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Chapters 1-4 Timeline Lord of the Flies

By Teyah, Yasmine, Hayden, Cean, Dominic, and Ifeany

Chapter 1

plot:

  • Stuck on an island by plane crash (Pg.1)
  • There are no adults meaning the kids just want to run around and play
  • Finding of the conch, used for calling meetings and letting people talk, brought the boys together- in order to have a meeting you blow the conch it shows authority(Pg.10)
  • Developing a civilization (Ralph voted as chief as well as Jack being voted lead of the Hunters) (Pg.19)
  • Split into 2 subgroups, Hunters and the Civilized (Pg.19/20

Chapter 1

What do we learn about each characters in chapter 1...

characters

Simon

  • Small, Skinny, Secretive, Shy and a wanderer
  • High Moral value
  • Not easily tempted or biased (intellectual)
  • Simon shows how quickly the boys tend to their selfish desires by demonstrating different a way of self preservation, he sets himself apart through his selflessness and morals. As most of the boys have abandoned theirs during the first few hours
  • Simon acts NOT through guilt or the fear of letting down others but through his inherent desire of keeping positive alongside his own perspective

Ralph

  • Fair Haired boy(page 1)
  • Athletic(page 4)
  • “Golden body", 12 years old(page 5)
  • Wide heavy shoulders makes him look like a boxer(page 5)
  • Likes to be in charge/be a leader- when having the election he decided that the conch made him powerful so he would be the leader
  • “We ought to have more rules”-This is an example of Ralph’s maturity and leadership and him trying to figure out how to deal with the situation they are in
  • Brave- trying to lead a group of kids is tough and trying to find ways to get off the island takes bravery
  • “Jack is in charge of the choir” Ralph knows Jack likes to be a leader so gives him a bit of leadership to make Jack happy, he is attempting to keep everyone civil(page 19)

Jack

  • In chapter one Jack is described as a “tall, thin, and bony” boy with “light blue eyes” (pg 16).

  • His personality is cruel and demeaning especially when speaking to Piggy demonstrated by his harsh tone, “Your talking too much, shut up fatty” (pg 17)

Jack

Sam and Eric

Sam n Eric

  • Identical twin boys(Pg.14)
  • Older than most
  • Bullet-headed (Pg.14)
  • Finish each other's sentences (Pg.17)
  • Chunky (Pg.15)
  • Close followers of Ralph, quiet and talk amongst themselves

Piggy

  • loyal
  • Overweight, critical thinker, very talkative
  • Piggy is mainly the brains behind Ralph's ideas
  • Piggy’s asthma, weight, and poor eyesight makes others see him as not important or weak
  • “I expect we’ll want to know all their names” pg.5 he cares about the others and knows they will be stuck there for a bit so they need to find others and learn their names
  • “Make a list. We ought to have a meeting” pg.5 This demonstrates his intelligence
  • Was called Piggy in school and does not like to be called Piggy pg.6

Roger

  • Older boy who is quiet and keeps to himself
  • He is very secretive in his behavior
  • Shows sadistic behavior
  • Was one of the hunters
  • Black hair
  • Gloomy face
  • “Let's have a vote” - Roger does not want to be a leader rather he wants to be follower (CH 1)

setting described in chapter 1...

setting

  • They are in a jungle which is hot and sunny with lots of bugs, it has a lagoon too which characters can use to bathe in
  • The lagoon is all different shades of colours
  • They ended up there because their plane was shot and they all crashed down into this jungle
  • "All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat”(page 1)
  • "I can't hardly move with all these creeper things”(page 1)
  • “Within the irregular arc of coral the lagoon was still as a mountain lake--blue of all shades and shadowy green and purple”(page 4)
  • “The palm sapling, bending, pushed the shell across the weeds”(page 11)
  • These quotes give us an image and idea of what this jungle looks like
  • They were on the lip of a circular hollow in the side of the mountain
  • "With a blue flower, a rock plant of some sort, and the overflow hung down the vent and spilled"
  • "lavishly among the canopy of the forest. The air was thick with butterflies, lifting, fluttering"(page 9)

