Lord Of The Flies- Song pRoject

Song 1

You're gonna go far kid-The Offspring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_LxyhCJpsM

I believe the meaning of this song is about growing up and experiencing the true darkness in the world “There's someone in your way/And now someone is gonna pay” shows that as you grow older and more mature you will not stop for anything to get your goal. The atmostphere of this song is dark but the artist sings the song in an upbeat way. "now dance f_ker dance man you never had a chance and no one even knew it was really only you" is actually directly related to Lord of the Flies when Simon jumped out of the bush and tried to tell everyone that there was no beast, only to be killed by the rest of the boys thinking he was the beast.

Song 2

Teenagers-MCR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6EQAOmJrbw

I believe this song is about teenagers and how corrupted and uncaring the can be, I think it saying that teenagers only care about themselves and nobody else,(“They can care less as long as,Someone will bleed”)This can be seen in some of the boys in Lord of the Flies near the end of the book where they murder piggy with seemingly no remorse.

Song 3
Lord of the Flies-Iron Madien

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_8k3NVTZYU

This song was written directly about The Lord of the Flies, all of the lyrics completely describe the boys “Excited but scary to believe what we've become” is showing that the boys have completely changed into savages and are scared aswell as excited at that. The atmosphere of the song is very dark just like towards the end of the book. This song does an amazing job of summing up the book Lord of the Flies.

Polished Response

“Oh the horror... the horror…”
-Kurtz, Heart of Darkness

In the novel Heart of Darkness the protagonist Captain Kurtz exclaims “Oh the horror! The horror!” as his dying words. The reason he said this is because of the darkness he had seen in himself and others throughout his life. This quote directly relates to Lord of the Flies because the boys although starting of bright and wholesome have gone downhill and the darkness inside of them has really came out. The isolation made the boys commit acts they wouldn't have dreamt of regularly, they became savages without even realizing it.

Bank Of Questions #4

1.Why do the boys steal the broken glasses?

2.What makes Piggy and Ralph go back to castle rock?

3.Do you think Jack and his tribe are happy to be rescued or not?

4.What do you think is going to happen to the boys once they get off the island?

5.Why do Sam and Eric turn on Ralph?

6.What happens to Sam and Eric?

7.What do you think the boys would have done to Ralph if they had caught him?

8.What is the broken conch shell a symbol of?

9. Why does Roger attack Piggy so viciously without a second thought?

10.Who rescues the boys and why did he come to the island?

Bank Of Questions #3

1.Who is attacked out of frustration after pretending to be the pig?

2.What did the boys do with the sows head after they killed it?

3.What was the lord of the flies?

4.Who heard the lord of the flies and communicated with it?

5.Why is fire so important at this point?

6.What effects does the beast have on the boys?

7.What is the broken conch a symbol of?

8.Why do the boys kill Simon?

9.What was Jack's goal when he formed his on tribe

10.Why were piggy's glasses so important?

Quarter # 4

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Synopsis
-The boys have completely split into two groups now with almost everyone on Jack's side.

-Jack and the boys steal piggies glasses in the night, now Ralph and Piggy can no longer make fire to stay warm.

-The four boys, Ralph, Piggy, Sam and Eric go to Jacks camp to try to reclaim the glasses.

-Piggy starts to climb the ladder to get his glasses back and Roger drops a massive rock down from the top of the ladder. The rock hits piggy on the head and he dies,

-Ralph runs of into the bush, and the twins get captured by jack's tribe.

-Ralph hides in the thicket so jack's tribe lights it on fire to flush him out, Ralph starts running for his life towards the beach.

-With the tribe tailing behind him, Ralph runs into a naval officer who noticed the fire and landed at the island, he asks what happened noticing the grim look on Ralph and the boys face, finds out the Piggy and Simon have been killed and all the boys break into tears.

-Characters
Naval Officer- The man who rescues the young boys, an officer from a ship that noticed the fire.

Point of view
The book has stayed in third person up until the end, it makes it very easy to keep track of multiple people and ideas going around.

Setting
The boys are still on a tropical desert island, they have been on this island the entire book.

Writing Style

The author uses a very straightforward writing style but keeps the book very interesting.

Theme
I believe the theme of this novel is the loss of innocence and the darkness that is inside all of us which comes out only when we are most desperate.

Notes

The author ended the novel on a very dark note.

Quarter #3

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Synopsis

-The boys separate into two groups after a fight erupts.
-Sam and Eric fall asleep while watching the signal fire.

-The kids spot a boar and start to pursue it, it gets away.

-In frustration they pretend Roger is the pig and start jabbing him with spears.

-Ralph tries to call an assembly with the conch and is laughed at profusely.

