lord of the flies - setting and main characters
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Setting and major charactersTRANSCRIPT
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Lord of the flies
William Golding
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What would you do:
if you were on a tropical island with other teens… with NO supervision from adults?
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….ch 1 continued:~ Exploration of island:
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The island:
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…lagoon A shallow body of water separated from deeper
sea by a bar.
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A lagoon: A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.
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A typical island:
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Coral reef:a ridge of coral just beyond the beach (coral: hard shell-like substance)
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Coral REEF
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…island
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Mirage: optical illusion createdby a layer of hot air close to the ground
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Conch: sea shell
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Main characters: Ralph athletic charismatic protagonist Leader Well-built average guy
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Piggy Intelligent Trusts in science Sickly:asthma, overweight insecure
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Jack Leader of choir boys strong-willed antithesis of Ralph Competitive violent
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Simon kind considerate spiritual different
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Other characters: Twins: Sam’nEric Roger Maurice
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Chapter 1Pointers:~ Arrival on the island of different groups:
Ralph & Piggy, the littluns; Jack and the choirboys
~ Conch: shell; ~ Symbol: an object representing something~ Significance / symbolic meaning:
An object to bring order / democracy; a constructive society
~ Ralph is voted in as chief (p30)
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pointers continued… Exploration: no adults, uninhabited Jack cannot kill the pig (p40-41)