Chapter 12

1. Who is referred to as the outlaw at the beginning of Chapter 12 and why?

2. What does Ralph do to “The Lord of the Flies”?

3. Who are the new members of Jack’s tribe in Chapter 12?

4. What has Jack planned to do to Ralph?

5. Why does Roger “sharpen a stick at both ends”? For what specific reason?

6. Where does Ralph hide and what is a result of this?

7. What, specifically, does Jack’s tribe do to the island?

8. What does Ralph reflect upon at the end of the novel?

9. What happens to Ralph and the rest of the boys at the end of the novel? 

Chapter 11

Write your responses into your Google Document for Lord of the Flies

1. Why does the tribe of the conch go to Castle Rock?

2. What symbolic event happens to the conch?

3. Name three moments of irony during their visit to Castle Rock?

4. Who kills Piggy and why?

5. What are the two options mentioned by Ralph and Piggy?

6. Who is taken prisoner and will be tortured by Roger at the end of Chapter 11?

Homework- Finish reading Lord of the Flies.

Chapter 9 and 10

Chapter 9- Respond to these questions in your Google Document.

1. What change has Simon gone through?  Why is “the usual brightness gone from his eyes?”  You may answer this with a scientific explanation or a deeply philosophic reason.  Each are acceptable and valid.

2.  What is the figure that he encounters and what does he realize?

3.  What is “the beast?”

4.  What are Ralph and Piggy doing at the beginning of Chapter 9?

5. Where has everyone but Piggy and Ralph gone?  What are they doing?

6.  Where do Piggy and Ralph eventually go?

7.  What argument does Jack make for being leader?  What argument does Jack make for being leader?  What reasons does each of them give for the rest of the boys to follow them?

8.  When it begins to rain, what do all of the boys begin to do?  What movement, specifically?  What are they collectively referred to as?

9.  What crawls out of the forest?  Who crawls out of the forest?  What mistaken identity takes place?  What clue is given at the bottom of page 152?  What happens to this beast?

10.  During the storm, where does the figure on the mountaintop move to?

11.  Where does the “beast” go?

12. Paragraph- Write a short paragraph on Simon’s fate.  If he is a representation or symbol of kindness, then what comment is William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies, making on humanity in the novel.  How is Simon’s fate symbolic?


Reading from:
Chapter 10

1. What is the “unspoken knowledge” between the tribe of the conch?

2. What do the savages steal from the tribe of the conch?

3. What does Jack promise his tribe?

4. Why is the small boy, Wilfred, to be beaten? What is the reason given by Roger?

5. How many savages are sent on the mission to steal from the tribe of the conch? What do they steal?

Homework- Finish reading Chapter 10.  Read Chapter 11.
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Chapter 8- Second Half: Completed Essay Due

By the end of the period, you should complete this essay in your Google Document.  Use your plan from yesterday.  This will not be accepted if it is late- if it is finished any later than the ring of the bell, it is late.

Directions:

Read 138-144, consider the quote and the question below.  Then, plan your response. 

You may use your book and brainstorm in your LOF Google document.  Of course, this response must be your own work. First brainstorm, the write the essay- your progress on this is factored into your grade as a quiz grade.

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Simon’s Terrible Realization

… and his gaze was held by that ancient, inescapable recognition

                                                                (Page 138, Chapter 8: Lord of the Flies)

Question:

From our understanding of the novel, what, specifically, is this ‘inescapable recognition’ (referred to above and developed in the following pages of the chapter) in Lord of the Flies; what is the greater meaning of this realization?  Pay close attention to what the pig’s head on a stick says to Simon by the end of the chapter. Connect what the pig’s head expresses to the rest of our work in the novel so far; discuss at least two other earlier chapters to receive credit for your response.

1.       Brainstorm- plan a four paragraph essay

2.       Write and introduction

3.       Write body paragraphs that connect the meaning in chapter 8 to earlier chapters

4.       Write a conclusion that expresses the deeper meaning of Golding’s perspective on the human psyche

Response:

Clearly express what the realization is and what the ‘root’ of the problem is. 

