This show includes notes for the novel Lord of the Flies

1. AN AMAZING STORY OF SURVIVAL
• The year 1972
• One Uruguayan
rugby team
• Stranded for 72
days
• 16 survivors
This is their story…

2. REVIEW: WHAT WE KNOW…
• Allegory • Symbolism
• Theme

3. ALLEGORY IN LORD OF THE FLIES
Allegory – a form of Three types:
extended metaphor
in which • Moral
objects, persons, an
d actions take on • Social
meanings that lie
outside the story • Religious
itself. In this
case, characters are
often
personifications of
abstract ideas.
Allegorical stories
have two meanings:
one literal and one

4. GOALS FOR THE LESSON:
• To understand how an author can use symbols to
illustrate his message to the reader (theme).
• To explain how the story of Lord of the Flies can
also serve as a parable of our current times.
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5. LITERARY DEVICES
Universal Theme – Parable –
A message that
extends beyond A story that
the text, applying illustrates a
to life and the moral lesson.
human condition.

6. How does it all fit together?
Symbols Allegory Universal Parable
theme

7. WHAT DO THESE TWO HAVE IN COMMON?

8. WHAT DO THESE TWO HAVE IN COMMON?

9. WHAT DO THESE TWO HAVE IN COMMON?
Black Friday

10. Mob
Mentality
Responsibilit
y

11. THE MORAL ALLEGORY
• Ralph tries to Ralph = common
balance sense
Piggy, Simon and
Jack, but is Piggy = intellect
unsuccessful. Jack = emotions
• Therefore, the Simon = soul
group falls into
chaos and Ralph
turns into a brute
beast.

12. THE SOCIAL ALLEGORY
• Ralph tries to Ralph = government
balance Jack = power
Jack, Piggy, an Piggy = technology
d Simon but Simon = humanism
fails. (Maslow)
• Power warps
technology, de
stroys
humanism and
attempts to
abolish
government.

13. THE RELIGIOUS ALLEGORY
• Ralph, with the Ralph = everyman
hope of Piggy = intellect
salvation, belittles
intellect, and can’t Simon = spiritual
understand truth
spiritual truth. Jack = temptation
• Eventually, Ralph
disregards
spiritual truth in
favor of his own
physical appetites
and desire for
violence and
thrill-seeking

14. Ralph Jack Piggy Simon
Intellect power technology
MORAL
Common sense soul government
SOCIAL
Temptation everyman emotions
Spiritual truth humanism intellect
RELIGIOUS

15. Ralph Jack Piggy Simon
Common emotions intellect soul
sense
MORAL
SOCIAL
Government power technology
humanism
RELIGIOUS
Everyman temptation intellect spiritual
truth

16. Characterization &
Symbolism
Choose one character from the novel and
explain why your group feels he is the most
important member of the society. In your
discussion, consider the following:
• What personality traits does he have that are
necessary for survival?
• How well does he fit into the group as a whole?
• What does each person symbolize?
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18. GOLDING’S INSPIRATION
1857 1954