“I bet you can hear that for miles.” Ralph found his breath and blew a series of short blasts.


I chose to do a character because I feel that the characters are really important. I have chose to write about Ralph. He is such a figure in this book, he is strong he has looks he is the ideal leader in any book. Ralph is smart he knows that he needs to keep his and the others hopes up that they are going to be rescued. All of the kids look up to Ralph and its because he is such a strong figure and that he is smart and hopeful.

LOTF Ch.1 & 2 Response: Setting

"They had guessed before that this was an island: clambering among the pink rocks, with the sea on either side, and the crystal height of air, they had know by some instinct that the sea lay on every side. But there seemed something more fitting in leaving the last word till they had stood on the top, and could see a circular horizon of water."



Lord of the Flies is undeniably an allegory and in that allegory the island that they boys crash on represents Earth. The story begins and ends on the island as does every humans save for a few astronauts and cosmonauts. The characters arcs take place in the setting and are shaped by it. The jungle offers threats such as "the beastie" and the creepers and beach is their new home. The boys are nurtured by nature.

They are shaped by their new hostile and unforgiving environment.Their hair changes color in the sun and they're sin is devastated by sunburns. They no longer dress like school and choir boys. Reduced to their undergarments, they have all but left that aspect of civilized life behind.The island turns them from good little boys to savage killers in the course of a few months.

They boys could sustain themselves on the resources both it and the ocean provide but are not mature enough to successfully do so.

Setting of LOTF

Lord of the Flies Ch. 1-2 Setting

"Here the beach was interrupted abruptly by the square motif of the landscape; a great platform of pink granite thrust up uncompromisingly through forest and terrace and sand and lagoon to make a raised jetty four feet high." -LOTF pg. 12

This paragraph explains the platform. The platform is probably the most important setting throughout the first chapters. It is where all of the meetings will be held from now until the end of the book. There are good times, bad times, compromises, and arguments to be held here.

The platform shows a sense of civilization and government. This is where boys make some laws, such as who's the leader, and hold the conch when you speak. The platform is also where all of the meetings are held and people figure out what to do, like a courthouse.

LOTF Chapter One: Setting

     In chapter one, the author starts off with introducing the characters and then the setting.  "The shore was fledged with palm trees. These stood or leaned or re- clined against the light and their green feathers were a hundred feet up in the air. The ground beneath them was a bank covered with coarse grass, torn everywhere by the upheavals of fallen trees, scattered with decaying coconuts and palm saplings. Behind this was the darkness of the forest proper and the open space of the scar. "


     When you begin reading this book, you are curious and partially confused. He talks about the "scar" and how the island looks at first glance. The mood that the author sets isn't particularly scary or negative. I think as the author goes on, he explains the setting according to the boys emotions. As the chapter goes on, the island is expressed with positive curiosity. 

     On a nice warm day, you might have a positive and hopeful outlook on life. If the setting is rainy and dreadful, you might feel worthless and have no hope. The setting and mood are connected in a way that make you visualize what's happening differently. When the boys first get here, they have concerns but are also thrilled at the fact that there are no adults and supervision. The boys discuss rescue and their plans, but the excitement to explore the island is high.  They are not ready to give up and the island has no fear, at least not yet. 

Lord of the Flies: Chapter One Response

Symbolisms

     On pages 28 and 29 of the book it says, " They had guessed before that this was an island: clambering among the pink rocks, with the sea on either side, and the crystal heights of air, they had known by some instinct that the sea lay on every side. But there seemed something more fitting in leaving the last word till they stood on the top, and could see a circular horizon of water.

Ralph turned to the others. 'This belongs to us.' "

     In chapter one Ralph, Jack, and Simon decide to explore the island to see what was out there. As they climbed to the top of the mountain there was this sort of fitting silence that fell among the boys; they were just waiting. Once they reached the top they looked out and saw that the island was uninhibited. They also saw the spot on the island that their plane crash landed, the 'scar.'

