
| how does jack act when he sees pig droppings /pigs | animalistic. becoming more savage |
| what literay device does simon encourage ralph with when he says that ralph will get back to where he came from | foreshadowing |
| what does ralph do alot | day dream of home |
| "jack in charge of the hunt" | foreshadowing |
| raplh = | cilvilzation |
| when ralph day dreams what does that embrace | society norms and cilivzation |
| what does ralph almost do | kill a pig |
| when ralph almost kills a pig what does this suggest | that ralph could take part in evil |
| "he sunned himself in their new respect and felt that hunting was a good thing after all" | ralph thinks this he is changing is view on hunting. he is happy get to take part in it he also foreshawdows |
| ralph isnt a perfect person so we call all | relate to him |
| what do they almost do when robert asks as the pig | almost dies |
| 'ralph too was fighting to get near, to geta handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. the desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering. | foreshadowing ralph will make bad decisions |
| what does robert try to do after he is attacked bc he acted like the pig | regain his status bc he started to scream |
| what do other boys begin to recongize | jack will to kill |
| who does jack not care abt | the littluns |
| why does simon suggest he will go tell piggy that they will be back late alone | bc he already knows what the beast is, so he isnt scared to go back by himself. also being christlike |
| beast= | struggle for man-kind. evilness |
| "ralph sighned, sensing the rising antagonism, understanding that this is how jack felt as soon as he ceased to lead" | foreshadowing. ralph is beginning to understand why jack acts this way when he doesnt get his way. |
| "ralh, still hot and hurt, turned away first"-when he was looking at jack | looks away first civilization and mankind being weakened by evilness and savagery |
| when the twins dont want to go on the mountain what do they do | tell ralph they will tell piggy.but simon already went.-break down of social order. dont want to do what they already said they would do |
| "a stain in the darkness, a stain that was jack, detached itself and began to draw away" | the other stain is roger |
| who is worse than jack | roger |
| what is the parachuist body doing | decaying |
| what is the parachusit symbolic of | civiliztion when it decays it symbolizes deaying of civilization |
| "the beast had teeth" said ralph "and big black eyes" | foreshadowing the dealth of simon |
| white conch = | fading o law and order. no order |
| "jack went on blowing the conch" "ralph rose obediently" | foreshadowing . jack will become chief |
| why when jack blows the conch is it ironic | bc he never belived in the conch. only does it if he it has a purpose for him |
| "the sound of the inexpertly blown conch" | not expericenced when blowing the conch |
| when jack talks bad abt ralph when he tries to be elected as chief he is | deception |
| what does the masks liberate him from | liberates from self-consicoius. |
| "he remembered his age-old termors in the forest" | guilty conciseness. tremors are gone |
| whydo the boys join kack tribe | bc it looks like fun |
| why does jack leave ralph | bc he doesnt get what he wanted |
| "the humilitaing tears were running from the corner of each eye" | jack thought he was oging to be chief |
| "im not going to be a part of ralph lot" | jack knew he wasnt going to be elected |
| "but now we got a beast though i cant hardly believe it"-piggy | he is logical. having trouble accepting the beast |
| "i think we ought to climb the moutain"-simon | wants to see the beast. he already knows the true meaning of the beast |
| "he polished his glass again" | polishing vision of knowledge |
| "well have to make a new list of whos to look after the fire" | adult voice of reason. setting order |
| what is wrong with simon "soon the sweat was running from his long corase hair" | has a health condition |
| "presently he was thrist,y and then very thirsty" | simon has epilepsy . he is about to have a seziure |
| "each of them wore the remains of a black cap and ages ago they had stood in two demure row and their voices had been the song of angles" | ironic bc they followed evilness and savgery |
| "when we kill we'll leave some of the kill for it" | sacifrice |
| "she was black and pink" | this pig is symbolic of triumph of innocent. pink:innocence represents island. black:evilness |
| "she staggered into an open space where bright flowers grew and butterflies dances round each other and the air eas hot and still" | refereence to simon |
| "sharpen a stick at both ends" | foreshadowing |
| "run away said teh head" | not out aloud.in simons head |
| "a little headache, something you ate. perharps. go back child, said the head silently. | tempted to tell simon not to go up the mountain |
| what does simon see | jack put the head on the sick |
| what is the relantionship betweent he LOTF and simon | simon;chrst figure. LOTF:devil. christ confronting devil. |
