2.
Lord of the Flies is a 1954
distopyan novel by Nobel-Prize
-winning English author William
Golding about a group of British
boys stuck on an uninhabited
island who try to govern
themselves with disastrous
results.
3.
The book portrays their descent into savagery; left to
themselves, far from modern civilization, the well-educated
children regress to a primitive state.
4. The author
Sir William Golding: - born 19. september 1911 Newquay –
England
-died 19 june 1993 Perranarworthal –
England
-english nationality
-poet, writer
-Booker Prize 1980 , Nobel prize for
literature in 1983
-knighted by Elizabeth II in 1988
6.
In the midst of a
raging war, a plane
evacuating a group
of schoolboys from
Britain is shot
down over a
deserted tropical
island.
Two of the boys, Ralph and Piggy, discover a conch shell on the
beach.
7.
Once assembled, the
boys set about
electing a leader and
devising a way to be
rescued.
Ralph, Jack, and
another boy, Simon,
set off on an expedition to explore the island.
8.
The boys succeed in igniting some dead wood by focusing
sunlight through the lenses of Piggy’s glasses.
The fire engulfs the
forest
9.
At first, the boys enjoy their life without
grown-ups
Ralph complains that they should be
maintaining the signal fire and
building huts for shelter
A ship passes by on the horrizon
and the signal fire, which had been
the hunters’ responsibility to maintain, has burned out
10.
Furious, Ralph accosts
Jack, but the hunter has
just returned with his first
kill
Piggy criticizes Jack, who
hits Piggy across the face
11.
The littlest boys, “littluns,” have been troubled by nightmares
since the beginning
There is a
„beast” or
„monster”
lurking on the
island
One of the
„littluns”
suggests that it
hides in the sea
12.
Some military planes engage in a battle high above the island
A parachutist drifts to earth on the signal-fire mountain, dead
Sam and Eric see the enormous silhouette of his parachute and
hear the strange flapping noises it makes
13.
The boys organize a hunting expedition to search for the
monster
Jack says that Ralph is a coward and that he should be
removed from his possition
The majority of boys join Jack and separate from the others
14.
Jack declares himself the leader of the new tribe of hunters
A violent, ritual slaughter of a sow is organized to solemnize
the occasion
The hunters
place its head
on a sharpened
stake in the
jungle as an
offering to the
beast
15.
Encountering the bloody,
fly-covered head,
Simon has a terrible vision
Lord of the Flies says
that Simon will never escape
him, for he exists within
all men
He understands that the beast
does not exist externally but
rather within each individual
boy
16.
Simon travels to the beach to tell the others what he has seen
In the midst of a chaotic revelry, they fall upon him and kill
him with their bare hands and teeth
17.
The following morning, Jack’s hunters attack Ralph and Piggy
Ralph’s group travels
to Jack’s stronghold
in an attempt to
make Jack see reason
Jack fights Ralph
18.
Roger rolls a boulder down the
mountain, killing Piggy and
shattering the conch shell
Ralph barely manages to escape
19.
Ralph hides, the others hunt him like an animal
He discovers and destroys the sow’s head
He is forced out
onto the beach,
where he collapses
in exhaustion
He sees a British
naval officer
standing over him
20.
The other boys reach the beach
Amazed at the spectacle of this group of bloodthirsty, savage
children, the officer asks Ralph to explain
Thinking about what has happened on the island, Ralph and all
the other boys begin to weep
The officer turns his back so that the boys may regain their
composure
22. Ralph
athletic , charismatic protagonist
leader of the group
represents order, civilization and productive leadership
strong morale
his main wish is to come back to society
23. Jack Merridew
strong willed, egocentric
representing savagery, violence,
thirst for power
opposite of ralph
he knows how to use the boys’ fear to control them
24. Piggy
Outcast
intellectual superiority - physical inferiority
closest to an adult state of mind
Represents a system of rules and order
believes in science, his glasses - inovation , discovery
25. Simon
In a nutshell, spiritual human goodness
believes in the value of morals
kind to other kids
Vivid
Wise and mature
26.
Roger: - Jack’s “lieutenant.”
-A sadistic, cruel older boy who brutalizes the others
and eventually murders Piggy
-savage instincts and insensitivity to morals
Sam and Eric: -twins closely allied with Ralph
-always together
-the other boys often treat them as a single
entity, calling them “Samneric.”
-represent individualism and uniqueness
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1.scavenge
Like a myriad of tiny teeth in a saw, the transparencies came
scavenging over the beach.
*čistiti, skupljati poput strvinara
2.immure
Immured in these tangles, at perhaps their most difficult
moment, Ralph turned with shining eyes to the others.
immure - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
*uhapsiti/zatvoriti
3.efflorescence
It was clear to the bottom and bright with the efflorescence of
tropical weed and coral.
*procvjetanje
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4.crumple
His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness.
crumple - to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
*izgužvati
5.submerge
Darkness poured out, submerging the ways between the trees
till they were dim and strange as the bottom of the sea.
submerge - put under water
*zaroniti/potopiti
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6.hiatus
There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and
the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end
of a bony arm.
hiatus - an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
*jaz/stanka
7.snivel
Piggy sniveled and Simon shushed him quickly as though he
had spoken too loudly in church.
snivel - cry or whine with snuffling
*cmizdriti
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8.jabber
The „littluns” began to jabber among themselves, then one
stood forward.
jabber - talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
*brbljati
9.leviathan
Then the sleeping leviathan breathed out, the waters rose, the
weed streamed, and the water boiled over the table rock with a
roar.
leviathan - the largest or most massive thing of its kind
*gorostas
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10.askew
Some unknown force had wrenched and shattered these cubes
so that they lay askew, often piled diminishingly on each other.
askew - turned or twisted to one side
*nakoso/nakrivo
11.sinewy
Beside the pool his sinewy body held up a mask that drew their
eyes and appalled them.
sinewy - consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
*žilav
12. babble
Piggy babbled: "-a conch; ever so expensive.
babble - utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an
incoherent way
*tepati
33.
An interesting classic novel
A truly inducing and
motivating story
Made us wonder about our own views and perhaps
ambitiously set expectations of intellectuality
Caused our internal re-evaluation of the value of classic novels
34.
Why „Lord of the
flies”???
In Biblical texts and
in Christian
demonology, the
name „Beelzebub”
or „Beel-zebub” is
reffered to as one of
the seven princes of
Hell, and also as
another name for
the Devil.
In old-Hebrew, old-Arabic and many other ancient languages,
Beelzebub is literally translated as „The lord of the flies”.
35. Conclusion
The name of the book, as the book itself, is a symbolic reminder
of how evil may lurk inside each one of us. It is up to us
whether we will let it govern our ways and pull our strings or
keep it down with rational thinking and the belief in a greater,
profound and truly good something.
It is time to ask ourselves: How civilized are we?
