Dialectical Journal For Lord Of The Flies Chapter 2 Analysis

Chapter 2:
1)
Smart: to feel a stinging pain. “The afternoon sun slanted in from the other side of the platform and most of the children, feeling too late the smart of sunburn, had put their clothes on” (Golding 32).
Hindering: slowing down someone’s or something’s progress. “You’re hindering Ralph” (Golding 34).
Conspiratorial: describes two or more people joining together for an immoral reason. “He flashes a conspiratorial grin at the other two” (37).

2)
Symbol: “Fire on the Mountain” (30).
This could symbolize a fight or disagreement between the boys on the island.
Symbol: “The choir, less of a group, had discarded their cloaks” (30).
This could symbolize that the choir is getting more comfortable and showing who they really are,

This is symbolism because the conch shell represents power, and government.

3)
Religious: ”Fire on the mountain” (32) The island represents the Garden of Eden
Religious: “A snake-thing. Ever so big. He saw it” (35). The beastie snake thing is similar to the snake in the Garden of Eden.
Religious: “There was no laughter at all now and more grave watching” (36). The boys are fearing that they will never making it off the island.
Psychological: “‘All the same you need an army - for hunting. Hunting pigs-’” (32).
Jack is the id and is looking for a way to gain power
Psychological: “...We can’t have everyone talking at once. We’ll have to have ‘Hands up’ like at school’” (33). Ralph implies the rule of the conch shell to make sure everyone gets a turn to talk and to help reduce chaos. This exemplifies him being the ego.
Psychological: “Ralph took the conch from him and looked round the circle of boys” (42).
Ralph as the ego maintains order
Political: “‘...I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he’s speaking’” (33).
Ralph, as the leader, makes a speaking rule to make sure everyone gets the chance to

Jack continues to want power over the boys on the island
Political: “Ralph took back the conch” (43).
There was disorder in the “government” and people were fighting over the conch and the right to talk 4)
Color imagery: “They gazed intently at the dense blue of the horizon, as if a little silhouette might appear there at any moment” (43) - This is a description of the sky on the island.
Color imagery: “The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid nearer and nearer the sill of the world” (43). -Description of the sunset.
Color imagery: “Acres of black and yellow smoke rolled steadily toward the sea” (44). - description of the atmosphere around the island as the fire burned.

5)
Theme: “” I got the conch一’ Jack turned fiercely. ‘You shut up!’ Piggy wilted. Ralph took the conch from him and looked round the circle of boys’” (42).
This is a theme of Order vs Chaos; Ralph represents order and leadership, while Jack represents savagery and the want for power.
Theme: “Ralph lifted the cream and pink shell to his knees and a sudden breeze scattered light over the platform” (32). This theme represents new customs on the island and new