“Lord of the Flies”
2nd
quarter
(Chapter 4 –
Chapter 6)
“Maybe
there is a beast....maybe it's only us.” –Simon.
Synopsis
The kids now spent more time on the island and have a better idea of what is going on. The smaller boys are known now by the generic title of “littleuns". These boys start getting nightmares. Although Jack and his hunters killed a pig, they forgot to maintain the fire signal.Unfortunately a ship had just passed by the island and they could have been seen and rescued. Therefore, Ralph gets mad at Jack and his hunters, and gives them a speech about how they should focus on being rescued instead of playing the hunting game. Jack smacks Piggy in the head causing one side of his glasses to break. Afterwards, Jack apologized about the fire. Jack paints his face and his tribe’s. Ralph calls an emergency meeting at night. He now recognizes Piggy as a smart boy and respects him more than he did in the beginning. He tells the boys again to not let the fire out. To make sure that happens, he creates a new rule in which they cannot make fire in any part of the island but at the mountain top. A littleun named Phill speaks of the nightmares he had. They involved fighting the creepers and that he saw something moving in the trees, which was just Simon. Percival speaks next saying that the beast comes from the sea. Simon tries to explain to the kids that the beast comes from within themselves, but unfortunately no one understands him. Then Jack declares that he and his hunters will hunt the beast down. Ralph enters a state of crisis with all the boys dispersing without warning. The only ones left by his side are Simon and Piggy. In chapter 6 a “sign from the adults” fell from the sky. A parachuting dead body lands in the island. They decide to explore the tail of the island, believing the beast hides there. Once there, they saw there was no beast inside.
The kids now spent more time on the island and have a better idea of what is going on. The smaller boys are known now by the generic title of “littleuns". These boys start getting nightmares. Although Jack and his hunters killed a pig, they forgot to maintain the fire signal.Unfortunately a ship had just passed by the island and they could have been seen and rescued. Therefore, Ralph gets mad at Jack and his hunters, and gives them a speech about how they should focus on being rescued instead of playing the hunting game. Jack smacks Piggy in the head causing one side of his glasses to break. Afterwards, Jack apologized about the fire. Jack paints his face and his tribe’s. Ralph calls an emergency meeting at night. He now recognizes Piggy as a smart boy and respects him more than he did in the beginning. He tells the boys again to not let the fire out. To make sure that happens, he creates a new rule in which they cannot make fire in any part of the island but at the mountain top. A littleun named Phill speaks of the nightmares he had. They involved fighting the creepers and that he saw something moving in the trees, which was just Simon. Percival speaks next saying that the beast comes from the sea. Simon tries to explain to the kids that the beast comes from within themselves, but unfortunately no one understands him. Then Jack declares that he and his hunters will hunt the beast down. Ralph enters a state of crisis with all the boys dispersing without warning. The only ones left by his side are Simon and Piggy. In chapter 6 a “sign from the adults” fell from the sky. A parachuting dead body lands in the island. They decide to explore the tail of the island, believing the beast hides there. Once there, they saw there was no beast inside.
Characters Introduced
In
this section of the book many of characters are introduced without very much description: Percival, Henry, Maurice and Bill. All of them are static
characters. Roger, a slight, furtive
boy with black-hair, is also introduced and appears as a static character.
Point of view
The
narrator speaks in third person. This kind of narrator is omniscient (seeing
and knowing everything) and gives us access to the deep thoughts of the
characters. This gives the reader a better perspective of what is going on in
the novel. The author is using this kind of point of view so that we can see how things really are.
Setting
The
setting of the story is a deserted island with no adults and no civilization.
Writer's
style
William Golding's style is represented by his use of symbolism. He doesn't use metaphors however. He compares this situation to civilzation's problems of the time (1940 - 1950) and looks within human's natural behavior.
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