Use examples from Lord of the Flies itself to support your claim (thesis: idea).

Discuss the greater meaning of this “recognition”.

LOF: Chapter 8(first half)

“Gift for the Darkness”

Questions

1.       What do the others inform Piggy of in the beginning of Chapter 8?  How do they describe this discovery?

2.       What effect does this have on the signal fire?

3.       What does Ralph comment on concerning Jack’s hunters? What effect does this have?

4.       Who calls a meeting and why?

5.       List at least 5 topics which Jack brings up at this meeting. 

6.       What does Jack decide to do?  And what is Piggy’s opinion of this action?

7.       What do the boys decide to do about the signal fire?  Be specific.

8.       What do they decide about the fire which they make?  Why?

9.       Which boys remain with Piggy and Ralph?  Which have gone?  Where have they gone? 

10.    What do Piggy and the twins do to celebrate?

11.    Where is Simon?

12.    Where is Jack on the Island?  List at least 3 things that he plans to do.

13.    What do Jack and the hunters discover in the woods?  Explain the chain of events which happen after this discovery.  Be specific with as  many details as possible.

14.    What do they leave for the beast? Why?

15.    What do they take with them along the beach?  How do they take ‘it’ with them?

16.    What is left behind?

PARAGRAPHS

A.      Metaphor/Symbol 
Explain how the beast is a symbol of the boy’s fear. Explain the chain of events which happen after its discovery and what happens to ‘the tribe of the conch.’ How is the overall situation a metaphor for what fear does to a community?  Think about the overall effect of the ‘apelike’ thing on the mountain-top.  What is the beast blocking the boys from doing?

B.     Allegorical Irony

Discuss the sacrifice that Jack and his tribe offer to the beast.  With the knowledge that we have as readers, the fearfulness that the boys on the island experience is ridiculous.  Use the term of dramatic irony to discuss the great and unneeded worry and extremes which the inhabitants of the Island put themselves through.  Ultimately, what lesson does this teach us about fear?  In what way is this an allegory about fear?

Chapter 6

Respond to these in you Google Document

1. What is the significance of the chapter’s title?

2. What is the beast, imaginary and actual?

3. Where are there examples of personification?

4. Where are there examples of foreshadowing?

5. Explain the development of the conflict between Jack and Ralph?

6. How is the change in setting, from the beginning of the chapter to the end, at once, symbolic and foreshadowing the future of the novel?  Pay close attention to the details of imagery of the cliffs. 

Homework- Read Chapter 7; make a list of events in the chapter.

Review of Lord of the Flies so far

COMPLETE A-D IN YOUR GOOGLE DOCUMENT

For A and B below, you will find interpretations of characters and objects.  For each one of these, find and identify support by referring to specifics from the chapters read so far and quoting directly from the specific place where the idea appears in the novel.

Of course, write this into your Lord of the Flies Google Document

1. Representation

1)      Ralph- fair/ respectful leadership

2)      Jack- leadership of fear

3)      Simon- kindness

4)      Piggy- intelligence

5)      Roger- cruelty and evil

2. Symbolism

1)      The Conch- community

2)      The Fire- power (neutral)

3)      Creepers- obstacles/ struggle against nature

4)      The Beastie- the boy’s inner fear

5)      Piggy’s Glasses- products of the cooperative progress of civilization (technology?)

6)      Jack’s Painted Face- freedom from shame and conscience

3. Essay Topic- why does “civilization” break/ deteriorate?  Create an outline for this essay; then, write the introduction

D. Chapter Six “Beast from Air” Vocabulary- define each and create an original sentence that relates to the characters and events in the novel so far and also demonstrates your understanding of the word's definition.

            Diffidently-

            Chasm-

            Leviathan-

            Plinth-

            Exulting-

Homework- Read Chapter 6 "Beast from the Air".  Write a summary of events in the chapter and each sentence where the words above appear.  This is due tomorrow, on a piece of loose leaf paper at the beginning of the period.  If you are late to class, I will not accept your homework.