After reading Chapter Seven, answer and complete the
following tasks and questions.
- Description- Imagery
1) Explain
the appearance of the boys and Ralph in terms of hygiene, clothes, etc.
2) What
are the distinct differences of the two different sides of the island, as they
are described in the beginning of chapter seven? What deeper ideas might the two sides of the
island symbolize?
- Opposites- dreaming and reality
1) What
is Ralph dreaming about? What do his
dreams represent for Ralph: what idea or feeling?
2) What
does his reality involve: what tasks and events in the chapter?
- The “Game”: symbolism
1) Explain
the game that boys begin to play in this chapter?
2) In
what way could this game symbolize the mental condition of the boys?
3) How
is the game a type of foreshadowing?
- “The Beast”- appearance
1) How
do the boys imagine the beast in this chapter?
2) How
is it described by the end of the chapter?
3) How
do the events in this chapter affect the status of the beast?
- Conflict
1) What
two different ideas are in conflict in this chapter?
2) Which
characters support the ideas in conflict?
- Setting (mood) on Mountaintop
1) How
is the top of the mountain and the events that take place there described?
2) Explain
the irony of the scene, dramatic and situational?
3) What
comment does this scene make about the nature of fear?
- Poem- two different sides of the
island- symbolism
Write a poem that refers to the two different sides of the
island, the issues of chapter seven and discusses the symbolism of the
distinctly different sides of “the island.”
The poem must be at least 15 lines long and demonstrate your
understanding of the chapter.
