LoLORD

OF THE

FLIES

GOLDING

Born in England

1911-1993

Taught philosophy

& literature

Spent time in Navy in WWII

HE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE

FORLITERATURE IN

1983

THE HEIGHT

OF THE CO

LD WAR

HE WROTE L

OTF AT

AFTER WWII

STORY BEGINS IN MIDDLE OF NUKE WAR

THE BOYS ARE STRANDED ON AN ISLAND

WHEN THEIR EVACUATION PLANE CRASHES

SOUND FAMILIAR?

THERE ARE NO ADULTS

THIS NOVEL =

ALLEGORYA STORY THAT

USES CHARACTERS AND EVENTS

TO REPRESENT ABSTRACT

IDEAS

THE ISLAND IS A MICROCOSM

THERE ARE MULTIPLE THEMES IN THIS NOVEL

EVERYONE HAS A DARKSIDE

MAN WILL REVERT TO ANARCHY

WITHOUT LAW

FEAR CAN MAKE YOU COMMIT

ATROCITIES

Everyone losestheir innocence

IN THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER

THERE ARE NO WINNERS

motifs

FREUD’S PERSONALITY THEORY

GARDEN OF EDEN

DEATH OF THE

MARKED

SPACES OF POWER

OBJECTS OF POWER

MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES

nature

SYMBOLS

PA

RA

CH

UTE

MA

N

THE ISLAND ITSELF

THE SCAR

WOUNDS

Soget

ready