Lord of the flies -William Golding

1. Lord of the flies -William Golding A Visual Presentation Julia Haggroth Ashley Foster John Peral Philip Matuskiewicz

2. About the author • 1911 - 1993 • Wrote Lord of the flies 1954 (thirst novel) • Novels, series, non fictions and short stories • Nobel Prize in literature 1983 http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/goldingw/index.html http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/goldingw/index.html /Julia Haggroth

3. Island map http://www.rit.edu/~sjg2490/lotf/island.html /Julia Haggroth

4. The characters • Ralph • The main leader in the beginning • In conflict with Jack • Piggy • Finds the conch • Characterized for his glasses • Suffer from asthma • Jack • Evil personality • Takes place as a leader for an other group after a while /Julia Haggroth

5. Characters continuing • Simon • Helpful and positive • Member of the Choir in the plane wreck • Roger • A sadistic boy who takes side with Jack • A stick sharpener for Jack’s tribe for the torturers • “Samneric” • Twins • Dependent of each other • Loyal to Ralph /Julia Haggroth

6. Chapter 1: “ The Sound of the Shell” • Plane full of British school boys crash. • Somewhere (maybe an island). • Ralph and Piggy meet each other and talk about what to do. • Piggy tells Ralph How he got his nickname. • Ralph’s father is a commander in the Navy. • Piggy finds a conch (When you blow into it, survivors will come). • Ralph becomes chief, Jack becomes choir leader. • Ralph, Simon, and Jack go exploring. They go up a mountain and see their crash site, and the entire island. • They find a pig, and Jack attempts to capture it. Ashley Foster

7. AshleyFoster Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain” • Ralph sets rules • No one can talk, unless they’re holding the conch. • A Boy proclaims that there is a “Beastie” or “Snake-Thing” • Ralph says there’s no such thing. • Jack says him and his hunters will kill it if there is. • The boys talk about getting rescued. • Decide to make a fire and make sure it never dies. • On the top of the mountain that Jack, Ralph, and Simon all found. • The Fire gets too big, and starts to burn down the island. • The boy who proclaimed about the “Beastie” is not in the story…They believe he got killed in the Fire.

8. Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” • Jack tries to catch a pig, but misses. • Ralph and Simon start to build shelters. • Simon is still convinced that the “Beastie or Snake-Thing” is real. • Simon is shown for the first time to have a certain power and wisdom of his own. Ashley Foster

9. Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” • Things between the boys start to change. • Jack, Samneric, and Bill, all put clay on their faces, and go on a pig hunt. • Ralph sees a ship while swimming with Piggy, The fire is out. • Jack smacks Piggy across the face, breaks one of Piggy’s Lenses. • Jack won’t give Piggy any meat so Simon gives his to Piggy. Jack tosses another piece to Simon. • Ralph calls an assembly. Ashley Foster

10. Chapter 5 • John Peral

11. Chapter 6 • John Peral

12. Chapter 7 • John Peral

13. Chapter 8 • John Peral

14. Chapter 9 • Simon wakes up from his encounter with the lord of the flies, • then climbs to the summit of the mountain. • He looks at the dead pilot, then sees no beast in it • then he goes to the others to tell them there is no beast on the mountain. • In the same timeframe, Ralph and Piggy go to Jack’s pig roast, and eat. • Ralph tries to call another meeting, and is humiliated. • Piggy and Ralph also join in Jack’s chant, but denies that account. • Ralph reprimands jack for not having shelters when it rains at this roast. • The pilot's body breaks free from the mountain and goes down into the sea. • When Simon goes into the chant, he is mistaken for the beast, then killed. His body also goes out into the sea. Philip Matuskiewicz

15. Chapter 10 • At this point, only a few of the kids remain in Ralph’s group. • Jack sort of has created a “Tribe” of hunters • The kids call him the “proper chief” • He has strict control over everyone in that tribe • No one orders Jack around • Jack explains the beast came as Simon disguised and they have to keep alert at all times. • Jack plans on steeling Piggy’s glasses with Roger, and Maurice • Jack and his helpers attack Ralph’s men, and steal Piggy’s glasses. Philip Matuskiewicz

16. Chapter 11 • Ralph lets the signal fire go out • Ralph is convinced by Piggy to blow the conch, which does nothing • Piggy shows bravery as he wants his glasses, and is willing to go to Jack to get them back • All 4 of Ralph’s gang go to Castle Rock to get Piggy’s glasses back • Samneric is captured (the twins are as 1 identity) • Piggy is killed Philip Matuskiewicz

17. Chapter 12 • Ralph settles into a wooded area on the island • he eats fruit • He messes around with the pig head where Simon encountered the beast • Ralph is viewed by Jack’s tribe as a pig now • Ralph becomes savage when the others find his hiding place revealed by Simneric • Jack and his clan starts the big fire on all the island • A ship office arrives at a burning island to find out what was wrong • The fire saved the kids, and the ships take them home Philip Matuskiewicz

18. Conclusion • Reflection of how our reality society works • Proves how a situation can reveal a person’s dark side Philip and Julia

19. Sources Cited • http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/goldingw/index.html • http://www.rit.edu/~sjg2490/lotf/island.html • www.bookrags.com/notes/lof