-It starts to rain and jack and his group start dancing and yelling “kill the beast!”, “spill his blood!”, “cut his throat!”, even Ralph and Piggy join in.

-By this point the boys have lost all civilized manner, that when Simon comes out of the bush to say that there is no beast they turn on him and he gets killed.

Characters

No new characters have been introduced.

Point of view

The story has not changed from third person point of view. Reading the story in third person makes it very easy for you to keep track of all the characters in the story.

Setting
The setting is still a deserted island in the middle of the ocean. It is a lush tropical haven upon which the boys flourish in their self made society. They setting has not changed because the boys have not been rescued so they still reside on the island.

Writing Style

The author writes in a very realistic way showing how real people would act in a situation like this.


Theme

The theme of the story I believe is loss of innocence of the children and the darkness inside . They are slowly becoming more savage as time goes on. By this point in the book, the children have became so dark and it is as though they do not know what they are going.

Notes

The story is getting increasingly darker as time goes on.

Bank Of Questions Quarter #2

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1.Which boy stomps on a little ones sand castle? Why?

2. Who let the fire go out?

3. Which little boy is plagued by nightmares?

4.What are Ralph and Jacks feelings for each other at this point in the novel?

5. Why do you think Jack is so obsessed with killing the pig?

6.What is the importance of the fire?

7.Do you think Ralph is doing a good job of leading?

8.Why does roger treat the little ones so horribly?

9.What is the beastie?

10.What is piggy's real name?

Bank Of Questions Quarter #1

1.Why does the author use children instead of adults?

2.Would the story be different if the author chose all girls instead of all boys?

3.Why did the author choose to have no adults survive the plane crash?

4.What is the conch shell a symbol of?

5.How does jack use the beast to control the other boys?

6.Why do you think the boys chose Ralph to be chief and not Jack or Simon?

7.What would have happened if Piggy never found the conch shell?

8.Why and where do you think the plane crashed?

9.Why did the author decide to place the book in World War 2?

10.Why did the children split into groups so soon?

Quarter 2

Synopsis

-Jack believes that Ralph should no longer be the leader and gains support from some of the other boys.

-Jack decides to go hunting at night and a bunch of the other kids join him.

-Jack goes into the jungle after the pig but the pig ends up escaping.

-Ralph begins making huts for himself and the rest of the kids.

-Smaller kids cannot sleep because of the nightmares.

-Jack breaks one of the lenses on piggies glasses and does not apologize

-Ralph admits that he does not want to lead the group anymore.


Characters

Piggy- Antagonist,Round character, Sheltered,
Ralph – Protagonist,Round character,Fair/Reasonable
Jack- Antagonist. Round Character, Huge Ego,Stubborn, Leadership trait, dislikes Ralph
Simon -Flat Character, Seems like a nice person. Disappears into the jungle a lot.
Sam/Eric – Round Characters, Dynamic Characters, loyal to Ralph until Jack manipulates them into thinking negative about him
Roger and Maurice- They are not the nicest people. They pick on all of the other kids and of course they side with jack,

Point of view

The story is written in the third person. It makes it easier to follow all of the events and characters that are in the story.

Setting

The setting is still a deserted island in the middle of the ocean. It is a lush tropical haven upon which the boys flourish in their self made society.

Writing Style

The story is getting much easier to follow in the second half of the book. The author uses a wide variety of advanced words and literary devices.

Theme-

The theme of the story I believe is loss of innocence of the children and the darkness inside . They are slowly becoming more savage as time goes on.

Lord Of The Flies Wordle

Lord of the flies Quarter #1

Synopsis

An air plane crash lands on an Island and a group of young boys become stranded. In the beginning Ralph and Piggy find a large conch shell. Ralph uses the conch shell as a horn with the intention of signalling the other survivors. More boys come, including a choir of boys with the leader of the choir, Jack. After discussion the realize that they will need a leader if there is no adults to lead. They take a vote between Jack and Ralph and Ralph wins with most votes and is mad. Ralph ends up making Jack the hunting group leader and that seems to satisfy him for the time being. They end up exploring the island and find a mountain and set up camp.


Characters-

Piggy- Antagonist,Round character, Sheltered,
Ralph – Protagonist,Round character,Fair/Reasonable
Jack- Antagonist. Round Character, Huge Ego,Stubborn, Leadership trait, dislikes Ralph
Simon -Flat Character
Sam – Flat Character

Point of view-

The story is written in the third person. It makes it easier to follow all of the events and characters that are in the story.

Setting-

The story takes place on a desert island where a plane has crashed. There is a young group of children and that makes the story pretty interesting because of how young they are.

Notes-

- Children are generally worry free
- Author uses realism in the communication of the children

Theme-

The theme of the story I believe is loss of innocence of the children. They are slowly becoming more savage as time goes on.