Quartering
of the Text
1st
Quarter
Synopsis
The first
quarter of The Lord of the Flies starts of with two kids on a beach.
A plane crashed and they don't know if anyone else has survived, they
introduce themselves. The kids are Ralph and Piggy. Ralph finds a
conch and starts blowing on it. Eventually, children come from the
woods and join them on the beach, There are only children and no
adults. They have a meeting and Ralph is made the leader, They go
exploring and find a mountain. They soon make a fire and start making
duties to hunt and make shelter. Only two people are working on the
shelters and the hunters haven't caught any meat so Ralph accuses
them of using it as an excuse to get out of work so tension starts to
build.
Characters-
Ralph-
Round character, static character, leader of survivors, organizes
everyone, fair, natural leader
Piggy-
Round character, static character
similar
to an assistant, short and round, doesn't like being called piggy
Jack-
Flat character, static character
Jack
is kind of like a second in command, leader of hunters, has a leader
personality that collides with Ralph
Simon-
Flat character, kind natured and helpful
Sam-
Flat character, survivor
Eric-
Flat character, survivor
Johnny-
Flat character, survivor
Merridew-
Flat character, survivor
Point of
View-
This novel is written in the 3rd person
omniscient point of view. It adds to the novel because you get to see
what is happening with everyone. Also, there is so many characters it
would get confusing if it was in a different perspective.
Setting
This novel takes place on an uninhabited tropical
island. This adds to the story because if it were in a different
biome they would be facing different dangers and have different
threats. The fact that it an uninhabited island changes it because
the feeling of desertion is more intense and they have less of a
chance of being saved.
Notables
The author starts out light hearted and the novel gets
darker as it goes along.
The style of writing is serious and realistic
Themes
One of the themes in this novel is the darkness of
humanity.
Another theme is the starting of civilization and
control
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