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LORD OF THE FLIES MASK PROJECT CHARTING SYMBOLISM

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This mask represents the descent into savagery in *Lord of the Flies*—shattered conch for lost order, skull for death of conscience, black shards and dripping knife for the boys’ growing thirst for blood, and fire as the fading hope of civilization.

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    LORD OF THE FLIES MASK PROJECT: CHARTING SYMBOLISM Mask Details: As you design your mask, justify your color and design choices. As you choose your colors ard design elements, keep in mind that you are trying to symbolize evil, hatred, hunting, savagery, inhumanity, and wildness. COLOR OR ELEMENT SYMBOLIC SIGNIFICANCE RELATION TO LORD OF THE FLIES Fire The burning desire to have order, warmth. The 'good side'. The fire symbolizes the flame of civilization, humanity. The fire is their symbol of rescue, in away it symbolizes civilization. Skull The skull symbolizes the 'neec' for death, blood, carnage. The bad side'. The skull symbolizes the death of their human nature, of their consciences. The skull of the dead parachute man. misunderstooo as the beast, viewed as evil. Shattered Conch The broken conch symbolizes them losing their law ano order, because the conch symbolizes their human need for set rules and direction. The conch is their ultimate picture of rules and oroer, it's their main form of attempting to form their own civilization. Black Shards 1 made the black shams look as though they were breaking off the conch, so they were, in a way, a form of organized evil because of the origins from the conch. Because spoiler alert*, when they oo finally break off from the conch and their systematic society, they have a sort of organized, but still evil ard chaotic, group, uno er Jack's rules ard regulations. The black shards were there to symbolize the piercing darkness ano the evil, dark, unknown of the beast. Especially because the beast was seen as a black thing coming for them. Dripping Black Knife When Jack kills the pig, he gets blood all over him. ard seems to enjoy it. especially because of how fervently he speaks of spilling blood. He enjoys death, and. more importandy, causing blood to fall. So 1 made his knife, an automatic symbol of evil, drip with the evil black bloou he spills and thirst for. Symbolizing the knife they used to kill the pig, dripping blooo everywhere, the black blood symbolizing the evil thirst for death the boys have. Black Cracks Finally, these black cracks in the sides of the skull show the ur stableness of 'the dark side , as cheesy as that sounds. Because you can t keep sure footing when you're balarcec on chaos. It also shows the boys' cracking sanity, anc the way they are all slowly losing their minds. The cracks symbolize their cracking sanity, black creeping into their little civilization, causing the boys to worry about a nonexistent beasL disrupting their minds anu their neeu for, in Hack of a better word, civilization. WRITING PROMPT: After completing your mask, respond to this writing prompt. Your response should be at least a paragraph in length ano include at least one quote from the book. In chapter four, Jack paints his face with red and white clay ano charcoal. This event in the

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