     Ralph was the first to speak and he said, "This belongs to us." He claimed the island as there own, it was fit for civilization. However, he also claimed the 'scar' which symbolizes the savagery that exists in human nature. Usually I attempt to be a rather positive person, I can see the beauty in the world, as they saw in the island. However, there are definitely moments where I can see the scar, that savagery, in human nature.

LotF Chapter 1 Response

Setting:

     In the beginning of chapter one, the children crashed into the jungle below them, once they had landed and gathered, they examined the area. They gathered on the beach, so they knew they were on coastline of some sort. They saw the jungle beyond the sand, and the great scar, which plowed through the jungle, like a plow into soft soil. The only other thing that they could see, was a large mountain, towering above the jungle and beach.

Jack, Ralph, and Piggy decide to climb the mountain to see if they can get any idea of they're location. One reaching the summit, and looking around, they see they are on a piece of land, surround by a great sea of water. This Island, must have been miles away from any other shores, as there was not a single other strip of land to be found. Other than the small detached rock, just of the tip of the island. “They had guessed before that this was an island: clambering among the pink rocks, with the sea on either side, and the crystal heights of air, they had known by some instinct that the sea lay on every side. But there seemed something more fitting in leaving the last word till they stood on the top, and could see a circular horizon of water." 


This can relate to the earth, stuck in the middle of space, all alone, except the moon, a small distance from our surface. Much like the small rock, just a few meters from the beach. The water surrounding it like the space around the earth. As someone who would love to travel far into the reaches of space, this idea that the earth is alone, with nothing but empty space around it. 

Quote from Lord of the Flies ( Pg. 8 )

The fat boy looked startled.

"There was that pilot. But he wasn't in the passenger cabin, he was up in front."

The fair boy was peering at the reef through screwed-up eyes.

"All them kids," the fat boy went on. "Some of them must have got out. They must have, mustn't they?" 

The fair boy began to pick his way as casually as possible toward the water. He tried to be offhand and not too obviously uninterested, but the fat boy hurried after him. ( Pg. 8 )

The reason why I picked this quote was because the "Fat Boy" seemed so interested on where the pilot went because the pilot wasn't nowhere to be found. The other reason why I picked this was because sometimes I miss place things and wonder where I've put my own stuff the other reason why I picked this was because the "Fair Boy" seemed careless and become close to the water and tried acting to be offhand. In the past I have tried acting very careless and also acted like I wasn't  interested but come's to find out I cared about what I done and started acting like I was interested in the thing's.

Lord of the Flies Chapter One Response.

Chapter Response: Chapter 1

Character Development: Jack

Quote: "Inside the floating cloak he was tall, thin, and bony; and his hair was red beneath the black cap. His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness. Out of this face stared two light blue eyes, frustrated now, and turning, or ready to turn, to anger."

Analysis: Jack is portrayed in this as intimidating and ugly. This is foreshadowing Jack's later attitudes and actions. He is the choir leader and seems to be very strict towards them.

He has an intimidating cloak hiding an ugly face frustrated with the other boys. His frustration begins to turn to anger when what he wants isn't done. Jack didn't show any weakness towards the boys to want to seem even more intimidating.

I interperet Jack as a strong, mean "bully" towards all of the other boys. He acts like he is the leader even whenever Ralph is given leadership. I feel Jack may later cause large problems or even death for one or more of the children due to these traits.

Chapter one characters.

Characters in Lord of The Flies

In Lord of The Flies chapter one, you meet all the characters that survived the plane crash. This plays a big role in the plot of the story. In chapter one everyone is still sane and shaped by a civilized society. The personalities of the people who are introduced are the true personalities of them. One example I'm going to use ralph. Ralph was described in the book as a superior.

He was introduced being finding piggy and helping him. Hes later further described as “He was old enough, twelve years and a few months, to have lost the prominent tummy of childhood and not yet old enough for adolescence to have made him awkward. You could see now that he might make a boxer, as far as width and heaviness of shoulders went, but there was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil.”

