| rdfs:comment | - The Lord of the Flies is a pig's impaled head on a double-ended stick created by Jack. It's called the Lord of the Flies for two reasons: 1.
* The pig's head is instantly covered in flies as if the "Lord" was their leader 2.
* "Lord of the Flies" comes from Jewish Beezlebub meaning the Devil. It is a devil in the story for its symbolic representation.
- Lord of the Flies is a novel written by William Golding in 1954. Bobby Garfield read the book on the recommendation of Ted Brautigan.
- Date Released: April 1996 Label: EMI Produced By: Steve Harris 1.
* Lord Of The Flies (5:04) 2.
* My Generation (3:38) 3.
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- Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. Nate Wright once used the book to kill a fly. Once, Coach Calhoun, Nate's gym teacher, said, "Dodgeball is the Lord of the Flies of physical education".
- Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding about a group of boys stranded on an island who try to govern themselves with disastrous results. The book has been adapted to film three times as well as for the stage and radio.
- "Lord of the Flies" is the fifth episode of the ninth season of The X-Files.
- Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel written in 1954 by the Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding. The book is about a group of schoolboys trying to recreate society after being stranded on an island, only to have it break down when the darker side of human nature defies attempts to establish order. The main conflict in the book is the widening ideological gap between Ralph, the rational and moral leader who wants to establish order, and Jack, who wants a hedonistic, animalistic anarchy. Murder and mayhem ensue as the story continues and things get out of hand.
- Because the author believed that civilization is a dynamic and balanced institution, each of the characters in the book represents a particular facet of modern society:
* Ralph represents democracy, which can be seen in his generally ineffective governing style, the fact that he spends more time asking for Piggy's advice than he does leading, his denial of the atrocity he is complicit with, and his dependence upon a highly vaunted, but ultimately meaningless jingoistic symbol — the conch shell. Which inevitably becomes destroyed...
* Jack represents the military, which can be seen by his disciplined orderliness, his machismo, the hazing rituals he puts others through, and his inevitable coup at the end of the book.
* Simon represents religion, which can be seen in his ability t
- Lord of the Flies was formed by Samuel Wolfe, who was its alpha until the end, when the boat of garou were marooned on an uninhabited island in the pacific-northwest. Seeking guidance from above, they were answered by a rotund Wendigo spirit who advised eating eachother to survive. When they finally escaped the island, they wrote a memoir about their ordeal, which was a best seller. They recieved court summons from Erebus, when a deceased English author sued them for very poorly done plagiarism.
- Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel written by William Golding. It is a Deconstruction of the Kids Wilderness Epic and Robinsonade. A plane full of British schoolboys crashes on a Deserted Island, and the darkness of humanity spills forth as they turn against each other. It had two cinematic adaptations and is referenced and parodied in various media. It is very popular for English Literature assignments in High School on both sides of the Pond and Down Under, thanks to it's themes about morality and authority.
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| abstract | - The Lord of the Flies is a pig's impaled head on a double-ended stick created by Jack. It's called the Lord of the Flies for two reasons: 1.
* The pig's head is instantly covered in flies as if the "Lord" was their leader 2.
* "Lord of the Flies" comes from Jewish Beezlebub meaning the Devil. It is a devil in the story for its symbolic representation.
- Lord of the Flies is a novel written by William Golding in 1954. Bobby Garfield read the book on the recommendation of Ted Brautigan.
- Date Released: April 1996 Label: EMI Produced By: Steve Harris 1.
* Lord Of The Flies (5:04) 2.
* My Generation (3:38) 3.
* Doctor Doctor (4:50)
- Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. Nate Wright once used the book to kill a fly. Once, Coach Calhoun, Nate's gym teacher, said, "Dodgeball is the Lord of the Flies of physical education".
- Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding about a group of boys stranded on an island who try to govern themselves with disastrous results. The book has been adapted to film three times as well as for the stage and radio.
- Because the author believed that civilization is a dynamic and balanced institution, each of the characters in the book represents a particular facet of modern society:
* Ralph represents democracy, which can be seen in his generally ineffective governing style, the fact that he spends more time asking for Piggy's advice than he does leading, his denial of the atrocity he is complicit with, and his dependence upon a highly vaunted, but ultimately meaningless jingoistic symbol — the conch shell. Which inevitably becomes destroyed...
* Jack represents the military, which can be seen by his disciplined orderliness, his machismo, the hazing rituals he puts others through, and his inevitable coup at the end of the book.
