LORD OF THE FLIES
CHAPTER 1
1. SETTING—
---how do you know—
---shape of the island—see map
2. CHARACTERS—
1. Piggy—
2. Ralph—
3. Simon—
4. Sam-n Eric5. Roger—
3. EVOLVING THEMES
1. Power Struggle
---Democracy to a Dictatorship
---Examples
---Why is Ralph elected chief—
--- How does Jack maintain a power base?
2. Civilized to the Savage
---Example in Chapter 1—
3. The Nature of Good and Evil (Spiritual Theme)
---Example---The Biblical Allusion
4. POINT OF VIEW—
5. PLOT
1. How did they get there?
2. Why don’t they know eachother?
3. What is the hint of what has taken place in the outside world?
4. What career are the parents?
5. Why can’t Jack kill the pig? Note how embarrassed he is---excuses he
uses
6. SYMBOLS
1. Piggy—
2. Simon—
3. Ralph—
4. Jack—
Chapter 2
1. Civilized Themes
1. conch rule
2. Jack: “when anyone breaks them…..implies
3. where the conch is …
2. The Meeting
1. Piggy—who knows we’re here?
2. Kids’ reaction to no adults: like
3. The Mulberry Mark boy (p 35-36)
1. what about the ……(Biblical Allusion)
2. groups’ reaction—
3. says it’s a nightmare
4. Ralph—uses reason5. Jack steals Ralph’s thunder—
6. Ralph feels—(p37)
3. The fire on the Mountain---purpose of the fire?
1. Who leads
2. What kind of wood
3. Fire problem—how do they start the fire?
4. Choirboys
5. Problem with the fire they start
1. Piggy foreshadowing—
2. antagonism between Jack and Piggy
3. Piggy—not savages
6. The Mulberry marked boy--4. Conflicts
1. Man vs Man—
2. Man vs Nature—
3. Irony—
CHAPTER 3
3. Signs the Jack has become a skilled hunter-name 6
4. Civilized theme---the slide to savagery
1. building shelters—the problems
2. meetings vs. action
3. no help from anyone but Simon
5. The growing conflict between Ralph and Jack
1. we need ….
2. we need ….
3. protection from the ………—the word is not mentioned
4. Jack on hunting in the jungle
6. Passage of time—how much time has passed
7. Note what word Jack forgets—(p53)
6. Simon’s retreat—what is it a symbol of….?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Simon’s physical description of hideout
The name—biblical
his hideout—
helps the littluns get fruit..
CHAPTER 4
1. Signs that the kids are slipping from civilized to savages:
1. Roger—cite four
2.Jack p64---cite four
3.Killing the pig—cite 3
4.Letting the fire go out
2. The Ship
1. Ralph’s Conflict
1. go
2. or go
3. Conflicts of Feelings
1. Jack
2. Ralph3. Piggy- comments
1. What does Jack do?
2. Glasses break- as symbol
3. Jack’s apology
4. Eating the pig
1. as a means of power2. denies who
3. Simon
4. Ralph calls an assembly
1. calls it into the dark
CHAPTER 5 BEAST FROM THE WATER
1. What tactical error does Ralph make in calling the assembly?
2. How has Ralph become a good leader:?
1. holds
2. uses
3. The assembly
1. problems
1. water
2. lavatory
3. the shelters
4. the place
5. the importance of the fire2. Hunters’ reactions
1.too
2.laughter
3. Ralph
1. new rule2. things are
3. Jack
1. yells
2. on
4. Piggy
1. on fear
2. life is scientific
3. we’re frightened of people
5. Percival
1. forgets
2. beast
6. Simon
1. maybe the beast
2. mankind’s essential illness
4. The vote
1. vote on ghosts
2. the conflicts
1. between Piggy and Jack pg90
1. the conch
2. that
3. Piggy
2. between Ralph and Jack pg 91
1. on the rules
2. on who should say things
4.Symbol of Darkness
5. Ralph wants to give up being chief
1. why Piggy wants him to be chief
2. Simon warns Ralph about how Jack hates him and why
5. The irony of wishing for grown-ups-irony
CHAPTER 6-THE BEAST FROM THE AIR
1. What is the beastie from the air?
1. Who is it?
2. irony3. how does it move
4. how and why the twins interpret it as the beastie-two ways
5. the problem the beastie poses for the kids
1. no fire=
2. first time a big kid…..
2. The assembly
1. Jack
1. be a real
2. on protection of the littleuns
3. the conch rule
2. Ralph
1. he’s the leader, he’ll lead
2. forgets
3. Simon
1. picture of a human ……
2. doubts Sam ‘n Eric’s story
3.At Castle Rock
1. why do they go there?
2. who goes first and why
3. describe the fort
4. heaving rocks
5. Jack likes the place, Ralph doesn’t—why
6. Jack’s weird look at Ralph
7. Ralph’s orders to move up the mountain
1. mutinously the kids follow
2. forgets about what the importance of
3.
CHAPTER 7 SHADOWS AND TALL TREES
1. Signs that Ralph is feeling the pressure of leadership
1.
2.
2. Simon’s prediction
1. To Ralph
2. what is implied--3. why does Simon make the prediction—
3. the boar hunt
1. Jack fights the boar
2. Ralph tires to win support of the hunters—how
3. Robert at pig- and who participates---4. the game- need a real pig---Jack—use it
5. Simon goes
6. Why is Simon not afraid of going through the jungle
4. Climbing the Mountain
1.who goes first----------this is a mistake on Ralph’s part
2.Jack returns
A. why does he see the beastie
1. poor
2. fear
3. who goes next.