| "they ought to do two turns" | samneric cant do two turns bc of lost of identity |
| "no,not it..i mean..what amkes things break up like they do? | ralph talks abt breakdown of social order |
| what is jack be the one to do | break social order/social norms |
| when is the cannon the worse | when simon dies |
| "when i saw jack i was sure he'd go for the conch cant thing why"-piggy | piggy doesnt know that jack doesnt want order |
| symbolism of cannon | storm=evilness=foreshadowing something is going to end badly |
| what is the LOTF the reason for | breakedown of social order |
| "fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill" | cant hunt and kill the beast unless they kill the boys |
| 'this is ridiculous. you know perfectly well you'll only meet me down here-so dont't try to escape"-LOTF | foreshawoding simons dealth |
| "simons body was arched and stiiff" | seziure |
| "there was blackness within, a blackness that speard | simon not being able to see |
| "so dont try it on, my poor misguided boy or else" | threanting. dont try to take our fun away |
| "[simon]he fell down and lost consciousness" | simon has his sezuire |
| "we shall do you?jack and roger and maurice and rober and bill and piggy and ralph. do you see? | foreshadowing simons dealth. jack,roger,maurice,robert,bill,piggy, and ralph kill simon |
| chapter 9 "a view to a dealth" | foreshadowing simons dealth |
| "with the runnong of the bloood simon" | symptom of seizure |
| "nothing propspered but the flies who blackened their lord and made the spilt guts look like a heap of glistening coal" | lotf |
| "the usual brightness was gone from his eyes and he walked with a sort of a glum determination like an old man" | walks slwoly bc he is tired from his sezuire. also he has the weight of the world on his shoulders to help the boys. |
| how is the parachusit body still toether | by his clothes |
| "then he took the lines in his hands; he freed from from the rocks and he figure from the winds indiginity | christ figure frees parachuist. |
| why did they shift camp | to move away from beast |
| when ralph goes to jack to make sure nothing bad happens what is that | ironic |
| "evening was come, not with calm beauty but with the threat if violence" | foreshadowing simons dealth |
| wha does it mean when ralph and piggy left the conh | forgotten rule and order. forshadowing |
| dance= | escaulating evilness in boys |
| 3 times the dance has meant escualting evilness in boys | 1. maurice all fun and games 2.robert get hurt 3.simon dies |
| "come away. theres going to be trouble and we've had out meat" | adult voice of reason |
| fence= | boys bodies and spears they are holding |
| "found themselves to take a place in this demented...secure soicety" | foreshawdowing w raplh. not expected |
| pulse= | something bad about to happen |
| "a weak thing crawling out of the forest" | simon weak from sezuire |
| "the beast was on its knees in the center its arms folded over face" | referring to simon |
| do the boys know its simon | yes |
| "the water rose farther and dresssed simons coasre hair with brightness" | christlike |
| tide and simons relationship | tide changed to bring simon into sea. nature is assocated w simon. good would help good |
| chapter 10 "the shell and the glasses" | jack steals piggys glasses. piggy thinks he comes for the conch |
| why is ralph injured | bc of dance |
| "ralph sat down in grass facing the chiefs seat and the conch" | bc he isnt cheif anymore |
| "that was simon""hat was murder" | ralph knowing it was simon. recongizing what it was |
| "anyting might have happened. it was't-what you said" | only time where piggy is AVR had trouble accepting it |
| what did the twins aready form | an allaby |
| "ralph looks at his toes" | guilty for killing simon |
| what does have an oppession w | power |
| wilfred: | tortured bc of jacks obession w power |
| what does jack tell the boys | that it wasnt simon and that the beast was still out there |
| how does jack control the boys | w deception |
| fire= | symbolic of comfront and warmth 0r destrucitve |
| "his(ralph) mind skated to a condiseration of a tamed town where savagery could not set foot" | where savagery (jack and himself) isnt found |
| shelters fall= | civilation falls |
| "face vecame slippery" | slippery w blood |
| things ralph dreams abt represents what | home |
| who was ralph fighting | eric |
| "streak of phosphorescence" | by shore |
| glasses stolen= | insight and knowledge stolen |
| tieing their back,washing themsleves= | imbracing old soicety. not accepting new life |
| "you'll get hurt" ralph says to piggy | foreshadowing |
| "he'll be painted says sam | other boys recongizing jacks savagery and evilness when he is painted |
| "to carry the conch against all odd" | to follow orders against all odds |
| piggy and tghe conch | someones who is logic will want to follow rules. piggy repescts the conch |
| "ypu're ralph you rememebr everything"-p "i hadnt forgotten"-r | ralph can be tempted to evilness |
