Lrd f the Flies Anticipatin Guide Instructins: Write A next t statements with which yu agree. Write D next t thse with which yu disagree. Underneath each statement, prvide a reasn fr yur agreement r disagreement. 1. When given the chance, peple ften single ut and degrade thers t imprve themselves. 2. Sciety is what hlds everyne tgether. Withut the cnditins f sciety, ur ideals, values, and even the basics f right and wrng are lst. 3. The pwer f fear and cntrl can verwhelm a persn. 4. If humanity is t survive, inncence may have t be sacrificed. 5. When the institutins f law and rder slip away r are ignred, human beings revert t a mre primitive part f their nature. TURN OVER
Anticipatin Guide Cntinued 6. Whenever grups f peple cexist, there will be a struggle fr pwer. 7. It s better t examine the cnsequences f a decisin befre it is made, than t discver them afterwards. 8. Children are capable f hrrific behaviur. 9. Everyne is capable f murder. 10. The reasn mst peple hunt is that they need the meat.
Intr t Lrd f the Flies: WHO SHOULD SURVIVE? A severe strm has crippled a small ship, the S.S. Guppy, and the nly remaining lifebat has rm fr nly seven peple. Yu have n hpe f reaching civilizatin, but there is a fairly gd chance that yu can make it t ne f many small, uncharted, and unppulated islands in the area. Yu may have t remain n such an island fr years. Yur task is t chse the seven peple wh shuld be allwed n the lifebat, and hence, be allwed t survive. In grups f five, yu must cme t a cnsensus. Which seven peple will yu save and why? Yu must be able t defend each chse yur grup makes, including why yu have chsen nt t take certain peple. Yu will be expected t present yur findings. 1. DR. DANE: thirty-seven, Ph.D. in histry, cllege prfessr, in gd health (jgs daily), hbby is gardening, enjys plitics, married with ne child (Bbby). 2. MRS. DANE: thirty-eight, rather bese, diabetic, M.A. in psychlgy, cunsellr in a mental health clinic, married t Dr. Dane, has ne child. 3. BOBBY: ten, develpmentally delayed with a rather lw IQ. 4. MRS. VICTOR: twenty-three, ninth-grade educatin, ccktail waitress, married at sixteen, divrced at eighteen. 5. JEAN GARCIA: three mnths ld, healthy. 6. MARY EVANS: eighteen, trade schl educatin, wears glasses, artistic. 7. MR. NEWTON: twenty-five, starting last year f medical schl, never had a girlfriend, music as a hbby, physical fitness nut. 8. MRS. CLARK: twenty-eight, daughter f a minister, cllege graduate, electrnics engineer, single nw after a brief marriage, member f Zer Ppulatin. 9. MR. BLAKE: fifty-ne, B.S. in mechanics, married with fur children, enjy utdrs, much experience in cnstructin, quite handy, sympathizes with white supremacy views. 10. FATHER FRANS: thirty-seven, Cathlic, priest, active in civil rights, frmer cllege athlete, farming backgrund, ften criticized fr liberal views. 11. DR. GONZALES: sixty-six, dctr in general practice, tw heart attacks in the past five years, lves literature and qutes extensively.
Passenger Name Allw n Lifebat D Nt Allw 3 Reasns fr Chice 1. DR. DANE 2. MRS. DANE 3. BOBBY 4. MRS. VICTOR 5. JEAN GARCIA 6. MARY EVANS 7. MR. NEWTON 8. MRS. CLARK 9. MR. BLAKE 10. FATHER FRANS 11. DR. GONZALES PERSONAL REFLECTION: In frmal respnse paragraph, explain hw difficult yu fund this task t be. Include VERY SPECIFIC reasns t supprt yur pinin! Include a thesis, intrductry & cncluding statement. Due date:
CHEAT SHEET FOR LORD f the FLIES Inspiratin fr the Bk: William Glding was inspired t write this nvel when he entered the Ryal Navy in England. He saw the hrrrs f the war and believed it was caused by the evil in peple. Backgrund: The nvel begins fllwing a plane crash that leaves a grup f yung bys (aged 5 t 12) scattered thrughut a trpical island. They bys were being evacuated frm England, where an atmic war was taking place. While fleeing by plane, they are attacked and they crash int the cean. The bys behaviur reflects their prir surrundings; they act as thugh they are at war. Setting: The nvel is set n an island during WWII. This is imprtant fr TWO reasns: 1. Because it is set in the middle f a war, lcating the bys is nt a tp pririty. 2. The island, remved frm the rest f sciety, accelerates the bys descent int savagery. The glss f civilizatin is chipped away ver time, which allws the bys t give in t the darker side f their natures. The island is a very islated place with abslutely n cntact with the utside wrld. The nly way that thers culd cntact the bys is by chance if a plane r a bat happened t spt them. The island has fd, wildlife, and fresh water. The physical island is nt the cause f the bys dwnfall; their dwnfall is caused by their wn actins. The Fur Main Physical Settings f the Island: 1. The Lagn: mst civilized place n the island 2. The Muntain: salvatin might ccur here; psitive high place 3. The Jungle: rife with death and decay 4. Castle Rck: where Jack and his tribe establish themselves As yu read, lk ut fr these (there may be mre): Symbls: Cnch Beast The lrd f the flies Glasses The island Clthes Masks Scar Characters: Themes: Civilizatin vs. Savagery Human Nature Gd vs. Evil Pwer (Crruptin/Misuse) Appearance vs. Reality Lss f Inncence Leadership (r lack f) Fear Manipulatin Ralph (Demcracy/Civilizatin) Jack (savagery/darkness) Piggy (Reasn/Intellect) Simn (Christ-Like) Rger (Sadist)
THE LORD OF THE FLIES Simn as a Christ-figure An allusin is a casual reference t smething. A biblical allusin is t use an image r reference frm the Bible in everyday language t cnnect t r enhance the meaning f the text. In Lrd f the Flies, there are many biblical allusins. Fr example, there are parallels between the lives f Jesus and Simn. TASK: read the fllwing descriptins f Jesus life and write a text example that cmpares Him t Simn JESUS SIMON 1. Jesus was cnsidered different; he was ridiculed and rejected. 2. Jesus retreated frm sciety at times t meditate and pray t Gd. 3. Jesus went in t the wilderness t cnfrnt evil. He is tempted in the desert by Satan. 4. Simn was ne f Jesus disciples. Simn is a Hebrew name (Peter) meaning rck. He helped spread Jesus ministry/wrd. 5. Jesus prphesized; he fretld the future t cme in a wrld withut gd and Gd. 6. Jesus fed peple. 7. Jesus des nt fear evil because he understands the truth abut evil, fear, and human nature. 8. Befre Jesus culd reveal the wrd/truth, he was killed.
