Foreshadowing devices in Lord of the Flies?

Answer 1

When roger pushes the boulder off the cliff at the start of the novel and at the end of the novel he pushes a boulder which KILLS Piggy.

There's also the parts in chapter 7 where Simon says to Ralph "I just think you'll get back alright-" He's foreshadowing that he dies. And in the same chapter, after the first pig-hunt-dance Roger says "You want a real pig, because you've got to kill it," to which Jack retorts "Use a littun," also foreshadowing Simon's death. At the end of chapter 8, when Simon is talking to the Lord of the Flies, there is another foreshadowing of his death. William Golding was really trying to make sure you knew Simon would die.

Fire on the Mountain, chapter 2, the big fire is foreshadowing to the end of the book, where the whole island is ablaze again.

Answer 2

Some foreshadowing devices in "Lord of the Flies" include the boys' fascination with hunting and violence hinting at their descent into savagery, the recurring references to the beast foreshadowing the growing fear and paranoia among the boys, and Piggy's glasses breaking symbolizing the disintegration of reason and civilization on the island.

Answer 3

There are many elaborate instances of foreshadowing in lord of the flies. The biggest one is when Roger throws stones at roger and then at the end of the book, throws a boulder at piggy. Also when there is a small fire on the mountain in the beginning chapters. Also the beasty is foreshadowing for the group becoming a beast.

Answer 4

There is foreshadowing for both Piggy and Simon's deaths.

For Piggy, when Roger is throwing stones at one of the children building sandcastles, this can be seen as foreshadowing.

Simon's death is foreshadowed through the mock pig/beast hunts where they used the living children.

Answer 5

There are a number of examples of foreshadowing in the book Lord of the Flies. In chapter 3: Huts on the Beach when Jack is talking about hunting Ralph says, "So long as you hunters remember the fire---" And in the following chapter the hunters allow the fire to go out and the boys miss the chance of being rescued. Roger throwing stones at Henry is a foreshadow of him launching a boulder at Piggy. The out of control fire on the mountain in chapter 2 foreshadows the entire island burning when the fire gets out of control in chapter 12.

Answer 6

There are a number of incidences of foreshadowing in the book Lord of the Flies. In chapter 3: Huts on the Beach when Jack is talking about hunting Ralph says, "So long as you hunters remember the fire---" And in the following chapter the hunters allow the fire to go out and the boys miss the chance of being rescued. Roger throwing stones at Henry is a foreshadow of him launching a boulder at Piggy. The out of control fire on the mountain in chapter 2 foreshadows the entire island burning when the fire gets out of control in chapter 12.

Answer 7

The fire spreading to the pocket of jungle on the slopes of the mountain foreshadows the out of control fire which virtually burned the entire island at the end of the book. The littlun who first mentioned the beast mirrors Percival's mention of the beast in chapter 5, when he shocked the boys out of their complacency by suggesting that the beast came out of the sea.

Answer 8

Piggy’s Death is an important plot point in Lord of the Flies, and is foreshadowed from the first time we see his character; however, the exact nature of his death is an instance of false foreshadowing, as Golding sets up the reader to believe Piggy will die from his physical frailty, not violence. Piggy’s death signifies the end of Ralph’s fragile troop, and a victory by the forces of violence and brutality over the forces of wisdom, kindness, and civility. The death is foreshadowed in the early pages, when Piggy tells Ralph he has Asthma, can’t swim, needs his glasses to see, and is sick from the fruit. “ to your as-mar!” Ralph replies, foreshadowing the boys’ lack of concern about Piggy’s physical vulnerability. When Jack breaks one of the lenses in Piggy’s glasses, the foreshadowing of his fragility is repeated, and his dependence on his glasses for survival. Later, he can’t catch his breath and “blue shadows” creep around his mouth, suggesting he will suffocate while the boys looks for the beast. That his death comes through an act of violence, instead of his own physical condition, defies the expectations set up by all the previous foreshadowing. At the same time, the fact that the boys hunt pigs foreshadows the violent nature of Piggy’s death, as when Jack says “If only I could get a pig!”

Answer 9

The rolling of boulders off the Castle Rock in Chapter 6 foreshadows Piggy's tragic death; the Lord of The Flies's promise to have some "fun" with Simon foreshadows Simon's death.