| painted for no reason = | changing nature. liberated from self-consious for no reason |
| what does piggy remind ralph | that they are good |
| what isnt important to jack | rescue |
| "your only hope is keeping a signal fire going as long as theres light to see"-r | starting to sound like piggy relizing the true value of piggy |
| 4 things the tide pulls away | 1.plane 2. simon 3.parachusit 4.piggy |
| "piggy still holding the ....shell" | protecting soical order |
| "which is bettyer, law and rescure, or hunting and breaking things up?"-p | trying to use logic w people who dont get logic-wont work. breakdown of social order |
| what does jack love doing | controlling people |
| anytime roll rocks= | foreshadowings piggys dealth |
| how big is rock | so big can felel vibrations |
| "...he(ralph) himself flat while the tribe shrieked" | ralph moved out of the rock but it still hits piggy. ralph stands out of the way and jack ends up killing piggy |
| killing pigs foreshadow what | piggys dealth |
| "viviously, with full intention, he hurled his spear at ralph" | attacking ralph. looked like devil:darkness in mans heart |
| no law and order= | no reason for piggy |
| what did piggys surivival depend on | the conch:law and order |
| when the tides figures away what does it mean | taking them away from corruption |
| "roger edged past the chief, only just avoiding pushing with his shoulder" | goinjg to torture samneric |
| what does jack force the twins to do | join his tribe |
| "roger advanced upon them as one wielding a nameless authority" | not in charge but second in command |
| who is worse than jack accroding to the twins | roger |
| Chapter 12 "cry of the hunters " | Cry of the boys at the end and uluation the boys make to find Ralph |
| "This was a savage whose image refused to blend with that ancient picture of a boy and shorts and a shirt" | Ralph wants to look at the boys like he is but they aren't anymore. He doesn't understand why the boys turned to savages |
| "These painted savages would go further and further" | Ralph is starting to think like piggy. He knows jack will continue to not let him go |
| Why does Ralph hit the LOTF | Ralph hits it bc he knows something is wrong w it. He was shy comfortable about it |
| When the tribe is dancing what does that indicate s | Someone is getting hurt. Bad things r happening |
| Why is Ralph shock in chapter 12 | bc samneric r painted even though they don't want to be |
| "If it were light shame would burn them at admitting these tings. But the night was dark" | Can hide in the dark. Archetype for light vs dark |
| "They made us"-samneric | Jack and Roger tortured them |
| "Listen Ralph. Never mind what's sense"-samneric | Jack tribe isn't abt order |
| "Were going forward from this end " " until we find u" | Samneric finishing each other sentences. Lost of identity |
| Everything jack stands for who is worse | Roger |
| "Roger sharpened a stick at both ends" | To put Ralph head on it. Just like they did w the pig |
| What is an example of rolling the rock | Corruption of island |
| "He knew he had heard it before something but no time to remember " -when the fire was starting again | Ralph heard it when the first fire almost burnt down the island |
| Ralph tries to do what when running from jacks tribe | Think like piggy |
| "At last he found what seemed to him the right place though the decision was desperate. ...kept out all the sun." | Ralph supposedly hiding in simons spot |
| "He saw a shelter burst into flames" | Burning of civilization |
| "Fun and games" said the officer | Ironic bc it's not fun and games. Ralph almost dies |
| Why is Ralph embarrassed when he meets the officer | Embarrassed of how he look bc he doesn't like he would at home |
| "All the same. You'll get back all right. I think so, anyway. "-Simon | Foreshadowing Ralph will go back home |
| "Perceval Wendy madison sought in his head for an incantation that had faded clean away" | Lost of identity. Forgot his name |
| "And you don't know how many of you there r ?"-officer | Sounds like piggy. Adult voice of reason |
| "Started forward then changed his mind and stood still" -jack acting | Started forward 3 times. Twice when he wasn't elected chief. And the third when the officer asks who is charge and Ralph steps forward and he doesn't |
| "Would have been able to put up a better show than that"-officer "It was like that first said Ralph | Break down of social order |
| "For a moment he had once in fleeting picture of the strand glamour that had once invested the beachs" | Looks at island differently |
| Ralph begins crying is the | First time Ralph cries on island |
| "Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of mans hearts, and the fall through the air of the true wise friend piggy" | No long innocent. Evilness everyone has a part in. Ralph finale recognizes piggys true value. |
| What is the officer symbolic of | Boys are a smaller idea of what actually is going on in the real world (war) |