- What is human nature?
- How does society impact human behavior?
- How do authors use symbolism to create meaning in their work?
Reading Schedule:
1/24: Chapter 1
1/26: Chapter 2
1/30: Chapters 3 and 4
2/2: Chapter 5
2/6: Chapters 6 and 7
2/9: Chapters 8 and 9
2/13: Chapters 10 and 11
2/16: finish Lord of the Flies
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Lord of the Flies
Discussion Questions, Chapter 1
1. Using a quotation from the book, please explain your first impressions of…
Ralph:
Piggy:
Jack:
Simon:
The island:
2. Why were the boys on the plane to begin with?
3. In what ways is Ralph happy with their situation on the island?
4. What does Ralph do with the conch? What might the conch symbolize in this novel?
5. In what ways does the meeting represent the standards of society that the boys have been brought up with?
6. Why do you think Ralph is voted chief? How do you interpret Jack’s reaction to the vote?
7. Using the description on page 29, draw a sketch of the island. The paragraph begins: “It was roughly boat-shaped…”
8. Explain the significance of this quotation: “They knew very well why he hadn’t: because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood.”
Lord of the Flies Vocabulary List
Effulgence (p. 14) –
Enmity (p. 14) –
Immured (p. 27) –
Enormity (p. 31) –
Gesticulated (p. 34) –
Ebullience (p. 38) –
Indignant (p. 42) –
Festoon (p. 48) –
Vicissitudes (p. 49) –
Footling (p. 65) –
Discursive (p. 92) –
Diffidently (p. 103) –
Impervious (p. 121) –
Demure (p. 133) –
Fervor (p. 133) –
Myopia (p. 169) –
Propitiatingly (p. 173) –
Inscrutably (p. 177) –
Cynically (p. 185) –
Inimical (p. 187) –
Lord of the Flies
Discussion Questions, Chapter 2
1. Find two quotations that indicate Ralph’s development as a leader. The quotations could be things Ralph says in the chapter or pieces the narrator says about him. Explain why you selected the two quotations and what you think they show.
2. In class, we agreed that the conch is a symbol for order and for society. Find one quotation in this chapter that backs up these assumptions. Explain the quotation’s significance.
3. What might the fire in this chapter symbolize?
4. Why are the boys shamed at the end of this chapter? What might this experience foreshadow?
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