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English Literature : Lord of the Flies > Identity > Flashcards

Identity Flashcards

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initially, identity is presented…

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through names

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finish the quote: ‘the fat..

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…boy’

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finish the quote: ‘the fair…

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…boy’

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finish the quote: ‘they used to…

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..call me “piggy” ‘

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finish the quote: ‘why should..

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..i be jack? i’m merridew’

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initially, the loss of identity is presented…

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through jack’s changing appearance

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finish the quote: ‘except for a pair of tattered…

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…shorts held up by his knife-belt, he was naked’

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finish the quote: ‘he closed his…

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…eyes, raised his head and breathed in gently with flared nostrils’

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‘except for a pair of tattered shorts held up by his knife-belt he was naked. he closed his eyes, raised his head and breathed in gently with flared nostrils’

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  • ‘tattered’ -> losing his public-schoolboy identity
  • the clean, formal appearance of jack and his uniform as head of the choir has been replaced with a disturbingly savage, almost animalistic appearance
  • shorts are held up by a belt- ‘knife’ -> belt is no longer part of uniform -> but a tool to help him with his violent, destructive hunting
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throughout the course of the novel, identity is presented…

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through the fallen parachutist

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finish the quote: ‘there was a speck above…

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…the island, a figure dropping swiftly beneath a parachute’

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‘there was a speck above the island, a figure dropping swiftly beneath a parachute’

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  • human life is insignificant
  • pilot is just a ‘speck’ and ‘figure’ with no identity
  • just like piggy -> no one knows his name -> killed in conflict and is washed out to sea
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finish the quote: ‘something like a great…

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…ape was sitting asleep with its head between its knees’

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finish the quote: ‘the ruin…

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…of a face’

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‘something like a great ape was sitting asleep with its head between its knees’
‘the ruin of a face’

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  • difference between human, animal and beast is unclear
  • ‘like a great ape’ - makes link between man and animal clear -> we haven’t evolved beyond the animalistic savagery of beasts
  • humans are nothing more than a ‘creature’ -> lack of evolution
  • face = identity -> identity is damaged after war -> political allegory -> critical of the cold war -> totalitarianism vs liberalism
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16
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throughout the course of the novel, identity is presented…
(ch.8)

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through the differences between jack and ralph

17
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finish the quote: ‘he was safe from shame…

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…or self-consciousness behind the mask of his paint’

18
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finish the quote: ‘ralph was kneeling by the remains of the fire…

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…like a sprinter at his mark and his face was half-hidden by hair and smut’

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‘he was safe from shame or self-consciousness behind the mask of his paint’
‘ralph was kneeling by the remains of the fire like a sprinter at his mark and his face was half-hidden by hair and smut’

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  • contrast between jack and ralph
  • jack’s ‘mask’ and ‘paint’ have associations of savagery
  • whereas ralph remains a heroic, athletic ‘sprinter’
  • ralph clings to his identity and civilisation-> face is only ‘half-hidden’ and it is with ‘hair’ and ‘smut’ –> only needs to wash his face to regain innocence
20
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throughout the end of the novel, identity is presented….

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through golding use of ‘the chief’ for jack

21
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‘the Chief’

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  • capitals = importance
  • no longer known as a boy -> superior to the rest
  • totally lost his identity in his attempt to seize power and dictatorship
22
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throughout the end of the novel, identity is presented….

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through the boys

23
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finish the quote: ‘those striped and…

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…inimical creatures’

24
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finish the quote: ‘savages were…

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…clambering up castle rock’

25
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throughout the end of the novel, the loss of identity is presented….

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through the dehumanisation of ralph

26
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finish the quote: ‘he was crashing through…

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…foliage and small boughs’

27
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finish the quote: ‘wormed out…

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…of the ferns’

English Literature : Lord of the Flies (31 decks)

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