This right here says that he's big and strong and he could win in a fight. Yet the mildness of his face shows that he is kind and this “righteousness” is what makes him the leader over jack.

Setting of Lord of The Flies Chapter 1

Lord of the Flies Chapter 1 Setting

During chapter 1 Ralph lowers himself down into a lagoon on a beach. There he encounter another boy who is  chubby and wears thick glasses.  The chubby boy with thick glasses turns out to be Piggy who say that there plane had been shot down and crash landed in the jungle with no sign of the pilot.

Ralph and Piggy walked around the beach in search of the other people on the plane, while doing so they discovered a conch shell that Piggy thought could be used as a trumpet, they blew through the shell trying to find the other people that was on the plane, they found the rest of them and they order them to stand at attention.

They begin exploring the jungle. They eventually reach the end of the jungle, there they could see steep mountains, and a island that had no sign of civilization. When they get back Ralph sounds the conch shells telling the others that there are no adults on the island. One of the boys brought up that none of them new that they crashed there, so Ralph say that they will light a signal fire on top of the mountain so that ships might see the fire and get help for them because they were trapped there.

The setting in chapter 1 was them getting to know the island and exploring through it.

Setting for Lord of the Flies

Dylan Massey

6th Period

The setting in Lord of the Flies is a key factor to what happens throughout the rest of the book.  “The white surf flinked on a coral reef, and beyond that the open sea was dark blue. Within the irregular arc of the lagoon was still as a mountain lake.”  Page 14.  This quote already sets you up with a weird feeling towards this random island in the Pacific.  There is this reef that creates an arc where the water is still, this seems like a red flag already to me.  However, Golding picks this island for a reason to show how man’s savage inner being lurks not far beneath the surface.  This island will try to bring out the worst in people, and try to divide the civil society the boys try to create.  

I would say the setting is also a factor that increases the tension between the boys.  Everybody is perfectly fine with the environment they’re in, but after a while they start to get used to and kind of annoyed by it.  They’re tired of the hot sun beating down on them, they’re tired of the dark nights that bring frights to the younger kids.  All of this plus add on some other little annoying things from the other kids on the island, can set someone off to cause division in the society and group.  All in all, the setting is a curse to the boys on the island and their ongoing struggles to create a civil society.

Setting of lord of the flies

     In Chapter one and two the kids are at the sight of the plane crash. They do not know what is going on. The kids didn't know what was going on.

     The fair boy shook his head. “This is an island. At least I think it’s an island. That’s a reef out in the sea. Perhaps there aren’t any grownups anywhere.” This told the reader that they were on a mysterious island.

     “There was that pilot. But he wasn’t in the passenger cabin, he was up in front.” The fair boy was peering at the reef through screwed-up eyes. “All them other kids,” the fat boy went on. “Some of them must have got out. They must have, mustn’t they?” This is part of the plane crash.

Piggy is scared, but Piggy prioritizes. -Erika Webb 6th 2017

     Piggy is a really cool character if you look deeper into his perspective on things. He has boys all around him celebrating their freedom from grownups, yet he his focused solely on getting off of that island. "Who knows we're here? "The airport knew where we were going but not where we are." Piggy was shaking when he spoke about there circumstances. He was afraid to speak, and he had a valid reason to speak up. Piggy was the only one thinking about how they would survive on the island. He knew no one was coming to rescue them and he was trying to get everyone else to understand that.
      Around 40 boys were on the island that the plane crashed on and Piggy was the only one mature, and smart enough to worry about the future that was in store for every one of them. He worked feverishly to persuade the boys into worrying about rescue. Once they began to take notice they went up the mountain to start a rescue fire for ships to see. When they reached the top they had nothing to start the fire so they robbed Piggy of his glasses. They used the glasses to start the fire and then, because of their foolishness, they lit the entire island on fire. One of the little uns went missing, and Piggy was the only one worried about where he'd went off to. "That little un-" Piggy gasped- " Him with the mark on his face, I don't see him. Where is he now?"
     If the boys would give Piggy a chance, they'd learn to listen and respect him. He's a smart guy and he should be listened to. The boys walk over him and he's too scared to stand up for himself to tell them to stop. Piggy is someone they should look up to. He has valid arguments that deserve to be heard. The guy can prioritize and I think that is what the island needs.

