Lord of the Flies

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  • Created on: 29-03-13 14:08
Y G B B S C H K E G F A F Y S P Y O A A V
U D W M P O I V I Q L R C S U A E K R R M
H O I U I N O C L J L A O N R B Y O P W E
C T G B L T G M M J I W N Y V F B O U S U
R T K F T E Y S S Y V T T Y I D L B D C W
U V G E I X C U C S E S E Y V P D E Q S T
L I N A N T H T S U S O X T A N N H K A S
E H I R T L I K H P U P T G L Q D T C P T
S L W O O I U K U W S T P U O W Q F W M G
A L O F T T N C B N R X O Y F O O O V U R
N M D T W E Q M P I E E L S T O I G U G O
D L D H O R J W Q Q V T I O H F C N H G I
S A A E G A Q J L L D N T O E O T I P P P
O C H B R R O S Y J O O I L F E S D F C I
C I S E O Y D D U I O C C I I O Q N E O L
I S E A U T U M J F G B A Q T F F E C S M
T V R S P N X W S O V U L D T G W Q V T F
E K O T S A W L O Q R E R U E X R S C Q K
Y L F R X T Q V L W I O W R S U A B D R A
E W U L M T A A T O V T X Y T N E M P N X
N V B T Q T W G X V R M M J E C L X I L J

Clues

  • 'Deus ex machina' is a literary technique when an unforeseen solution solves a problem.Nothing more can happen with characters, then a Naval Officer rescues the boys at the end (from themselves?). (6, 2, 3, 4)
  • A driving force of the boys' actions is fear they have created. (4, 2, 3, 5)
  • A reaction against the unrealistically positive and late Victorian views in 'The Coral Island' (7, 8)
  • Britain was not invicible and had lost most of it's imperial power and empire. (7, 9)
  • Cold war created the worst fear of nuclear war and atomic bombs. (7, 4, 3)
  • Golding makes several of the characters a complex mix of good and evil, demonstrating human nature inside all of us. (4, 6, 4)
  • Golding shows brute force will not triumph over intelligence. (8, 2, 3, 7)
  • Initially, all of the boys are eager for rules, the conch, meetings and order, so are civil. However, without adults, society on the island gradually ends and Jack rules as a dictator. (5, 3, 7)
  • One side of the island is idylic, the other is darker. Raph leads one group and Jack leads others. Piggy's glasses become half-smashed. A mix in human nature, of each individual (5, 4, 3, 6)
  • Physical violence begins with an attack on Robert, and leads to the death of Simon then Piggy. (14)

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