Littlun Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

Melody Shirley
Mrs. Smith
10th Literature
August 23, 2014

In the Lord of the Flies the littluns share a big role. One of the main importances is that the littluns provide situations and are able to interact with the bigger kids. They seem to be the followers in the novel. There trying to mind their own business but also help and do what they can do for survival.

"The littluns who has seen few fires since the first catastrophe became wildly excited. They danced and sang and there was a partyish air about the gathering."(Golding 130) This quote is an example of the little boys acting like little boys. That no matter what the situation is at the end of the day they will still be little boys and will act like it. The littluns try to make the best of it and they have fun while doing it.

“They spent most of the day, picking fruit where they could reach it and not particular about ripeness and quality.” (Golding 59) This quote is an example of end of innocence.

Children there age should not have to be picking fruit off of trees for survival. The Littluns are losing their innocence. There having to fend for themselves and grow up faster than most 6 year olds

“For a littlun he was self –confident, holding out his hands, cradling the conch as ralph did, looking round at them to collect their attention before he spoke”( Golding 84) This quote is an example of power. Phil was confident about standing up in front of the rest. He somewhat felt like he had the power over the rest at the time. He did what he saw Ralph do in the pass. Phil then waited for everyone’s attention just like the others did.

“You littluns started all this, with the fear talk.”(Golding 82) This quote represents the littluns fearing the beastie. The Littluns were the first to say they saw the beastie. The other boys such as Jack seemed angry about it. Jack was basically telling the Littluns to get over it and that people fear all the time. The littluns were just acting like regular 6 year

olds.

“Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands.” (Golding 46) The quote symbolizes the reliance the littluns have towards Simon. This shows the content relationship the littluns have with Simon and how they want to watch over Simon. Golding does this to show happiness between the two of them.