Chapter 2

plot:

  • Have to survive and try to leave the island in order to do that they have to hunt animals so they can eat
  • In order to be seen they create a fire
  • Need to try to act like adults so they can get off the island
  • The littleuns are scared about the fact there could be monsters on the island with them (older boys try to tell everyone that the little boy's vision was just a nightmare and that the monsters aren't true)
  • Little boy who expresses his vision of the snake-beasts is now missing
  • The beast that the young boy says he saw starts to become and important symbol in the story
  • Little boy with birthmark dies in fire when it spreads to the forest

Chapter 2

What do we learn about each characters in chapter 2...

characters

Simon

  • His minimal verbal input throughout their attempts in starting a fire once again demonstrates his analytical perspective, only to follow up after they managed to complete the task.

Simon

Ralph

  • "They Liked and now respected him"(page 36)- people start seeing the qualities Ralph has and his ideas and start to respect him more
  • "That's enough! Said Ralph sharply"(page 46) Ralph demonstrated more and more leadership through out this chapter. He is trying to keep things under control a and deal with conflicts.

Jack

  • Jack throughout the four chapters indicates a problematic self image issue. He cares a lot about how others view him and his insecurities eventually provoke him to act violently when his flaws are pointed out. An example of this is when Piggy express his frustration to Jack about his mistake letting the fire go out in a crucial time.

  • "This from Piggy, and the wails of agreement from some of the hunters, drove Jack to violence. The bolting look came into his blue eyes. He took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy's stomach.” (Pg 75)

  • This is a crucial scene as it reveals much about Jack's primitive tendencies and how quickly he ironically switches to savagery despite what he says to the group.

Sam n Eric

  • “We’re the first to get a likely log” (Chapter 2, Pg.38)
  • This proves that Sam and Eric do what they are told, and do what the group needs
  • They just follow along with others

Piggy

Piggy

  • Gets bullied and made fun of mainly by Jack “Your always scared, yah-fatty” (Jack) pg.45
  • Everyone makes fun of Piggy and always laughs when others make jokes about him

Roger

  • “I have been watching the sea, There hasn’t been the trace of a ship perhaps we will never be saved” (CH 2) - Roger believes that island is a permanent place for the boys and feels they will never be rescued, so Roger begins to adapt to the island and align himself with Jack

Setting described in chapter 2...

setting

Setting reflects the mood of the story in chapter two.

“Once more, amid the breeze, the shouting, the slanting sunlight on the high mountain, was shed that glamour, that strange invisible light of friendship, adventure, and content.” (pg 38)

This line demonstrates that with how the author describes the weather, relating it to how the boys feel in that moment.

Contrarily, later on the boys start to argue and minor conflicts break out, the setting shifts to match the mood with a raging fire,

“a quarter of a mile square of forest was savage with smoke and flame. The separate noises of the fire merged into a drum-roll that seemed to shake the mountain. "You got your small fire all right." Startled, Ralph realized that the boys were falling still and silent, feeling the beginnings of awe at the power set free below them. The knowledge and the awe made him savage.” (pg 44)

The “savage” fire reflects how Ralph feels and acts in that moment, also described as “savage” (pg 44)

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

plot:

  • Ralph and Simon begin to build shelter on the beach
  • Ralph and Jack’s views start to separate even more-they both want different things and are clashing
  • They argue about important tasks and what needs to get done
  • Ralph makes it very clear to Jack and the hunters to keep the fire going
  • A thought sets in that there is a chance the island isn’t a good place, and the “beastie” might be a real threat
  • Simon travels into the jungle and wonders off just looking around in nature

What do we learn about each characters in chapter 3...

characters

Simon

  • Simon is quite secretive as well as compassionate of the others on the island. When Simon wanders off by himself nearing the end of chapter 3 he helps the younger group of boys pick off good fruit off a tree. His actions could describe him as a saint or sympathetically inclined human
  • Simon and Ralph do share some of the same traits Simon has. As in Chapter 3 they were tasked in building huts for the group. Simon was fueled with his upright morals while Ralph it felt was a necessity
  • “As if,” said Simon, “the beastie, the beastie or the snake-thing, was real. Remember?” Chp 3
  • Suggesting that they are not really alone on the island and the fear suggested by the younger boys were valid
  • Simon accepts all suggestions and does not immediately downplay those that may not be dominant in the group. (Piggy,Littleluns)