* Simon represents religion, which can be seen in his ability to frighten people, his mental illness, his crazy theory about the thing that came out of the sky, and the fact that as civilization progresses through the book, he dies.
* Piggy represents intellectualism, and his glasses, which are used to create fire, represent technology. Piggy is thus the quintessential technocrat/bureaucrat in that he is annoying, won't shut up, and is attached to the old leader, but really is needed to get society back in order after you destroy it. Or maybe not, if you think about it. Maybe he's just protecting his bureaucratic turf by keeping those glasses. All we have to do is take them from him and then we don't need him....
* Samneric are the twins Sam and Eric. They represent the voting public in that they can be easily distilled into two distinct voting groups: Sam is the Red States, Eric is the Blue States, and no more complex model of reality could possibly be needed.
* The Littl'uns or "Little Ones" represent the poor, needy and non-self-sufficient members of society, which is shown by the fact that everyone on the island decides that they should be taken care of by the authority figure and assures them that they will be, but when a natural disaster strikes they are all pretty much screwed.
* The Parachutist was a character originally intended for the novel but was removed at the request of the publishers. He was a paedophile who represented paedophilia as he violated the boys. The publishers ordered he be removed as they feared his character may have caused offence, thus losing them the all-important paedophile market enjoyed by modern literature.
* The Boar represents pork products, which is generally considered to be delicious. Originally the book had a bull in place of a boar, but the United Swineherder Union successfully lobbied the replacement, much to the chagrin of the Jews and Muslims, and to the rejoice of the Hindus and Chinese.
- Lord of the Flies was formed by Samuel Wolfe, who was its alpha until the end, when the boat of garou were marooned on an uninhabited island in the pacific-northwest. Seeking guidance from above, they were answered by a rotund Wendigo spirit who advised eating eachother to survive. When they finally escaped the island, they wrote a memoir about their ordeal, which was a best seller. They recieved court summons from Erebus, when a deceased English author sued them for very poorly done plagiarism. The pack travelled to the realm in 2009 to clear up the legal issues, and accidentally mistook the silver river for a wishing well. This made Charyss, the ruler of the realm, rather angry, and the pack was forced to spend the next 500+ years picking their coins out of the bottom of the river. They are also entirely fictional, and exists only to show you what should be written in a pack entry. Feel free to include any relevant history of a character in the notes section, such as challenges, notable battles, deaths, inter-pack feuds, any crimes committed and any punishments received. Please include who was the pack alpha throughout the pack's existence, even if this was only a single person.
- "Lord of the Flies" is the fifth episode of the ninth season of The X-Files.
- Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel written in 1954 by the Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding. The book is about a group of schoolboys trying to recreate society after being stranded on an island, only to have it break down when the darker side of human nature defies attempts to establish order. The main conflict in the book is the widening ideological gap between Ralph, the rational and moral leader who wants to establish order, and Jack, who wants a hedonistic, animalistic anarchy. Murder and mayhem ensue as the story continues and things get out of hand.
- Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel written by William Golding. It is a Deconstruction of the Kids Wilderness Epic and Robinsonade. A plane full of British schoolboys crashes on a Deserted Island, and the darkness of humanity spills forth as they turn against each other. It had two cinematic adaptations and is referenced and parodied in various media. It is very popular for English Literature assignments in High School on both sides of the Pond and Down Under, thanks to it's themes about morality and authority. The best-known example (and possibly the Trope Maker) of a Teenage Wasteland, even when all the kids are under the age of fifteen.
* After the End: The boys were on a plane fleeing the soon-to-be-nuked UK. Partially averted in that, though the home country is apparently in dire straits, the British Navy is still out doing its job as best as possible. May have verged into Cosy Catastrophe if it wasn't for the fact that mention of the war was a very minor framing device with little direct bearing on the story.
* Ambition Is Evil: Jack. His desire to be leader is evident from the outset.
* Animal Motifs: A sow's head on a pike, slowly decaying, serves as the metaphor for the decay of children's morals, thus making them closer to hoglike greed.
* The title itself is a reference to Beelzebub.
* Anyone Can Die: And it's far from pretty.
* Artistic License Physics: The divergent lens of Piggy's glasses (required for his short-sightedness) would be useless for lighting a fire. You would need a convergent lens, found in reading glasses.
* It's easy to assume Piggy is farsighted until, at the beginning of chapter eleven, it says: "Piggy sat expressionless behind the luminous wall of his myopia." The concave lenses needed to fix myopia are incapable of focusing light to a point, thus incapable of starting a fire. Whether Golding was unaware of that distinction or had myopia and hyperopia confused, the net result is a clear-cut case of Did Not Do the Research.
