Lord of the Flies

1. Lord of the Flies THEME- Ch. 7-9

2. Power/Loss of Power • “Ralph turned towards the platform. The conch glimmered among the trees, a white blob against the place where the sun would rise.” • Ch. 8 Page 124 • “‘I’m chief,’ said Ralph tremulously. ‘And what about the fire? And I’ve got the conch.’‘You haven’t got it with you,’ said Jack sneering. ‘You left it behind. See clever? And the conch doesn’t count at this end of the island.’” • Ch. 9 Page 150

3. Society Vs. Savagery • “All at once, Robert was screaming and struggling with the frenzy. Jack had him by the hair and was brandishing his knife. Behind him was Roger, fighting to get close. The chant rose ritually, as at the last moment of a dance or a hunt.” • Ch. 7 Page 114 • “Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was overmastering.” • Ch. 7 Page 114/115

4. “Piggy and Ralph, under the threat of the sky, found themselves eager to take place in this demented but partly secure society.” • Ch. 9 Page 152 • “Seeing there was no immediate likelihood of a pause, Jack rose from the log that was his throne and sauntered to the edge of the grass” • Ch. 9 Page 149/150 • Jack is becoming an autocratic leader

5. Loss of Hope • “‘All the same. You’ll get back all right. I think so anyway.’ Some of the strain had gone from Ralph’s body. He glanced at the sea and then smiled bitterly at Simon. ‘Got a ship in your pocket?’” • Ch. 7 Page 110 • “‘And now that thing squats by the fire as though it didn’t want us to be rescued.’ …… ‘So we can’t have a signal fire…We’re beaten.’” • Ch. 8 Page 125

6. Loss of Identity • “He paused and looked around. He was safe from shame or self consciousness behind the mask of his paint and could look at each of them in turn.” • Ch. 8 Page 140