Technique (AO2) Context (AO3)
Lotf:
Chapter 1:
- ‘Eyes that proclaimed no devil’ – Indicative of Ralph’s true character, innocence, contrasts Jack
- ‘Fair hair’ – Stereotypical Aryan child, innocence
- ‘Boxer’s build’ – Associates Ralph with violence
- ‘There was his size and attractive appearance’ – Body valued over brains in society, leading to collapse
- ‘Gash visible in the trees’ – Island scarred by humanity’s arrival, destruction/chaos, symbolizes psychological
damage to boy’s minds
- ‘A vision of red and yellow’ – Symbol of nature with warning colours, threat of the island revealed yet ignored –
Foreshadowing
- ‘Piggy asked no names. He was intimidated-’ – Naturally subordinate character makes him less appealing as
a leader
- ‘My Auntie told me not to run,’ he explained, ‘On account of my asthma.’ – Raised by a feminine figure,
feminine qualities weaker
- ‘You’re no good on a job like this’ – Jack hostile to Piggy, brawn valued over brains, rejection of intellect
Chapter 2:
- ‘Lots of rules! Then when anyone breaks em-’ – Supports rules for their potential punishments rather than
order, innate violence
- ‘A drum roll that seemed to shake the island’ – Disruption of natural order, humanity’s destruction of nature
– Metaphor of fire foreshadowing savagery and destruction
- ‘Savage with smoke’ – Symbolizes the boy’s descent into uncontrollable savagery- Sibilance for fire hissing,
warning
- ‘Acting like a crowd of kids’ – Voice of maturity – Ironic simile as they are kids
Chapter 3:
- ‘We want meat’ – Reflects Jack’s primitive nature and changing priority
- ‘Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach- passed them back down to the endless,
outstretched hands’ – Simon symbolizes human goodness (Jesus Christ), Divine grace where actions of God/Jesus
inspire goodness yet not in the boys, Christianity doesn’t repel savagery
- ‘They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling, unable to communicate’ – Reference to
cold war between USA and Soviet union- Metaphor for difference in beliefs
Chapter 4:
- ‘A compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up’- Uncontrollable, swallowd by savagery
‘predatorial’
- ‘Sun gazed down like an angry eye’ – Symbolic of God, causing discomfort, disapproving of colonialism and
damage - Personification
- ‘Liberated from shame and self-consciousness’ – Stereotypical view of tribes, new identity, free from
rules/civilisation
- ‘Began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling’ – Physical transformation with the
mask, ‘dance’ innocence, morphs into evil, savage animal acting without consequences – Metaphor for descent
- ‘The mask compelled them’ – An illusion that conveys authority, encourages mob mentality
- ‘There was the brilliant world of hunting – There was the world of longing and baffled common sense’
– Highlights differences in leadership focus, hunting is more appealing
- ‘Conditioned by a civilisation’ – Roger is still influenced by civilisation
Chapter 5:
- ‘The fire is the most important thing on this island’ – Fire symbolizes civility, hope and rescue but also
chaos
Lotf:
Chapter 1:
- ‘Eyes that proclaimed no devil’ – Indicative of Ralph’s true character, innocence, contrasts Jack
- ‘Fair hair’ – Stereotypical Aryan child, innocence
- ‘Boxer’s build’ – Associates Ralph with violence
- ‘There was his size and attractive appearance’ – Body valued over brains in society, leading to collapse
- ‘Gash visible in the trees’ – Island scarred by humanity’s arrival, destruction/chaos, symbolizes psychological
damage to boy’s minds
- ‘A vision of red and yellow’ – Symbol of nature with warning colours, threat of the island revealed yet ignored –
Foreshadowing
- ‘Piggy asked no names. He was intimidated-’ – Naturally subordinate character makes him less appealing as
a leader
- ‘My Auntie told me not to run,’ he explained, ‘On account of my asthma.’ – Raised by a feminine figure,
feminine qualities weaker
- ‘You’re no good on a job like this’ – Jack hostile to Piggy, brawn valued over brains, rejection of intellect
Chapter 2:
- ‘Lots of rules! Then when anyone breaks em-’ – Supports rules for their potential punishments rather than
order, innate violence
- ‘A drum roll that seemed to shake the island’ – Disruption of natural order, humanity’s destruction of nature
– Metaphor of fire foreshadowing savagery and destruction
- ‘Savage with smoke’ – Symbolizes the boy’s descent into uncontrollable savagery- Sibilance for fire hissing,
warning
- ‘Acting like a crowd of kids’ – Voice of maturity – Ironic simile as they are kids
Chapter 3:
- ‘We want meat’ – Reflects Jack’s primitive nature and changing priority
- ‘Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach- passed them back down to the endless,
outstretched hands’ – Simon symbolizes human goodness (Jesus Christ), Divine grace where actions of God/Jesus
inspire goodness yet not in the boys, Christianity doesn’t repel savagery
- ‘They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling, unable to communicate’ – Reference to
cold war between USA and Soviet union- Metaphor for difference in beliefs
Chapter 4:
- ‘A compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up’- Uncontrollable, swallowd by savagery
‘predatorial’
- ‘Sun gazed down like an angry eye’ – Symbolic of God, causing discomfort, disapproving of colonialism and
damage - Personification
- ‘Liberated from shame and self-consciousness’ – Stereotypical view of tribes, new identity, free from
rules/civilisation
- ‘Began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling’ – Physical transformation with the
mask, ‘dance’ innocence, morphs into evil, savage animal acting without consequences – Metaphor for descent
- ‘The mask compelled them’ – An illusion that conveys authority, encourages mob mentality
- ‘There was the brilliant world of hunting – There was the world of longing and baffled common sense’
– Highlights differences in leadership focus, hunting is more appealing
- ‘Conditioned by a civilisation’ – Roger is still influenced by civilisation
Chapter 5:
- ‘The fire is the most important thing on this island’ – Fire symbolizes civility, hope and rescue but also
chaos
