LOtF part 2

Symbols are everywhere in LotF - pick 2 that really stood out to you and discuss their importance to the story. 


The first symbol that I notices was when the choir boys lost their cloaks. It was sort of symbolism for how Jack and the choir boys revealed themselves, not only by taking off the cloaks, but as people as well.


Think a bit deeper about the themes present in the book - what do you think Golding might have been trying to say about society and politics? 


I think that the book could be taken as a huge commentary on the way society and politics are run today. I mean, so many people feel powerless. Isn't this supposed to be the age of the individual? In the end, I think Golding is saying that in the worst ways, most of us are still lost kids, trying and failing to create a foolproof system on how to organize things so amorphous and unpredictable as people.

LOtF part 1

3) I think what would happen if school was without teachers for a while, is it would sift out the people who  really wanted to learn. Like, people who didn't want to go would stop going, because there would be no point for them, but the people who actually come to school to learn, and know how to think independently would probably stay; using the tools and resources located in the school to take charge individually. I also think there would be some students who would try and take charge, and it may or may not work out, depending on who.

2) I think it was evenly to do with both. Like, those two kids weren't great leaders or anything, but they weren't terrible. There certainly could have been WORSE leaders from the group, but, I also think that a fall of this society was inevitable. Society is a flimsy thing, held together only by those who believe in it. Like the monetary system, and religion. Just like the fall of Rome shows us, all great things must come to an end.