Thursday, September 1, 2016

Literature Analysis Questions #1


  1. A group of British school boys plane crashes on a island. Two of the boys find a conch shell and their names are Ralph and Piggy. They use the shell to call the other boys on the island. Once they were all together they choose a leader and they picked Ralph and then he picked Jack to be the leader of the hunter who were going to gather food. After Ralph, Jack and another boy name Simon went out to explore the island and when they come back Ralph tells the others that they should make a signal fire so passing ships can see them. So then they went to collect wood and the used the focus on Piggy's glasses to make the fire. The boys wanted to have more fun and play around then keeping an eye on the fire because of this the wood burns out of control and the forest is on fire and one boy disappears during the fire probably burned to death. The boys loved their life without any grownups around and all they did was play around. Ralph was mad because they should be building a shelter and keeping the fire on instead of goofing around. Also the hunter didn't catch the wild pig and Jack started caring more about hunting then building a shelter and getting rescued. 
  2. The theme of Lord of the Flies is the conflict between civilization and savagery. This conflict is shown through Ralph and Jack in which Ralph represents civilization and Jack represents savagery. Ralph wants to set rules and protect the group and enforce their English society behaviors. On the other hand Jack wants to have power over the boys so he becomes the leader of his own group and makes them worship and serve him. As you can see civilization and savagery are two very different things.
  3. Based on the author's tone I imagine the author's morning routine that the author sleeps late. Drinks coffee with no caffeine. The author does no type of meditation and wishes he wasn't so hungover. At breakfast he eats cold food with no flavor that doesn't taste very good. The author lives in his house that is dark with no sunlight shining through the window. He lives by himself with no one else only him. The author writes about death and evilness. Examples in the story are: Piggy's death and Simon's death, Ralph and Jack's conflict and the evil that controls some of the boys.

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