* Big Bad: Jack Merridew.
* Big No: Ralph's reaction to Piggy before he's about to be killed by a rock, dropped by Roger, in the 90's remake.
* Bittersweet Ending: The timely arrival of the British Navy is considered the only thing standing in between this ending and a Downer Ending. The ending is still far too dark when Ralph realized the evil inside him and he wept.
* Black and Grey Morality: Essentially. A number of those who side with Ralph are closer to the white side, but they're certainly not saints.
* The only character who is really above this is Simon. His foil, Roger, is established as someone who's pretty far on the black side.
* Blind Without'Em: Piggy.
* Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Ralph is described as being 'fair-haired', Piggy and Simon are dark-haired, and Jack is a redhead.
* Break the Cutie: All the kids to some extent. In the case of Piggy and Simon, Kill the Cutie.
* Butt Monkey: Piggy, oh so much. He is the one person who can unite everyone else...because they all enjoy laughing at him and feel connected by excluding Piggy. Even Ralph.
* Children Are Innocent: So freaking averted.
* Coming of Age Story: In a way. Ralph quickly discovers that leading has a whole bunch of responsibilities.
* Crapsack World: Very much so.
* Dare to Be Badass: Piggy, especially considering he's the most Non-Action Guy of the survivors...
* Deserted Island
* Deus Ex Machina: Ralph is rescued by the Royal Navy at the last minute, effectively out of the blue. This was intentional, as the Naval Officer is important in rounding off the themes of the story, and the sudden abruptness with which he appears (with absolutely no foreshadowing) is crucial to highlighting the rapidity with which the appearance of an authority can change everything.
* Lampshaded in The Simpsons Whole-Plot Reference "Das Bus";
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* See also the Word of God in Inferred Holocaust
* Dewey Defeats Truman: Lord of the Flies is actually set in the near future (of 1956), after a nuclear war between the USSR and Britain. This is mentioned by some of the boys in the book (along with the existence of nuclear bombs and their use), although usually in passing.
* Disaster Democracy
* Double Entendre: The scene where the screaming sow is killed with sharpened sticks is written as a gang-rape...
* The scene where the kids reinact this, using Robert as a replacement pig, is even worse, what with lines like "Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh."
* The Dragon: Roger becomes this to Jack as his tribe's executioner.
* Dying for Symbolism: The makeshift society gradually goes into chaos, and when Simon dies, it represents the death of the innocence of the kids on the island.
* Enemy Within: "Maybe there is no monster on the island. Maybe... it's just us..."
* Enfant Terrible: Jack and Roger.
* Even Evil Has Standards: Even though he hated Piggy even Jack is terrified when Roger murders him.
* Although he recovers quickly and threatens Ralph with the same fate, crossing the Moral Event Horizon.
* Evil Redhead: Jack.
* Expository Hairstyle Change: As the months pass, all the boys' hair becomes long and shaggy (except for the wise Piggy's), and, especially for our hero, Ralph, starts obscuring their vision.
* Five-Man Band: Initially with the few named boys, but it becomes subverted in the end with Jack and Roger pulling a Face Heel Turn.
* The Hero: Ralph.
* The Lancer: Jack, but eventually pulls a Face Heel Turn and becomes the main antagonist.
* The Smart Guy: Piggy.
* The Big Guy: Roger, but eventually pulls a Face Heel Turn and becomes The Dragon to Jack.
* The Chick: Simon.
* Four-Temperament Ensemble: Ralph is Sanguine, Piggy is Melancholic, Jack is Choleric, and Simon is Phlegmatic.
* Genre Savvy: Ralph describes being on an island "Like a book." Which causes many of the littluns to name out titles such as "Treasure Island" and similar stories.
* Hannibal Lecture: Given by the Lord of the Flies to Simon.
* He Who Fights Monsters: Jack and his choir and eventually almost every boy on the island turn into savage beasts in their obsession with killing the beast.
* Hobbes Was Right
* Humans Are Bastards: The book is the epitome of this trope.
* Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Simon, who is usually described by literary critics as a Christ-like figure. He still gets broken, though.
* Inferred Holocaust: The navy shows up at the end to rescue the boys. It seems like a happy ending... until you remember that a nuclear war had been going on at the start of the book, which means that Britain (and the rest of the world) is most likely in a sorry state. Not exactly the best thing to come home to after struggling for survival on a remote island.
