The Beast: “Maybe it’s only us”



The Beast: “Maybe it’s only us”Whole text A01Analysis AO2Context – Themes AO3The arrival of the choir foreshadows the descent into savagery.Both Piggy’s glasses and the conch, symbols of civilisation, are destroyed by the boys.The boys believe in all sorts of superstitious fears (the dark, the forest, snakes, thesea) and use this to externalise the beast.The masks allow the boys to behave anonymously and without fear of consequences.The memory of civilisation protects them for a short time but soon fades.Civilisation is itself flawed – the only sign they get is a dead parachutist.The death of Simon has Christian significance and symbolises the triumph of fear and violence. Piggy’s death Ralph, running at the end from the violence and darkness in himself?Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness.What’s the dirtiest thing there is?Maybe he means it’s a sort of ghost.Piggy’s glasses.The conch.The beast comes out of the sea, There isn’t a snake-thing. But if there was a snake we’d hunt it and kill it.They saw that the darkness was not all shadow. The creature was a party of boys.Choir – they could be the armyThe mask compelled themThe mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law. Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilisation that knew nothing of him and was in ruins.There was a sudden bright explosion and a corkscrew trail across the sky; then darkness again and stars.However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight, the picture of a human at once heroic and sick.Already its blood was staining the sandA stick sharpened at both endsRalph wept for the loss of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy and World War 2The HolocaustHiroshimaNagasakiGolding’s experience working in a boys’ schoolNuclear threatThe decline in Christian belief and a rise in atheism – maybe there is no God, maybe there is no Devil, maybe there’s only us. Id, ego, super-egoViolenceWarSavageryCivilisationHow is The Beast presented in Lord of The Flies?Introduction: Present your thesis statement using words from the question. Golding uses The Beast to represent ideas about….At the beginning The Beast is ….Later on the idea is developed when….Finally …..PETAL 1Point: Initially the Beast is presented as…Evidence:Analysis of effects: This suggests/ this implies/ this seems to suggest/ this highlights/ this draws the reader’s attention to….For 6 – 9 development: Furthermore, the use of/ reference to/ the development of … another quote(s), more detailed analysisLink: Zoom back out to context and Golding’s big messages (themes).PETAL 2Point: Later the Beast is presented as…Evidence:Analysis of effects: This suggests/ this implies/ this seems to suggest/ this highlights/ this draws the reader’s attention to….For 6 – 9 development: Furthermore, the use of/ reference to/ the development of … another quote(s), more detailed analysisLink: Zoom back out to context and Golding’s big messages (themes).PETAL 3Point: By the end of the novel, the Beast is presented as…Evidence:Analysis of effects: This suggests/ this implies/ this seems to suggest/ this highlights/ this draws the reader’s attention to….For 6 – 9 development: Furthermore, the use of/ reference to/ the development of … another quote(s), more detailed analysisLink: Zoom back out to context and Golding’s big messages (themes).Evaluation/ Conclusion: Evaluate what Golding is saying and link it to themes or your own opinion:Ultimately Golding seems to present the reader with a world where…The pessimism of this novel reflects the world from which is sprung….Golding presents a truly damning indictment of the human condition but….It is clear that in Golding’s opinion….. ................
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