- Took place during WW2
- British boys being stranded on an island
- The boys are trying to create a new civilization
- Acting without thinking
- Macbeth and Jack uses violence to obtain power (Savagery)
- They both act like kids
- Evil is dominating nature and all its goodness
- Takes place in Scotland
- Politics
- Macbeth tries to maintain civilization
LOTF: Chapter 2 "Fire on the Mountain"
LOTF and Macbeth
Lord of the Flies
Macbeth
Significant Quote
"we're acting like a crowd of kids" p. 37
Conflict
Symbolism
Jack vs savagery
Ralph vs Jack
- Begins to reject morals and rules
- Ignorance towards acts of kindness and responsibility
- Dictator characteristics
- Desire for meat
Summary
- Arguments on leadership
- Jack stealing Ralph's authority
- Jack starting the interest to hunt
- Littl'uns and Piggy continue to side with Ralph
Theme
- Jack failed to kill the pig in the creepers
- Jack wanted rules just so he could punish those who breaks them
- Jack suggested that they should use Piggy's glasses to make fire
- The boys were playing with fire and set half of the island on fire (Piggy was not pleased)
- The conflict between Jack and Ralph aroused after Ralph assured the kids that there are no such thing as the 'beastie', but Jack kept saying that he and his hunters were going to hunt it and kill it
Conch
Beastie aka 'snake- thing'
Fire
The importance of thinking before acting. What is ironic about this is that the boys are kids and so they lack the understanding of what is good or bad when there are no authorities around.
Piggy's Glasses
- Evil
- Foreshadows loss of innocence
- Powerful tool
- Victory
- innovative
Character Development
Ralph
- attempts to make decisions as voted leader
- confident
- takes initiative of the idea to be rescued, becoming his main priority
- still connected to humanity/civilization
Jack
- tries to take leadership over group
- aggressive
- witness a more savage side
- pig obsessed/loving
- care free
Piggy
- offers his intelligence to group as he is the brains for Ralph
- still connected to society/humanity
- growing detestation towards Jack, becomes Ralph's sidekick
- remains a weak character, being bullied and not acknowledged much
- sensitive, being unable to defend himself
Plot Development
Initial Incident-As Jack failed to kill the pig, he begins to contemplate about his inability to kill the pig, as he is uncomfortable by the idea of murder (not giving in to savagery, yet).
-> Triggers his obsession with killing pigs; overall, his desire to kill.
->Killing becomes his main priority and forgets the idea of being rescued.