LORD OF THE FLIES FINAL PROJECT

Theme

Characterization

Piggy

Loss of Innocence

Psychology

Piggy is a fat boy that wears glasses. He is known to be the wise one that tries to speak up, but no one seems to listen.

Fear of the Unknown

Piggy's glasses are a symbol that represents him because he sees things the other boys dont see such as being intelligent. Once his glasses are broken he loses his clearity.

pg. 69 " We've killed the pig- we stole up on them-we got in a circle-"

pg.31 " They knew very well why he hadn't: because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood."

pg.91 "What are we? Humans? Animals? Or savages? What's grownups going to think?"

pg.185 "They were savages it was true; but they were human, and ambushing fears of the deep night were coming on."

Allegory

Fear of the known means the fear of survival. Losing something that means the most to you such as: health, wealth, or authority.

pg.174 " Piggy peered anxiously into the luminous veil that hung between him and the world."

Religious Allegory

The most common emotions to occur when going through fear of the unknown is stress, anxiety, sadness, or scared.

In chapter 11, this quote represents the loss of innocence because a little boy was uncertain about his safety.

In a religious allegory you get a more understanding of the story between the characters and a symbolic meaning.

Throughout the story the little boys are going through Fear of the Unknown. They did not know if they would ever be rescued. The fear of survival, living on an island with a creature known as "beastie." The fear of not knowing what the beast really is. The fear of health, figuring out if they could catch a pig so that they could eat meat. Each boy went through different emotions that controlled the way they acted.

Kristian Moe, " Lord of the flies as a Religious Allegory" claims that Lord of the Flies is seen as a religious allegory by comparing Jesus and Simon. Moe mentions Simon is a prophet, Jesus won over death, just like Simon did when he faced the Beast, and came back alive. She also mentions they had both been killed in anger and in the belief that they were evil. In order to support her claim she compared Jesus and Simon in events. This essay was made for the audience thats reading Lord of the Flies to show that its a religious allegory.

Ch.2 " Now he says it was a beastie." "Beastie?" "A snake-thing. Ever so big. He saw it." (pg. 35)

In chapter 3, Simon was the only one willing to help the littluns build their shelter. Jesus would do the same thing to help if he had seen innocent little children struggling to build their shelter. (pg.54-55)

Throughout the story the boys represent Adam and Eve because the island is like the Garden of Eden. The boys tend to distrub the peace of the island.

Theme

Loss of Innocence

Characterization

Characterization

Roger

Ralph

Roger is known to be evil for his actions, and doesnt seem to care if hes cruel to the boys.

Ralph is known to be an attractive fair leader. He is the one to call meetings to order and make final decisions.

The stick sharpened at both ends represents Roger because he wants to use replace the pigs head for Ralphs head.

pg.114 "Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the Pig! Bash him in!"

pg.63 " For hunting. Like in a war. You know- dazzled paint."

pg.36 " We're going to hunt pigs to get meat for everybody."

pg. 69 " There was lashings of blood," said Jack, laughing and shuddering , " You should of seen it."

The conch represents Ralph because the conch symbolizes power. Ralph had called the first assembly with the boys using the conch.

pg. 198 " Ralph stirred restlessly in his narrow bed. One chanced nothing! What could they do? Beat him? So what? Kill him? A stick sharpened at both ends."

pg. 157 " Don't you understand, Piggy? The things we did-" Ralph is talking about the death of Simon. Ch.10, the loss of innocence.

In chapter 12, Roger loses his loss of innocence because he wants to kill Ralph. Roger treats Ralph as if he were a pig.

Symbolism

Works Cited

Piggy's glasses: Represent the loss of innocence because once they break, he accidentally kills Simon thinking it was the beast.

Literal: The glasses are a sign of seeing things more clear, with a better understanding. He gained intelligence with the glasses.

"Fear." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 01 Oct. 2014. Web. 15 Jan. 2014.

The fire at the top of the mountain: They use the fire to signal for help, which ,led to hope in being found.

Literal: Fires generally attract the eyes . Also used in emergency situations.

Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: The Berkley Publishing Group,1954. Print.

Characterization

Simon

Jack

"Lord of the Flies as a Religious Allegory." Free Essay Mehrnush. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2014.

The conch: Symbolizes authority and power to be able to speak when blowing the conch.

Literal: The conch makes noise to call out for attention.

Simon is known to keep to himself, but when he speaks up it makes sence. Also, suffers from epilepsy.

Jack is known to be an aggressive jealous person. He took over to be a leader and will do anything to shed blood.

Jack represents uncivilization because he doesnt care about anyone else, thinks hes the best, and loves violence.

Simon represents Jesus because he is always willing to help the younger kids. In the end of chapter 8, Simon comes face-to-face with the pigs head , and realizes the beast is not a creature but evil within themselves.

"Religious Allegory." Shmoop. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2014.

pg.154" Simon's dead body moved out toward the open sea."

pg. 51 " He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up. "

"I went on. I thought, by myself-"

"The madness came into his eyes again."

" I thought i might kill."

Simon's death represents the loss of innocence because the boys' violent act on killing Simon made the boys' lose their humanity and become evil.

In chapter 3, Jack is talking about killing the pig.

LORD OF THE FLIES: LOSS OF INNOCENCE

Vivian Lopez Period 2 January 15th, 2014