We will start reading Lord of the Flies on December 3. Here are some pre-reading notes.
Review
Dystopian - the illusion of a perfect society created by the government or another authoritative entity (church, school, etc.)
Dystopian protagonist - the main character who questions society and sees through the illusion
Allegory - a story with hidden moral, political or religious meaning
Points of View:
First Person - the narrator participates in the story
“I went to the store and saw Dan”
“I climbed the mountain and found the castle”
Third Person Limited - the narrator does not participate in the story and only follows one character’s story arch, feelings and bias
Harry walked down the corridor to discover Snape and Quirrell having an argument. He stayed silent under the invisibility cloak while they argued.
Elizabeth was surprised that Charlotte would marry him, considering he was a pompous and foolish man.
Third Person Omniscient - narrator does not participate in the story but knows all the feelings, pasts, and futures of all the characters (proven through foreshadowing and description of character’s feelings and events without bias)
*** Lord of the Flies is third person omniscient POV
Themes of Lord of the Flies
The Individual vs Society
What are societal norms in general (global) that humans must follow?
What societal norms must American’s follow?
What societal norms must children follow (modern day)?
Loss of Innocence (subgenre)
At what age does innocence stop?
How does media take away innocence?
Darkness of Human Nature, or Man’s Inhumanity to Man
Freud’s nature vs nurture
Locke’s “Tabula Rasa”
Is man inherently good or evil?
Civilization vs Chaos