General notes
Beezlebub - means Lord of the Flies and the Devil.
Lord of the Flies context
Influenced by world politics from when Golding grew up
Golding served in the Navy
Witness D-Day and the horrors of war
Golding became a teacher after
Witnessed the schoolboy’s nature and behaviour; power struggle
These are explored during Lord of the Flies
British Empire on decline → Still one of the strongest nations
British Empire → Polite, British manner conceal brutality?
LotF - popular adventure story category
Uniting for a common purpose - Treasure Island, Coral Island, Swallows and
Amazones
Kind of making fun of them
Think that an external threat is less dangerous than an internal threat
[Jack represents Hitler and the Nazis → totalitarian dictatorship]
All single-sex school - normal - corporal punishment as well
The Older Boys were alway on top
What if there were co-ed schools?
Only female is the beheaded mother sow/Piggy’s aunt - [violent rape-like
release]
Parody?
Instead of a fair society - the boys recreate a microcosm of the world-at-war
around the island
[For band 6, use context]
General notes 1
Beezlebub - means Lord of the Flies and the Devil.
Lord of the Flies context
Influenced by world politics from when Golding grew up
Golding served in the Navy
Witness D-Day and the horrors of war
Golding became a teacher after
Witnessed the schoolboy’s nature and behaviour; power struggle
These are explored during Lord of the Flies
British Empire on decline → Still one of the strongest nations
British Empire → Polite, British manner conceal brutality?
LotF - popular adventure story category
Uniting for a common purpose - Treasure Island, Coral Island, Swallows and
Amazones
Kind of making fun of them
Think that an external threat is less dangerous than an internal threat
[Jack represents Hitler and the Nazis → totalitarian dictatorship]
All single-sex school - normal - corporal punishment as well
The Older Boys were alway on top
What if there were co-ed schools?
Only female is the beheaded mother sow/Piggy’s aunt - [violent rape-like
release]
Parody?
Instead of a fair society - the boys recreate a microcosm of the world-at-war
around the island
[For band 6, use context]
General notes 1
