Lord of the Flies Key Themes

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Civilisation and social conditioning
Ralph represents civilisation: he wants to have meetings, hold elections and have rules. The hope of rescue and their upbringing keeps them civilised, stops Jack from killing the pig and makes Roger aim to miss but it doesn't last very long.
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Civilisation and social conditioning quotes
"Lets have hands up like at school" "because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh" "Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life."
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Savagery
Golding implies that savagery is within all humans. Jack and Roger represent savagery: animalistic language, wanting to hunt and kill, not caring about the fire and rescue. all the characters descend into savagery by the end
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Savagery quotes
"[Jack] tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up" "Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Bash her in." "leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore."
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Fear
Fear consumes the boys and makes them see and do things without thinking (fear of the beast, the dead parachuter)
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Fear quotes
"he says the beastie came in the dark" ""…fear can't hurt you any more than a dream. There aren't any beasts to be afraid of on this island . . . Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!"
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Power/ leadership
We see a battle for power between Ralph, who represents democracy and Jack, who represents a dictatorship
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Power/ leadership quotes
"Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things." "And you shut up! Who are you, anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can't hunt, you can't sing—" "I'm chief. I was chosen." "Why should choosing make any difference?"
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Loss of innocence
Different characters stay innocent for different amounts of time. They all loose their innocence as they unleash the savagery within themselves, except Simon
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Loss of innocence quotes
Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy."
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Order
Try to establish an ordered society at the start, Britishness, deterioration as people stop listening to Ralph, symbol of the fire, conch
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Order quotes
“We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English; and the English are best at everything.” “******** to the rules!" “The conch doesn’t count at this end of the island”
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Religion
Simon represents Jesus, Lord of the Flies translates to Beelzebub which is another word for the devil, inner evil, idea of original sin
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Religion quotes
"The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible" “The water rose further and dressed Simon’s coarse hair with brightness” (like a halo) "
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Card 2

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"Lets have hands up like at school" "because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh" "Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life."

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Civilisation and social conditioning quotes

Card 3

Front

Golding implies that savagery is within all humans. Jack and Roger represent savagery: animalistic language, wanting to hunt and kill, not caring about the fire and rescue. all the characters descend into savagery by the end

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

"[Jack] tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up" "Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Bash her in." "leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore."

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Fear consumes the boys and makes them see and do things without thinking (fear of the beast, the dead parachuter)

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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