4. problems that the beastie on the mountain presents
1. no
2. no
3. isolated
CHAPTER 8- THE GIFT FOR THE DARKNESS
1. Darkness as a symbol-………….. (note title of this chapter is not gift for the
beastie)
2. The Assembly
A. the beast is a
B. Ralph’s comments on Jack’s hunters
C. Jack’s comments on Ralph
D. The new election
1. Jack loses the election-why2. Jack’s reaction to losing3. Jack next action
3. Piggy’s suggestion about the fire4.Simon’s suggestion about the beastie-
5. The hunt- near the end of the island- double meaning
A. leave what….
B. total savages-how
C. plan to
D. Simon witnesses the entire event- where
E. Invitation to the feast
F. Ralph forgets the purpose of fire
G. Impending storm –symbol of turmoil
4. Simon’s conversation with the lord of the flies
A. what is physically happening to Simon?
1. bad times coming
2. other signs
3. other signs
B. everything is bad business
C. gaze of inescapable recognition
D. I’m part of you—close, close, close-I’m the reason it’s no go
E. Inside the head—a blackness within , a blackness that
spread
F. We shall do you, see-predicts ……..
5. Simon encounter with the lord of the flies as a spiritual/ biblical
allusion
A. Biblical allusion
B. Who is the lord of the flies as symbol
1. Biblical allusion
CHAPTER 9 A VIEW TO A DEATH
1. Savage themes in this chapter
A. Jack’s appearance
B. Rain dance
C. Killing Simon
D. Littlun circle
2. Symbols
A. storm as ….symbol
B. flies everywhere-as symbol
C. Simon climbing the mountain-like …biblical
D. Simon bring what news
E. Moonbeamed bodied creatures with fiery eyesF. Simon’s body washes out to sea- as symbol
G. Simon’s death-as symbol
H. Choir boys as symbol--Biblical
I. Jack- as symbol--Biblical
3. Something implied about the murder of Simon, but not stated:
4. Would this really happen, the murder of Simon?
5. One flaw- one thing Golding ignores or fails to address that makes me doubt
that the kids would become that savage-
CHAPTER 10
1. On Simon’s death
A. Ralph—
B. Piggy—
C. Sam and Eric—
D. NOTE—Ralph is the only one who claims responsibility
2. At Castle Rock
A. Roger stopped at the entrance- the rock/boulder….
B. Beating Wilfred-why? What is Jack showing the rest of the tribe?
C. The Chief’s meeting
1. change in Golding’s language—
2. must guard the gates
3. leave part of the kill
4. on the beastie
a. came …..
b. keep on the ….
c. How the beastie has changed…..
5. steal the fire
3. The problem with the fire
A. can’t keep it going
B. Ralph forgetting …….
C. Piggy- we got to get rescued- Ralph sniggers
4. The attack
A. first think it is ……
B. vicious snarling…..like
C. collapse of the shelter-as symbol
D. irony of the attack
E. irony—Piggy thought they wanted the conch
F. what do they take ………—as symbolCHAPTER 11
1. The Assembly
E. the absurdity of this meeting
F. Piggy’s request for an assembly
G. Ralph’s summary of events:
i. fire for a signal
ii. are we savages
iii. there was… (Simon)
iv. give them fire
H. Ralph’s plan
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
i. go to Jack’s tribe
ii. go washed up, hair combed- look civilized
iii. Sam and Eric—take spears, they’ll be wearing paint, Jack
gets waxy
I. Piggy’s resolve-has to be led, holds the conch, tell Jack to give his
glasses back because that is only fair—the civilized thing to do
J. Ralph argues with Piggy over forgetting smoke—the twins look at
Ralph differently
At Castle Rock
A. war cry as they approach Castle Rock
B. Ralph blows the conch
C. Savages protect entrance
D. Roger throwing stones-a source of power pulsing within
his body
E. Savages sniggering
F. Jack enters from the jungle—masked in black and
green-like …..?
The confrontation between Ralph and Jack
A. how they use spears
B. Ralph says they have to give Piggy his glasses, about
rescue, savages response
C. The capture of Sam and Eric
D. “You’re a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief
–they fight again
Piggy’s final speech
A. themes
1. which is better-……
2. which is better…..
3. which is better
Symbols1. Piggy’s death=
2. Conch destroyed=
Ralph attacked and injured
Roger tortures Sam and Eric
CHAPTER 12
1. Ralph is alone
A. the outcast
B. type of conflict
C. denialD. the pig’s skull- where is Ralph hiding-what weapon
does he use
2. The meeting with Sam and Eric
A. during the feast
B. Sam and Eric are part of the tribe- used as lookouts
C. Got to go Ralph
D. Never mind what’s sense
E. Plan to hunt Ralph
1. form a line and give signals- note the decrease of
language
F. fear of Roger and the chief
G. Ralph tells them where he will hide
H. What will happen to me when they catch me- fun and
games—The reply and implication…….
I. Sam and Eric get beaten
3. The next day
A. twins give Ralph away
B. roll boulders through the thicket
C. Ralph biting his nails-breathing rapidly
D. The 1st attack
E. Ralph snarling- like …..
F. The fire-which helps him to escape-makes a run for it
G. Choices
1. Give three
2. needs time to think—irony
H. island on fire-foreshadowing and irony
I. Where does he hide- is it Simon’s place
J. Realization about the stick sharpened at both ends
K. The chase-pg 199 sounds like Ralph is an animal being
hunter
L. Prophecy—you’ll get back
M. The Naval Officer
1. who is in charge- why does Ralph step forward
2. Perceival—I’m…I’mmm
3. Ralph weeps for the end of innocence, and the
darkness in men’s hearts