#5 LOTF intro and conclusion.

A great quote was once said by Otto Weininger, “Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.” In the novel, Lord of the Flies, fire helps represent a feeling of survival, hope, and can have a positive or negative effect on the boys.


In the novel, Lord of the Flies, fire helps represent a feeling of survival, hope, and can have a positive or negative effect on the boys. As the characters begin to develop in the book, the attitude and behavior of the the boys changes. As behavior changes, so does the state of keeping the fire going. Fire seems to control the mood of the boys.

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In the novel, signal fires are used to help give a feeling of survival. Without a fire, there would be no symbol of hope or rescue for the boys to rely on. Ralph also tell of this in a quote, “So we can’t have a signal fire... We’re beaten” (125). Ralph seems to be very unhappy with the fact that the beast has defeated they boys, leaving them without a fire.
As shown in the book, Jack’s fire can either be used as a positive or negative affect for the boys. This is because fire can be either good or bad. The main reason for the fire is to attract others to come save them on the island. Piggy's glasses were used to start fires because nothing else could be found. One group of boys, late at night, secretly took the burning branches from the beach fire to help their fire from not going out (232). Fire is always easier to keep going when you don't have to make it yourself.
In the novel, fire can be a signal of hope. For example, when they lit the fire to flush Ralph out of the woods. The significance of the fire makes you believe somthing good will happen. When the naval officer talked about the smoke from the fire its what they wanted to be saved from the whole time.

#2 LOTF OUTLINE

Fire  

I. Signal fire

a. Ralph

i. Piggy did it to cheer Ralph up

ii. Hope, and faith in being rescued, symbolises civilization

b. Jack

i. Leaves Ralphs tribe and forms his own

ii. Some of Ralph’s followers move to Jack’s

II. Jack’s tribal fire

a. Ralph

i. is tempted to go to feast jack invites him and Piggy to

ii. most of Ralph’s followers fall to Jack’s tribe

b. Jack

i. keep his tribe warm

ii. cook pig for feast

III. Fire to push Ralph out of the woods

a. Ralph

i. falls asleep in thicket and jack has his followers try to get him out

ii. whenever they fail, they set the woods on fire in order to smoke him out

b. Jack

i. tortures Eric and Sam in order to get them to tell him where Ralph is hiding

ii. sets woods on fire to smoke Ralph out of the woods, but ends up backfiring and signaling naval officer to find them