Lord of the flies -William Golding

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Lord of the flies -William Golding

• A Visual Presentation

Julia Haggroth Ashley Foster John Peral Philip
Matuskiewicz
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About the author
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• 1911 - 1993
• Wrote Lord of the flies 1954 (thirst novel)
• Novels, series, non fictions and short stories
• Nobel Prize in literature 1983

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Island map

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The characters

• Ralph
• The main leader in the beginning
• In conflict with Jack
• Piggy
• Finds the conch
• Characterized for his glasses
• Suffer from asthma
• Jack
• Evil personality
• Takes place as a leader for an other group after
  a while

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Characters continuing

• Simon
• Helpful and positive
• Member of the Choir in the plane wreck
• Roger
• A sadistic boy who takes side with Jack
• A stick sharpener for Jacks tribe for the
  torturers
• Samneric
• Twins
• Dependent of each other
• Loyal to Ralph

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Chapter 1 The Sound of the Shell

• Plane full of British school boys crash.
• Somewhere (maybe an island).
• Ralph and Piggy meet each other and talk about
  what to do.
• Piggy tells Ralph How he got his nickname.
• Ralphs father is a commander in the Navy.
• Piggy finds a conch (When you blow into it,
  survivors will come).
• Ralph becomes chief, Jack becomes choir leader.
• Ralph, Simon, and Jack go exploring. They go up a
  mountain and see their crash site, and the entire
  island.
• They find a pig, and Jack attempts to capture it.

Ashley Foster
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Chapter 2 Fire on the Mountain
Ashley Foster

• Ralph sets rules
• No one can talk, unless theyre holding the
  conch.
• A Boy proclaims that there is a Beastie or
  Snake-Thing
• Ralph says theres no such thing.
• Jack says him and his hunters will kill it if
  there is.
• The boys talk about getting rescued.
• Decide to make a fire and make sure it never
  dies.
• On the top of the mountain that Jack, Ralph, and
  Simon all found.
• The Fire gets too big, and starts to burn down
  the island.
• The boy who proclaimed about the Beastie is not
  in the storyThey believe he got killed in the
  Fire.

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Chapter 3 Huts on the Beach

• Jack tries to catch a pig, but misses.
• Ralph and Simon start to build shelters.
• Simon is still convinced that the Beastie or
  Snake-Thing is real.
• Simon is shown for the first time to have a
  certain power and wisdom of his own.

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Chapter 4 Painted Faces and Long Hair

• Things between the boys start to change.
• Jack, Samneric, and Bill, all put clay on their
  faces, and go on a pig hunt.
• Ralph sees a ship while swimming with Piggy, The
  fire is out.
• Jack smacks Piggy across the face, breaks one of
  Piggys Lenses.
• Jack wont give Piggy any meat so Simon gives his
  to Piggy. Jack tosses another piece to Simon.
• Ralph calls an assembly.

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Chapter 5

• John Peral

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Chapter 6

• John Peral

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Chapter 7

• John Peral

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Chapter 8

• John Peral

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Chapter 9

• Simon wakes up from his encounter with the lord
  of the flies,
• then climbs to the summit of the mountain.
• He looks at the dead pilot, then sees no beast in
  it
• then he goes to the others to tell them there is
  no beast on the mountain.
• In the same timeframe, Ralph and Piggy go to
  Jacks pig roast, and eat.
• Ralph tries to call another meeting, and is
  humiliated.
• Piggy and Ralph also join in Jacks chant, but
  denies that account.
• Ralph reprimands jack for not having shelters
  when it rains at this roast.
• The pilot's body breaks free from the mountain
  and goes down into the sea.
• When Simon goes into the chant, he is mistaken
  for the beast, then killed. His body also goes
  out into the sea.

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Chapter 10

• At this point, only a few of the kids remain in
  Ralphs group.
• Jack sort of has created a Tribe of hunters
• The kids call him the proper chief
• He has strict control over everyone in that tribe
• No one orders Jack around
• Jack explains the beast came as Simon disguised
  and they have to keep alert at all times.
• Jack plans on steeling Piggys glasses with
  Roger, and Maurice
• Jack and his helpers attack Ralphs men, and
  steal Piggys glasses.

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Chapter 11

• Ralph lets the signal fire go out
• Ralph is convinced by Piggy to blow the conch,
  which does nothing
• Piggy shows bravery as he wants his glasses, and
  is willing to go to Jack to get them back
• All 4 of Ralphs gang go to Castle Rock to get
  Piggys glasses back
• Samneric is captured (the twins are as 1
  identity)
• Piggy is killed

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Chapter 12

• Ralph settles into a wooded area on the island
• he eats fruit
• He messes around with the pig head where Simon
  encountered the beast
• Ralph is viewed by Jacks tribe as a pig now
• Ralph becomes savage when the others find his
  hiding place revealed by Simneric
• Jack and his clan starts the big fire on all the
  island
• A ship office arrives at a burning island to find
  out what was wrong
• The fire saved the kids, and the ships take them
  home

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Conclusion

• Reflection of how our reality society works
• Proves how a situation can reveal a persons dark
  side

Philip and Julia
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Sources Cited

• http//www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/goldin
  gw/index.html
• http//www.rit.edu/sjg2490/lotf/island.html
• www.bookrags.com/notes/lof