Lord of the Flies2(Cani.You)

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Independent & Mirror Novel Study Unit

Name: Cani. You

Novel Title & Author:

Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Chapter7-12(part 2)

Cani.You

Chapter 7: Shadows and Tall Trees

Chapter 8: Gift for the Darkness

Chapter 9: A View to a Death

Chapter 10: The Shell and the Glasses

Chapter 11: Castle Rock

Chapter 12: Cry on the Hunters

Synopsis: Ralph's position of the chief is threatened. They saw the parachutist's body and think it must be the beast. Jack holds a party, he invites everyone to his party and eat the meat if they join his tribe. Simon discovers that the beast is a dead body not the beast. He stumbles into the middle of the group and wants to tell them the truth, but the boys in the party becomes frenzied already, they kill Simon in a chaotic state. Jack is the chief of the tribe now,the 'savages' tribe. They stole Piggy's glasses, Piggy is hopeless, he can not see anything without the glasses. Jack and Piggy want to get the glasses back. In the quarrel with Jack. Roger heaves a rock loose, it kills Piggy. Ralph is alone and very dangerous. Jack and the hunters hunt Ralph and light a fire and try to smoke him out of his hiding place. Ralph tries to hide, but the savages find him. The officer notices the fire, he sees Ralph and saves him.The officer asked him what happen with the island. Ralph says that two boys have died and he is the chief. Then he begins to cry.

Character introduced:

Ralph:Round character and protagonist. He losses the chief and the power of the group. He works with Peggy.

Jack: Dynamic character and antagonist. Becomes the leader of the new group. Becomes crazy.

Peggy:Ralph's supporter. He is killed by Jack's supporter Roger.

Simon:Flat character. The first boy to understand the beast(evil) is themselves. The only naturally"good" character. He is the only person know "Lord of the Flies", and is killed too.

Sam and Eric: Twins, they are always together and called "Samneric".

Roger: Jack's supporter. A sadistic, cruel boy, wants to power for the sake of power. 

Point of view:The narrator speaks in the third person, It means the narrator is omniscient.I think author wants us to know and understand the characters' s psychological changes better. And author uses the third people, the narrator focus on the protagonist Ralph, to strengthen reader's thoughts that Ralph is justice and Jack is evil.

Setting:Time: World War2. Place:On a deserted island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Author sets the place on a deserted island, it means the boys without the adults and any help, they have to help themselves to survival by themselves. And they are the children, have not changed by the society yet,so they can express completely the justice and evil are from the human inside and the natural of the human. This novel also reflects World War2, the cruel of the war and the people change to savage and loss their mind.

Notable about the writer's style:Golding uses a relatively simple writing style in Lord of the Flies. Lord of Flies is allegorical, It means the characters and objects in the novel are infused with symbolic significance that conveys the novel’s central themes and ideas.

Statement of themes:

The environment can change people's personality or release them inner evil even though a child.