Lord Of The Flies

Front 1

‘We got no fire on the mountain. But what’s wrong with a fire down here? A fire could be built on the sand, even we’d make smoke’

Back 1

- 'We' signifies union. Rhetorical Q is passive aggressive.
- Foreshadows out of control fire. Irony, as it saves them.
- Schoolmaster. Boys are too irresponsible to survive.
- Reponse to The Coral Island. Boys would not stay civil.

Front 2

‘Betrayed by his stomach, Piggy threw a picked bone down onto the beach and stooped for more’.

Back 2

-'Stooped'; a new low.
- Adam & Eve and the forbidden fruit. Piggy & Simon's death.
- Humans are innately evil.
- Reader thinks: not much hope of survival.

Front 3

‘I got the conch!’ he shouted

Back 3

- Piggy gaining confidence- defending himself. 'Shouting', ensuring that he is heard.
- Foreshadows Piggy will die. Cruelty & violence grows as confidence grows.
- Schoolmaster. Boys pick on outsiders.
- Reader thinks: boys will pick on weakest link.

Front 4

‘I can’t hardly move with all these creeper things’

Back 4

- Incorrect grammar; working class, outsider.
- Struggle to fit in & survive.
- Schoolmaster. Bullying of outsiders & innate evil.
- Reader thinks: P will struggle to survive on island.

Front 5

‘I got the right to speak!’

Back 5

- Belief in democracy & standing up for what is right.
- Foreshadows death defending the conch & what it symbolises. Good vs. Evil.
- Boys without supervision will turn savage.
- Reader feels: upset & horrified at treatment of each other.