“In the book “Lord of the flies” written by William Golding he enforces that “The greatest ideas are the simplest” he does this by…….. The boys in the novel believe that they “did everything adults would do” and they can’t understand “what went wrong”. what they don’t know is adults would do same……

The novel “Lord of the flies” written by William Golding is a story about a group of school boys who are involved in a plane crash and become stranded on an island, in the book they learn how to survive and attempt becoming a community. In order for the boys to be rescued, Ralph (the leader) […]

The basis of the book, Lord of the Flies by William Goldberg, finds all of the horrible aspects of society and links it back to original human nature. We follow the group of English school boys as they lose their humanity and minds and we are constantly reminded of our capacity for violence. A prominent […]

Symbolism Elements in the text that represent something greater. EG Conch Shell Pigs head Beast Mountian Smoke/Fire

Structure Over- arching sequence of events Flashback Foreshadowing

Language Choices made by author

Setting Time, place Social setting, atmosphere

Character Name Appearance Relationships Language Status

THEME Civilisation- fragile Civil/ social division Power Survival Innocence Rules and order Fear Identity Youth In lord of the flies, the overall theme is the conflict between human impulses and the rules of civilisation which are designed to minimize it. At first, the boys were innocent but when left alone without supervision and soon turned into […]