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Chapter 5 Notes

Chapter 5 Notes. Lord of the Flies. Recap…. Ralph attempts to fix up the weakening social order on the island. When the fire went out, he knew he was losing control and the others were losing sight of the goal of being rescued.

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Chapter 5 Notes

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  1. Chapter 5 Notes Lord of the Flies

  2. Recap… • Ralph attempts to fix up the weakening social order on the island. • When the fire went out, he knew he was losing control and the others were losing sight of the goal of being rescued. • Ralph calls a meeting to reinforce the need for the signal fire and the need for rules. • The BEAST gets re-introduced. Percival has seen it. The older boys try to reassure him, but he says it lives in the water.

  3. Inside the Novel… • The older boys can’t argue the mysteries of the sea. The BEAST suddenly becomes a real threat, one which the older boys are forced to take seriously. • SYMBOL: PHYSICAL DIRTINESS. The boys are getting dirtier. This represents INTERNAL UGLINESS, and it is plaguing all the boys. • Order vs. Chaos. The community is breaking up. Rule and reason (Ralph) is in contrast to emotion, imagination, and disorder (Jack).

  4. Tone… • The tone is one of ORDER vs. CHAOS; the community is breaking up; only Simon and Piggy support Ralph.

  5. Symbolism… • Ralph – rule, reason, but lacks control. • Jack – emotion, imagination, disorder

  6. Ralph now understands more about HUMAN NATURE and knows he cannot bring the boys back to a sense of order (civilization).

  7. The Beast… • The beast is a symbol for the DEVIL; boys question where it lives; they think the mirages are really monsters; Simon (during debate) says that the beast exists within each person. • This chapter indicates further deterioration of society, for it ends in TOTAL CHAOS as the boys runs away from Ralph’s meeting to follow Jack; the chaos is followed by piercing cries of the little ones…

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