Outline For Lord Of The Flies
1.1 Plot:
A group of boys find themselves deserted on an island after their plane crashed. One boy, Ralph, finds a conch shell and blows into it to bring all of the boys together. The boys elect Ralph to be their chief and he creates rules to gain structure for the group. Ralph focuses on important tasks for their long term survival, like building a signal fire. But, his second-in-command, Jack, focuses on hunting instead. The rules Ralph set begin to fade after Jack leads his hunters on a hunt and they allow the fire to die. Ralph blames Jack for letting the fire go out and this creates a rift between Jack and Ralph. The rift is deepened by fear of a beast which a “littlun” claims he saw. Eventually, Jack creates a new tribe of hunters after a falling-out with Ralph and takes most of the older boys with him. Jack’s tribe kills Piggy and captures the rest of Ralph’s tribe and sets out to hunt Ralph. While on the hunt, they set a forest fire to lure Ralph out and the fire attracted a passing Naval ship that takes all of the boys off of the island.
1.2 Structure/Form
In the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding tells the story in chronological order. …show more content…
We learn that they are in the Pacific Ocean when the author mentions a “Pacific tide” and we know they are in a time of war because of the “battle fought at ten miles’ height” and the dead soldier that falls to the ground afterwards (pages 66 and 109). The setting is key in the story because there are no grown-ups on the island so the children must govern themselves and they can act on their impulses unpunished. Also, we learn that they come from Britain at the end of the book when the officer calls them “a pack of British boys” (page 239). Since these boys come from private schools in Britain the reader should expect them to be mannerly and civilized, but they descend into madness
A group of boys find themselves deserted on an island after their plane crashed. One boy, Ralph, finds a conch shell and blows into it to bring all of the boys together. The boys elect Ralph to be their chief and he creates rules to gain structure for the group. Ralph focuses on important tasks for their long term survival, like building a signal fire. But, his second-in-command, Jack, focuses on hunting instead. The rules Ralph set begin to fade after Jack leads his hunters on a hunt and they allow the fire to die. Ralph blames Jack for letting the fire go out and this creates a rift between Jack and Ralph. The rift is deepened by fear of a beast which a “littlun” claims he saw. Eventually, Jack creates a new tribe of hunters after a falling-out with Ralph and takes most of the older boys with him. Jack’s tribe kills Piggy and captures the rest of Ralph’s tribe and sets out to hunt Ralph. While on the hunt, they set a forest fire to lure Ralph out and the fire attracted a passing Naval ship that takes all of the boys off of the island.
1.2 Structure/Form
In the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding tells the story in chronological order. …show more content…
We learn that they are in the Pacific Ocean when the author mentions a “Pacific tide” and we know they are in a time of war because of the “battle fought at ten miles’ height” and the dead soldier that falls to the ground afterwards (pages 66 and 109). The setting is key in the story because there are no grown-ups on the island so the children must govern themselves and they can act on their impulses unpunished. Also, we learn that they come from Britain at the end of the book when the officer calls them “a pack of British boys” (page 239). Since these boys come from private schools in Britain the reader should expect them to be mannerly and civilized, but they descend into madness