Simon

Ralph

  • "They're hopeless"(page 51)- Ralph is starting to get frustrated because he feels he is the only one doing anything and everyone else is not listening and wondering off
  • Ralph likes to be in control and having everyone be out of control is hard for him

Jack

  • "He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up" (pg 39)

  • This line indicates Jack's violent nature and maliciousness at heart.

  • He also reveals how he can be selfish, only showing interest in hunting and not for the other important aspects of surviving on the island. When Ralph mentions maintaining the fire in order to be rescued Jack has to "think for a moment before he could remember what rescue was."

Sam n Eric

Piggy

  • Piggy yells “no one knows we've crashed and we could be stranded here for a long time” Chapter 3 pg
  • Piggy understands what is going on and lots of the kids don't know the severity of the situation

Roger

setting described in chapter 3...

setting

"Flower and fruit grew together on the same tree and everywhere was the

scent of ripeness and the booming of a million bees at pasture" (pg 43)

In chapter 3 Simon is at peace with himself and the world, his mood is complimented by how the setting is calm and pleasant.

Chapter 4

plot:

  • Relaxed and calm at the beginning of Chapter 4
  • We get a glimpse of Rogers dark side and his sadistic behavior, throwing things at Henry on the beach
  • The Hunters paint their faces
  • Ralph spots a ship in the distance under the horizon and immediately thinks about their fire and the smoke
  • The Hunters let the fire go out, and come back with a dead pig
  • Things get tense within the group and they began to yell and fight with each other, Jack punches Piggy and his glasses/specs break
  • All Jack could think about was how they killed a pig and got meat, while Ralph on the other hand was upset and frustrated that they could've had a chance to get off the island

Chapter 4

What do we learn about each characters in chapter 4...

characters

Simon

  • Simon once again mimicked his actions from chapter 2 as he remains quite silent by dialog but at this point the reader should pick up that Simon seemingly inactiveness through talking is expressed through actual work.

Simon

Ralph

  • "He did desperate violence to his naked body among the rasping creepers so that blood was sliding over him" (page 70)
  • This is the first time we see Ralph really angry
  • He is understandably mad because everyone's chance of being seen was taken because of the fire being let out
  • Not everyone is cooperating and working together and this is very upsetting to Ralph because people not doing what they are told is causing everyone to be on this island for longer

Jack

  • "Jack had meant to leave him in doubt, as an assertion of power" (pg 56)

  • Jack continues to express his fragile ego, he cares about how he is perceived. Jack will at all costs attempt to maintain his image.

Sam n Eric

  • Referred to as one being/entity (Chapter 4, Pg.66, “Samneric”)
  • “Seemed to share one wide, ecstatic grin”
  • Every time the twins are mentioned they are mentioned as a whole not as individuals

Piggy

  • Whenever Piggy has the conch no one listens to him because everyone believes they are superior to piggy
  • “I got the conch” “I got a right to speak” The twins giggled at Piggy.(chapter 4)
  • No one values or takes Piggy seriously

Roger

  • “ You don't half a mess” - Roger says this to Jack’s face paint. This shows how roger disregards civilized manner to a savage manner
  • Shows sadistic and evil behaviour( stomping on the boys sand castle and throwing rocks at Henry CH4)

setting described in chapter 4...

setting

  • "The silence of the forest was more oppressive than the heat"(page 49)this implies it might be close to summer because of the heat
  • The jungle being very silent is demonstrating their isolation and loneliness

The authors style throughout the chapters...

Style

  • Lord of the Flies is written in 3rd person omniscient view
  • The story is told through lots of different characters views
  • There are lots of descriptions on the setting throughout the novel and lots of dialogue scenes too( “ all around him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat, a bird a vision of red and yellow flashed upward with a witch like cry” CH1)

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