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Universal Truths
presented by
William Golding's
Lord of the Flies
By: Jeff Bonhoff
- Power has the ability to either improve
or corrupt it's wielder. Having power
changes anyone, for better or for worse.
- Ralph became more
caring towards his group
when he had power.
- "They talk and scream. The
Littluns. Even some of the
others. As if--" Golding 52
Ralph is worrying about his
tribe.
- "All this I meant to say. Now I've said it.
You voted me chief. Now you do what I
say." Golding 81 Ralph is doing what is
best for the group instead of what they
want.
- Ralph shows that power does not corrupt everyone, some people
have enough goodness inside them to overcome the greed and
lust for power.
- Ralph shows that power does not corrupt everyone, some people
have enough goodness inside them to overcome the greed and
lust for power.
- "All this I meant to say. Now I've said it.
You voted me chief. Now you do what I
say." Golding 81 Ralph is doing what is
best for the group instead of what they
want.
- "They talk and scream. The
Littluns. Even some of the
others. As if--" Golding 52
Ralph is worrying about his
tribe.
- Jack, upon
obtaining power,
becomes corrupt
and greedy.
- "... You Littluns started all this, with the fear of
talk. Beasts! Where from?..." Golding 82 Jack
is antagonizing the Littluns and blaming them
for everything going wrong.
- "They hate you, Ralph. They're going to do you."
"They're going to hunt you tomorrow." Golding 188
The twins warn Ralph that Jack and his tribe are
going to hunt him down.
- Jack has a very quick descent into madness after
obtaining power over Ralph, which shows that he has
become animalistic in his obsession of dominance.
- Jack has a very quick descent into madness after
obtaining power over Ralph, which shows that he has
become animalistic in his obsession of dominance.
- "They hate you, Ralph. They're going to do you."
"They're going to hunt you tomorrow." Golding 188
The twins warn Ralph that Jack and his tribe are
going to hunt him down.
- "... You Littluns started all this, with the fear of
talk. Beasts! Where from?..." Golding 82 Jack
is antagonizing the Littluns and blaming them
for everything going wrong.
- Roger transformed from
being a bully, to
becoming a murderer.
- "Roger lead the way straight through the castles, kicking
them over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen
stones." Golding 60 Roger is being a bully simply
because he enjoys it, and he can do so without
consequences.
- "Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment,
leaned all his weight on the lever." Golding 180
Roger deliberately dropped the boulder down, killing
Piggy.
- Roger became a murderer when he joined Jack's group and it became good
for him to be one. Ralph would never have allowed him to do something like
that. The fear that he radiates gives him power over most of the other savages.
- Roger became a murderer when he joined Jack's group and it became good
for him to be one. Ralph would never have allowed him to do something like
that. The fear that he radiates gives him power over most of the other savages.
- "Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment,
leaned all his weight on the lever." Golding 180
Roger deliberately dropped the boulder down, killing
Piggy.
- "Roger lead the way straight through the castles, kicking
them over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen
stones." Golding 60 Roger is being a bully simply
because he enjoys it, and he can do so without
consequences.
- Ralph became more
caring towards his group
when he had power.
- The only thing to fear is fear itself. Fear
creates the problem not solves it.
- Simon's encounter with the
Lord of the Flies
- "There isn't anyone to help you. Only
me. And I'm the Beast." Stated the
Lord of the Flies. "Pig's head on a
stick." Stated Simon" Golding 143
- The only way to actually "defeat" the Beast is to let
it overcome you and realize there was no Beast in
the first place.
- The only way to actually "defeat" the Beast is to let
it overcome you and realize there was no Beast in
the first place.
- "Fancy thinking the Beast was
something you could hunt and
kill!" said the head" Golding 143
- This represents that you cannot kill the beast, even if
they killed something, they would still see things they
thought was the beast.
- This represents that you cannot kill the beast, even if
they killed something, they would still see things they
thought was the beast.
- "There isn't anyone to help you. Only
me. And I'm the Beast." Stated the
Lord of the Flies. "Pig's head on a
stick." Stated Simon" Golding 143
- The Littluns and the Beast
- "Now he says it was a beastie."
"Beastie?" "A snake-thing. Ever so big.
He saw it." Golding 35 The first Littlun to
complain about the Beast.
- This is an example of something small having large repercussions in
the future. If this Littlun had not mentioned the Beast or if nobody
believed him, the entire ordeal of the island could have been spared.
- This is an example of something small having large repercussions in
the future. If this Littlun had not mentioned the Beast or if nobody
believed him, the entire ordeal of the island could have been spared.
- "... then I saw something moving
among the trees, something big and
horrid." Golding 85 Phil, a Littlun,
describes his encounter with the
Beast.