* As Word of God put it:
* Irony: Ralph wants to keep the fire lit to attract rescue. Jack wants the fire snuffed out so their fun won't end. Jack manages to draw the attention of the Royal Navy by setting fire to the entire island in an attempt to kill Ralph. It is implied that they wouldn't have noticed the island at all otherwise.
* It Gets Easier: Roger escalates from hitting "littluns" with rocks to leading the boys in killing Simon in mass hysteria to outright murdering Piggy.
* It Got Worse: Mainly in the last 5 chapters.
* Kids Are Cruel / Teens Are Monsters: Big time, especially with Roger. The islanders are particularly mean to Piggy.
* Lampshade Hanging: The officer who rescues them just as Ralph is about to be killed remarks, "Just like Coral Island, eh?", with said book being one of the cheerier Rousseau Was Right novels.
* Madness Mantra: Percival Wemys Madison, The Vicarage, Harcourt Street, Anthony, Hants, telephone, telephone, tele–
* "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!"
* Meaningful Name: Three of the main characters are named directly after Coral Island characters. The fourth? Simon from Peterkin.
* The Messiah: Simon, who understands a lot more than the other boys. The description of his death makes it sound like an atonement sacrifice, which only makes it worse when it doesn't actually help save anyone.
* Murder by Mistake: Simon's death at the hands of the other boys.
* Naming Conventions: At that time and place, the pupils should be on a Last-Name Basis and Jack insists on "Merridew", but everyone quickly accepts First-Name Basis, except for Piggy, whose nickname started out as an insult. Due to this, none of the important characters has his full name revealed except for Jack.
* Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Jack has the entire island on fire to kill Ralph - the massive amounts of smoke actually summon a Naval ship, which Ralph and Piggy had been awaiting the whole book long.
* No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: In order to soften the blow of losing his leadership to him, Ralph declares Jack leader of the hunters. This earnest gesture can largely be seen as the beginning of the end, as it inadvertently sows the seeds of a rival faction with Jack at its head.
* Oh Crap: Ralph, upon seeing Sam and Eric fighting each other, realizes how screwed his order is.
* One-Scene Wonder: The titular Lord of the Flies only appears at the end of chapter eight.
* Only Known by Their Nickname: Piggy, whose nickname started out as an insult. Ralph never bothers to learn his real name.
* Only Sane Man: Piggy and Simon. Possibly Ralph as well.
* Parachute in a Tree: The 'monster' is actually a dead parachuter.
* Power Trio: Again, a deconstruction.
* Id: Jack.
* Ego: Ralph.
* Superego: Piggy (or Simon, if you think that makes more sense).
* Primal Fear / Paranoia Fuel / Your Mind Makes It Real : What gradually leads the boys into becoming superstitious and violent savages.
* Psychic Nosebleed: Simon and his feverish confrontation/hallucination with the pig's head.
* Psycho for Hire: Roger
* Putting on the Reich: Jack's attitude, rhetoric and eventual reign over the other boys have strong shades of Nazi Germany. His mud mask is a striking design in red, white and black...
* Red Oni, Blue Oni: Jack and Ralph, respectively.
* River of Insanity
* Robinsonade
* Rule of Symbolism: Most of the book. Jack insists on being called "Merridew" and leads a choir. Eventually, after he discovers how to kill, his group degenerates into savagery. Sound similar to the story of anyone we know? Oh, and the spectral corpse on the mountain that terrifies everyone is the Shadow of War, harmless in fact (the pilot is dead), but terrifying to look at.
* The, ah, 'spearing' of a mother pig.
* Satan: "Lord of the Flies" is a literal translation of the Hebrew "Baalzevuv", root of the modern "Beelzebub".
* Single-Minded Twins: Sort of. Sam and Eric are separate people, but separately, they can't do anything. They are treated as one person: Samneric.
* Small Secluded World
* Spell My Name with a "The": Averted. It's 'Lord of the Flies,' not 'The Lord Of The Flies.'
* The Sociopath: Roger.
* Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass: Piggy's glasses are used to set fires.
* Take That: To The Coral Island.
* Teenage Wasteland: The children have to figure out how to govern themselves on the island. It doesn't go well. Possibly the Trope Maker.
* Those Two Guys: Samneric.
* Title Drop
* Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Simon.
* Tribal Face Paint: Featured with Jack and the hunters. One of the chapters is, after all, named "Painted Faces and Long Hair". And whatever you do, we mustn't let the fire go out. Because... because...oh God, I can't remember.
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