Lord of the Flies Order and Chaos essay

Question 0

Section 1 quote

The boys cause destruction and chaos as soon as they arrive at the island

Answer 0

“The long scar smashed into the jungle.”

Question 1

Intro

Answer 1

‘Lord of the Flies’ by William Golding is a novel which examines themes such as the contrast between order and chaos, and civilisation and savagery. In the novel, a plane full of schoolboys crashes onto a deserted island, and the boys must try to work together to survive; however several of the boys care more about hunting and ‘fun’ than rescue

Question 2

Section 2 quotes
Ralph finds a conch and uses it to create rules and order

Ralph realises that the conch could lose it’s power and that order may be lost

Answer 2

“I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he’s speaking.”

“If I blow the conch and they don’t come back; then we’ve had. We shan’t keep the fire going. We’ll be like animals.”

Question 3

Section 3 quote

Piggy desperately attempts to restore the boys to order one last time

Answer 3

“What is better? Law and rescue or hunting and breaking things up?”

Question 4

Section 4 quote 1

Piggy is murdered by roger and the conch is destroyed so all order is lost

Answer 4

“The rock struck piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee, knocking him over backwards. The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.”

Question 5

Quote 2

Answer 5

“Piggy’s arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig’s after it has been killed.”