GCSE Lord of the Flies
WHOLE TEXT 40 marks 45 minutes 8/9 paragraphs, context in every paragraph
Ralph
Jack
Piggy
Simon
Roger
Savagery/civilisation/order
Innocence
Fear
Power
Wisdom/knowledge
first sign of not-paradise is Simon's fainting
Ballantyne's novel
part of choir, church, holy, Jack
schoolteacher
throughout novel, only character to not commit sin
original sin
is more questioning of beast and goes up to see for himself
served in war, knows of atrocities adults can commit
on ralph's side, helps him lead like a religious figure
cold war
death
dictatorship
part of choir
schoolteacher
throws stuff at children, escalates to murder of piggy
original sin
threatens Jack
cold war
at first civilised
ballantyne
everyone is capable of evil
served in war, everyone is capable of evil w/o civilisation
freudian theory
ralph is the ego, piggy superego, jack id
seems like a good character but participates in murder of simon
everyone is capable of sin
ralph's name, perfect character
ballantyne's novel
rift with jack
cold war
obsession with rescue
adults can do terrible things, microcosmos, served in war
weeps for the end of innocence
original sin, doomed from beginning, despite his efforts
freudian theory
in choir
everyone is capable of evil, schoolteacher
continents apart
cold war
jack's name
ballantyne
plays on fears, beast
served in war
mask that frees him
original sin
escalation of violence
original sin, savagery
freudian theory
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everyone being mean to him
children will be evil, schoolteacher
stays with ralph
cold war
civilisation
ballantyne
looking up to grownups
served in war
desperate to be a part of something, even at expense of morals in the moment
original sin
death
climax of novel
deterioration of language and power of conch
ballantyne
microcosmos
served in war
fear of becoming the savagery they fear
cold war
why jack wins
freudian theory and civilisation
simon's death, increase in violence
original sin
choirboys
everyone is capable of evil
Ralph hoping for a sign from adults
served in war
power of knowledge makes jack leader
schoolteacher
simon getting killed for seeing past fears
dictatorships
acceptance of violence
dictatorships
remembering civilisation (percival)
freudian theory
fear of succumbing to enemies
cold war paranoia
fight over savagery crushed
original sin
ralph's obsession mirrors jack's
ballantyne (dystopia)
deterioration of society
ballantyne
acceptance of violence
dictatorship
jack and the mask
freudian theory
ralph's futile attempt to stay out of violence
cold war paranoia
adults
served in war
simon's innocence
original sin
loss of innocence as no punishment
schoolteacher
jack and the mask
freudian theory
adults sign
served in war
loss of power of conch, deterioration of society
ballantyne
who should have power?
dictatorship
rift of power
cold war
abuse of power
schoolteacher
thirst for power is inherent in humans
original sin
deterioration of logic
ballantyne
jack's obsession
freudian theory
lead through fear
schoolteacher
adults aren't perfect
served in war
power through fear
cold war paranoia
simon knows
original sin
"I can sing C sharp"
"one of the boys flopped on his face in the sand and the line broke up"
"Choir! Stand still!"
"Go on being chief."
"However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human, at once heroic and sick."
"the water rose further and dressed Simon's coarse hair with brightness"
"The dark boy, Roger, stirred"
"Roger edged past the chief, only just avoiding pushing him with his shoulder"
High overhead, Roger, with a sense of deliriuous abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever.
"he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life"
torturer
dictatorship
"Ralph was a shock of hair and Piggy a bag of fat"
"Let's have a vote"
"You voted me for chief. Now you do what I say."
"Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering"
"Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy."
“Which is better –to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?”
They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought.
"golden body"
"On the beach behind him was a cutter, her bows hauled up and held by two ratings. In the stern-sheets another rating held a sub-machine gun."
"the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist...Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed. "
"Choir! Stand still!"
"Which is better- to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?"
"Slowly the red drained from Jack’s cheeks, then came back with a painful rush. He licked his lips and turned his head at an angle, so that his gaze avoided the embarrassment of linking with another’s eye."
"We're English. The English are the best at everything"
"Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!"
"his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling"
the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness
"sought in his head for an incantation that had faded clean away"
"I'm chief. I was chosen."
"Why should choosing make any difference?"
"Piggy rubbed his glasses slowly and thought"
"They used to call me Piggy!"
"Which is better- to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?"
"The booing rose and died again as Piggy lifted the white, magic shell."
"What's grownups goin' to think?"
"What good're you doing talking about it?"
"what's the grownups goin' to think?"
"They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought."
“The conch doesn’t count on top of the mountain"
"Which is better- to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?"
"Choir! Stand still!"
"Roger led the way straight through the [sand] castles, kicking them over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen stones. "
"You got your small fire all right." […] the boys were falling still and silent, feeling the beginnings of awe at the power set free below them. "
"Simon found for [the littluns] the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands."
"On the beach behind him was a cutter, her bows hauled up and held by two ratings. In the stern-sheets another rating held a sub-machine gun."
"Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy."
"Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering"
They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought.
"Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed"
“Maybe […] there is a beast [...] What I mean is...maybe it's only us."
"Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering"
"There was a ship. Out there. You said you'd keep the fire going and you let it out!"
"if only they could send us something grown-up"
“Ralph – remember what we came for. The fire. My specs.”
"[Merridew's] eyes, frustrated now, turning, or ready to turn, to anger"
"this is a hunter's job"
"Kill the Beast! Bash her in!"
"the figure seemed to peer across the brow of the mountain"
"Ralph was puzzled by the shutter that flickered in his brain."
behaviour of society in the face of fear
dictatorship
"they became motionless, gripped in eachothers arms"
“Maybe […] there is a beast [...] What I mean is...maybe it's only us."
"Ralph was puzzled by the shutter that flickered in his brain."
"black cloaks which bore a long silver cross"
"Kill the Beast! Bash her in!"
"if only they could send us something grown-up"
"the water rose further and dressed Simon's coarse hair with brightness"
"he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life"
"Simon found for [the littluns] the fruit they could not reach, [...] passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands."