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Mind Map by Emily Ball, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Emily Ball
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War in LOTF
- War is a constant theme in the
novel, the boys are surrounded
by it throughout the book.
- The dead parachutist who lands on the island
was gunned down during an overhead battle.
- " "If only they could get a message
to us," cried Ralph desperately."
- This makes the arrival of the parachutists ironic, as
it is almost as though the adult world is trying to
tell the boys about the destruction of their homes.
- This makes the arrival of the parachutists ironic, as
it is almost as though the adult world is trying to
tell the boys about the destruction of their homes.
- " "If only they could get a message
to us," cried Ralph desperately."
- Even the naval officer who rescues them is involved in
the war - what sort of life would the boys return to?
- "What have you been doing?
Having a war or something?"
- The naval officer who rescues them asks
them this. This is sickly ironic and
reminds readers of how the boys viewed
war as a game at he start of the novel.
- This reduces the boys' power and distinguishes ideas of 'the beast' - even
allusions to society/civilisation can override the beast. It undermines the
prior events - Simon and Piggy's deaths seem meaningless, reduced to a
game rather than a display of man's essential illness.
- The naval officer who rescues them asks
them this. This is sickly ironic and
reminds readers of how the boys viewed
war as a game at he start of the novel.
- "What have you been doing?
Having a war or something?"
- War influences the boys
from the start of the novel.
- "Ralph danced out into the hot air
of the beach and then returned as
a fighter-plane, with wings swept
back, and machine-gunned Piggy."
- Even Ralph, the 'fair boy', finds
violence entertaining and fun at
the very beginning of the novel.
- Even Ralph, the 'fair boy', finds
violence entertaining and fun at
the very beginning of the novel.
- "Ralph danced out into the hot air
of the beach and then returned as
a fighter-plane, with wings swept
back, and machine-gunned Piggy."
- The dead parachutist who lands on the island
was gunned down during an overhead battle.
- It is the reason the boys are on the island in the
first place - the plane that crashed was evacuating
them from Britain during a fictional nuclear war.
- "Didn't you hear what the pilot said?
About the atom bomb? They're all dead"
- "Didn't you hear what the pilot said?
About the atom bomb? They're all dead"
- The civilisation from which they
were trying to escape is being
destroyed, or is already gone.
- "Roger's arm was conditioned by
a civilisation that knew nothing
of him and was in ruins."
- This shows the power of civilisation - although it is 'in
ruins' it still has power over the boys and their beliefs.
This is also sad, as it suggests their families are dead
- Ralph believed devoutly in his father and he has died
without Ralph's knowledge.
- This shows the power of civilisation - although it is 'in
ruins' it still has power over the boys and their beliefs.
This is also sad, as it suggests their families are dead
- Ralph believed devoutly in his father and he has died
without Ralph's knowledge.
- "Roger's arm was conditioned by
a civilisation that knew nothing
of him and was in ruins."
- Ralph's father is a commanding officer in
the navy - he is proud of this. Even the
character who tried to keep peace came
from a home that revolved around war.
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