LOTF Theme

There are many themes that you can pull from the first chapter of Lord of the Flies.  The main theme that you can notice in this book is civilization vs. savagery.  The central concern of Lord of the Flies is the conflict between two competing impulses that exist within all human beings.  The instinct to live by the rules, act peacefully, follow moral commands, and value the good of the group against the instinct to gratify one’s immediate desires, act violently to obtain supremacy over others, and enforce one’s will.  This conflict might be expressed in a number of ways: civilization vs. savagery, order vs. chaos, reason vs. impulse, law vs. anarchy, or the wide heading of good vs. evil.  

Another theme you can notice in Lord of the Flies is loss of innocence.  As the boys on the island progresses from well-behaved, orderly children longing for rescue to cruel, bloodthirsty hunters who have no desire to return to civilization, they naturally lose the sense of innocence that they possessed at the beginning of the novel.

Poor Piggy

Piggy stirred.
"I'll come." 


Ralph turned to him.
"You're no good on a job like this."
"All the same-"
"We don't want you," said Jack, flatly. "Three's enough."
Piggy's glasses flashed. 
"I was with him when he found the conch. I was with him before anyone else." Page 24.
  
     Piggy wanted to go hunting with the boys, and Jack wouldn't let him. Piggy was hurt. Ralph picked the other boys instead of him. Ralph had been with Piggy since he found the conch, and he let Piggy for Jack and Simon as soon as he met them. Piggy felt that Ralph sort of betrayed him because he didn't get to go. Jack became the voice that made the decision to not let Piggy go. He told him that he wasn't wanted, and he wouldn't be good at a job like they were taking on.
     In today's society, I think this is also true. Today, I think some people lose track of who has been there for them, and who comes along and will make them look better. I am guilty of this. I have left some of my best friends while in search for people who were more excepted in society, or more likely to help me. People want to be the "top dog" or the leader. 
     Piggy was one of the friends I would've left behind. Later Ralph would realize that he needed Piggy, like I would need my friends. Piggy would be humiliated before Ralph would ever come to help him. Ralph would even humiliate him more by referring to him as Piggy. 

The setting of Lord of the Flies

Chapter 1, page 10

   "Ralph stood, one hand against a grey trunk, and screwed up his eyes against the shimmering water. Out there, perhaps a mile away, the white surf flinked on a coral reef, beyond that the open sea was dark blue." To me, the open dark blue sea could be a symbol for isolation. Golding writes that "the water drew to a point at infinity". This deep dark see seems to be never ending, as if they will never escape this place. They will become parts of this island. The sea goes on to an infinity, and so does their isolation.

   The dark, scary forest stands for danger. The littluns seem to imagine figures in the night out of the creepers. They see things in the forest and have nightmares about things that may be residents there. The forest is a dark mystery and anything could be lurking there and waiting to capture them.

   By the end of chapter one and two, the boys have already taken possession of this island. They see it as something new and exciting. It is a place away from grown-ups, away from authority, away from home. As Ralph said, "We want to have fun and we want to be rescued". The boys see this island as a place that they can have fun. They inhabit this island and immediately take possession of it. It doesn't seem like they are merely visitors of this island, it seems that this will become their home.

Chapter 1 Lord of the Flies

Themes

The conflict between the human impulse towards savagery and the rules of civilization.

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Lord of the Flies Themes

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Lord of the Flies Characters

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Lord of the Flies Main Character Symbolism

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