Lord Of The Flies Chapter Summaries

The setting is of great importance in the opening chapter of the novel. Golding set the Lord of the Flies on an island that has both the good and dark side to it. It was clear from the beginning that there were no humans on the island because of the perfect landscape - with lots of fruits and animals. There was nothing but absolute beauty on the island. When the boys arrived on the island, initially they are excited about being in this perfect, idyllic paradise away from adults but as the chapter gradually continues, Golding gives subtle hints such as “long scar” and “the upheavals of fallen trees and scattered with decaying coconuts” to show that the island also has a dangerous, inimical side to it, just like life without civilization and

In chapter 3 an argument breaks out between Ralph and Jack over the group's priorities. Ralph is trying to build shelters and an SOS fire while Jack and his hunters are craving some meat. I agree with Ralph wanting the priority to be on getting rescued and staying alive, but I disagree with him complaining about it because he is the leader and it's his job to get everyone working. With Jack I understand and agree that people will get tired of eating fruit and other foods similar to that, but I dislike how he's complaining when he's the one that is responsible for hunting. The argument that these two boys have are what I believe to be purely because of laziness. However if they don’t set things right, this problem is only going to

At the meeting place, Ralph grips the conch shell and berates the boys for their failure to uphold the group’s rules. They have not done anything required of them: they refuse to work at building shelters, they do not gather drinking water, they neglect the signal fire, and they do not even use the designated toilet area. He restates the importance of the signal fire and attempts to allay the group’s growing fear

Many times there are different groups in society who fight and don’t get along real well. That is the majority of this book. Two groups of kids in which one group feels safety and rescue is the way to go. The other hunting and being uncivilized, and carefree. The civilized more organized and having rules group is Ralph’s. The group being uncivilized and thinking that hunting is going to save them is Jack’s group also known as his choir.

“I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak”, “We’ll have rules!”, “There aren’t any grownups\ We shall have to look after ourselves.”

The theme from chapter 5 tells that Ralph is losing his innocence quickly, but gaining an understanding of natural processes not available to him in the sheltered society he came from. “With a convulsion of the mind, Ralph discovered dirt and decay”. At that moment, he began to trot toward the platform and the civilization it represents, in a physical reaction to the abstract truth newly present within him. Ralph is sick of the savagery he sees around him, but this savagery is characterized by accumulated dirt. The physical filth on the surface becomes a symbol of the metaphorical filth of evil residing in each boy, that itself will soon struggle to be unleashed on the

O’Connor allows the reader to see through Mrs. Hopewell’s Christian promises to understand that Mrs. Hopewell is not much of a devout Christian as the religion is more of a societal norm and an afterthought. Mrs. Hopewell uses Hulga’s atheism to excuse her lack of a Bible in the parlor when Mr. Pointer expresses her need for one while she insists she keeps her Bible in her bed side table. However, O’Connor reveals that “This was not the truth. It was in the attic somewhere” (O’Connor 278). O’Connor demonstrates the heavy importance in deep faith and religion during the mid 19th century in the South through the story’s falsely auspicious characters. This is shown once again when Mr. Pointer finally wins Mrs. Hopewell over by noting that he is just one of the country people after his attempt to persuade her using their common Christian faith failed. When Mrs. Hopewell hears that he is a good country boy, her opinion of him automatically changes as she invites him to stay for dinner. Claiming that he is one of the people she characterizes as the salt of the earth, Mrs. Hopewell puts up a very transparent front concerning her faith. The fact that Mr. Pointer was allowed to stay only after claiming he was just a small boy from a small town instead of because he was spreading the word of God just goes to show how much littler Mrs. Hopewell actually thinks of her fellow Christians than she lets

At encountering a lagoon on a beach a boy meets another boy who wears glasses. Their plane had been shot down because of the war going on at the time. The boys exchange their names, Ralph and the boy with the glasses is Piggy.They begin to wonder where the other survivors are. They encounter a some-sort of a pink trumpet. They pick it up and blow it and sends to boys running to them. Jack the leader of the other survivors come rushing in with them. There is an election for chief and Ralph wins the election. Though jack was upset Ralph made a hunting group as him the leader and the choir the hunters. They head out to the jungle to hunt for food. Jack finds a pig he takes his knife and hesitates to kill it, the pig runs away.

Fear has influenced the boys’ reaction/interpretation of the Beast immensely in this chapter. In the beginning of they story all of them were having fun with no adults and no freedom, but now the Beast has caused all of them to change. Most of them have become more fearful and some have even claimed to see the Beast. Although the Beast might exist, the fears in Sam and Eric’s heads have made them imagine the creature is scarier than it actually is. Fear can bring out the worst and best of people, and I am very anxious to see how it will affect the boys later on in the story. Additionally, the Beast seems to have made Jack appear even more obsessed about hunting, while it expresses Simon’s intelligence even more. For example, when he pictured

The boys are in the forest in search of more pigs to eating and the "beast". During the search, the boys find pig droppings. Jack tells them that they should hunt the pigs instead of the "beast". A pig comes out to the open and the boys see it. Ralph, who has never hunt, is excited by the chase and quickly gets caught up in the adventure. He throws his spear at the pig, but it only hits his snout. Jack gets a wound on his left arm by the boar's tusks. He proudly shows off his wound to the others and Simon tells him he should suck the wound so it will not get an infection. The hunters go back to chanting "kill the pig." While they are chanting and dancing, they are carelessly waving their spears at Robert. Robert drags himself away from the

settle the problem from the start. This helps to show Ralph's attitude about confrontation and how he will later feel about Jack. When Ralph is elected as chief, Jack is visibly upset.

Ralph and Piggy realize that with the death of Simon, Sam and Eric are the only biguns remaining in their group. There are a handful of littluns that still follow Ralph but the majority have went to Jack’s group.

The setting allowed for the boys to develop without any influence of adults. They were isolated from any other people, which makes the growth from young boys to savages seem natural. The way the setting is described in the beginning also paints a picture for the reader that the island is a paradise full of happiness. The weather also helps show the attitude and behavior of the boys. The beach is normally described as bright and the ocean is calm. Deeper into jungle, it’s described as dark and scary. The night Simon was killed, the night is described as pitch black, there is a storm, and the ocean is

As the book progresses on the conflict is still there seeing who maintain a better leader of the group. In chapter 4 Jack has had no success hunting the pigs he thinks this because they can see him, not smell him. He then had an idea to paint his face when Golding says, “...then he [rubs] red over the other half of his face and slashed a black bar of charcoal across from right ear to left jaw...the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.”(Golding 63) Jack painting his face with clay and dirt masks his identity from the others. When he is disguised he does not have to take account for his actions. When a person wears a mask no one knows who or what they are. Jack abuses his power by doing

How is lord of the flies similar to the government? I think that in the book it shows us how crazy democracy can be if we don’t pay attention to the facts that are staring us dead in the face. In the book I think that the Littluns represent the peopless'. While the Biguns represent the government and how they control the Littluns wellbeing just like the government controls our wellbeing. In the book piggy was killed because he had more knowledge than everyone else and he also outsmarted a lot of the people there. Like jack he was so overwhelmed with power that he forgot how piggy and him were friends in the begging and he wanted something that everyone wanted “fire” power. As Jack took piggy’s glasses and left everyone, who wouldn’t follow