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LOTF
Characters
Ralph
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'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.'
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'Ralph launched himself like a cat; stabbed, snarling, with a spear, and the savage doubled up.'
Piggy
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'Piggy was so full of delight and expanding liberty in Jack's departure, so full of pride in his contribution to the good of society, that he helped to fetch wood.'
Simon
'Then, amid the roar of bees in the afternoon sunlight, Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach... passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands.'
'Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon's dead body moved out toward the open sea.'
Jack
"We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are the best at everything."
"he hadn't: because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood.'
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Violence/Savagery
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'The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.'
Civilisation
Jack’s character represents the destructive force of the primal instincts that threaten to overwhelm the remnants of civilization on the island.
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Civilization is portrayed through the importance of the conch, as Golding creates it to be the balance of civility and nature.
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Golding uses the conch as a symbol to track this shift, emphasizing the complex relationship between civility and the primal nature of humanity.
The decay of civilization is portrayed through Piggy’s death, and the rise of savagery amongst the boys.
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Setting
'The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers... Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island.'
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