- The Beast that Phil sees is actually Simon, this
symbolizes that the Beast is actually people or rather,
inside most people.
- The Beast that Phil sees is actually Simon, this
symbolizes that the Beast is actually people or rather,
inside most people.
- "Now he says it was a beastie."
"Beastie?" "A snake-thing. Ever so big.
He saw it." Golding 35 The first Littlun to
complain about the Beast.
- Piggy's fear of Jack's group.
- "Piggy asked no names. He was
intimidated by this uniformed superiority
and the offhand authority in
Merridew's/Jack's voice." Golding 20-21
- Piggy is afraid of Jack before he becomes
a savage, suggesting he knows something
the others do not.
- Piggy is afraid of Jack before he becomes
a savage, suggesting he knows something
the others do not.
- "I'm scared of him," said Piggy, "and that's why I
know him. If you're scared of someone you hate him
but you can't stop thinking about him. You kid yourself
he's all right really, an' then when you see him again;
it's like asthma an' you can't breathe." Golding 93
- Unlike most of the characters in this novel, Piggy has
a rational fear, which comes true. He also mentions
that there is nothing to fear unless we fear people,
which is what it comes to at the end.
- Unlike most of the characters in this novel, Piggy has
a rational fear, which comes true. He also mentions
that there is nothing to fear unless we fear people,
which is what it comes to at the end.
- "Piggy asked no names. He was
intimidated by this uniformed superiority
and the offhand authority in
Merridew's/Jack's voice." Golding 20-21
- Simon's encounter with the
Lord of the Flies
- The nature of any society depends on
the morality of its members. People in
a group define the nature of the group.
- Ralph's group has a good willed
nature, it also has good morals
- "They stole it. We'd have given them fire if they'd asked."
Golding 170 Ralph's group was willing to give Jack's group fire
even after they killed Simon.
- The group doesn't think Jack as their enemy,
even though he hates them. This shows that
Ralph is the better person because he doesn't
have pride.
- The group doesn't think Jack as their enemy,
even though he hates them. This shows that
Ralph is the better person because he doesn't
have pride.
- "I wasn't scared," said Ralph slowly, "I was- I
don't know what I was" Golding 156
- Ralph and his group feel really guilty about Simon's death,
while Jack's group thinks nothing of it. Ralph realizes the
power of group influence, if a group is doing something, people
who aren't part of it will join in even
- Ralph and his group feel really guilty about Simon's death,
while Jack's group thinks nothing of it. Ralph realizes the
power of group influence, if a group is doing something, people
who aren't part of it will join in even
- "They stole it. We'd have given them fire if they'd asked."
Golding 170 Ralph's group was willing to give Jack's group fire
even after they killed Simon.
- Jack's group has a chaotic nature,
the group's morals hardly exist at all.
- "Kill the Beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do
him in!" Golding 152 Jack's Hunters chant this
while they murder Simon who they think is the
Beast.
- The Hunters killing Simon represents the Hunters
killing the remaining goodness left in themselves.
- The Hunters killing Simon represents the Hunters
killing the remaining goodness left in themselves.
- "He's going to beat Wilfrid." "What
for?" "I don't know. He didn't say. He
got angry and made us tie Wilfrid
up." Golding159 Roger and Robert
discuss what happened to Wilfrid.
- If Jack is going to violently beat
Wilfrid for some reason, it shows that
he cannot use reason, only violence,
to solve problems.
- If Jack is going to violently beat
Wilfrid for some reason, it shows that
he cannot use reason, only violence,
to solve problems.
- "Kill the Beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do
him in!" Golding 152 Jack's Hunters chant this
while they murder Simon who they think is the
Beast.
- The wandering Littluns have a
neutral nature, they do as they
please.
- "...they waited for two minutes, then they fell in the sea;
they went in the forest; they just scattered
everywhere." Golding 46 Piggy states that he has no
control over the Littluns
- The Littluns define innocence on the
island, they do whatever they want with no
idea as to the consequences.
- The Littluns define innocence on the
island, they do whatever they want with no
idea as to the consequences.
- Below them, boys were still labouring,
though some of the Littluns had lost
interest." Golding 39
- The Littluns won't pay attention for any long period of
time, even if it means they might be rescued. This
symbolises that some of the Littluns might not even want
to go home.
- The Littluns won't pay attention for any long period of
time, even if it means they might be rescued. This
symbolises that some of the Littluns might not even want
to go home.
- "...they waited for two minutes, then they fell in the sea;
they went in the forest; they just scattered
everywhere." Golding 46 Piggy states that he has no
control over the Littluns
- Ralph's group has a good willed
nature, it also has good morals
- Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York:
Putnam Publishing Group, 1954. Novel.
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