LORD OF THE FLIES Chapter Questins CHAPTERS 1-3 1. Hw d the bys cme t be n the island? What was ging n in the wrld they left behind? 2. Wh is elected leader and hw des he call tgether the bys n the island? 3. What happens t the rganized wrk n the shelters?...n the fire? 4. Describe Ralph, based n the narratr s descriptin and n his treatment f Piggy. 5. What is Jack like? What is his relatinship with the chir? 6. Hw d Piggy s speech, glasses, size, and asthma serve t characterize him? 7. What is yur impressin f Simn? What d the bys think f him? 8. What d Piggy s glasses and the cnch symblize n the island? 9. What is the scar? What des it imply abut the bys presence n the island? 10. Describe the relatinship between: Ralph and Jack, and Ralph and Piggy. 11. What fears d the littl uns have in these chapters? 12. The main characters represent different scial classes. Describe each and prvide reasns fr yur chices. CHAPTERS 4-6 1. In Chapter Fur, why des the fire g ut? What might the fire symblize? 2. Hw d Piggy s glasses get brken? 3. Why des Jack paint his face? What is the effect f the paint n his behaviur? 4. In Chapter Fur, when Rger thrws stnes at Henry, there is a prtective space arund Henry in which he dare nt thrw. What des this space symblize? 5. At the end f Chapter Five, Percival can n lnger say his name and address but instead is reduced t inarticulate gibbering. Hw des this incident serve t reinfrce the theme f the nvel? 6. Accrding t Simn, what is the beast? Hw d the bys react t his statement? D yu think there is sme truth in his bservatin? 7. Explain Piggy s cmments: What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What s grwnups ging t think? Ging ff hunting pigs letting fires ut and nw! (91). What is Piggy trying t maintain? 8. Give examples f vilence, in nature, as well as in the bys. 9. What is the Beast frm the Air described in Chapter Six? Wh discvers it and hw d they react?
CHAPTERS 7-9 1. Describe Ralph based n the fllwing passage: He wuld like t have a pair f scissrs and cut this hair he flung the mass back cut this filthy hair right back t half an inch. He wuld like t have a bath, a prper wallw with sap (109). 2. Why is the actin f the stry increasingly taking place in the near darkness r in the deep night when nly the mn and stars give a little light? 3. Why des Jack leave the grup? 4. Describe Simn s strange encunter with the Lrd f the Flies. What details at the end f Chapter Eight supprt the interpretatin that Simn represents cnscience individuality? 6. With the thunder, what transfrmatins ccur in the bys behaviur? 7. What happens t Simn in Chapter Nine? 8. What is the climax, appearing in Chapter Nine? In what way is it the decisive pint f the stry? CHAPTERS 10-12 1. Jack s tribe attacks Ralph s grup twice. What are they after in each case? 2. Hw des Jack g abut trapping Ralph? 3. Wh breaks the cnch? What des the destructin f the cnch imply? 4. Why is the naval fficer n the island? 5. Deus ex machina gd ut f the machine is a plt device whereby a seemingly unslvable prblem is suddenly and abruptly slved with the cntrived and unexpected interventin f sme new event, character, ability, r bject. Why des Glding use this plt device as the rescuing agent f the bys? What des this imply abut the bys behaviur in relatin t the larger wrld? 6. Hw d the bys appear t the fficer? Why is his perceptin f them irnic? 7. Why des Ralph cry at the end? What has he realized?
Name: Lrd f the Flies Chapter SUMMARIZING MAIN EVENTS Recrd key events in pint frm with page # Imprtant plt pints (brief summary) Elements f fictin (cnflict, suspense, freshadwing, irny, climax etc) TRACKING the DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTERS Key traits and develpments, pint frm, with page # New characters intrduced Character develpment- did yu learn anything abut the character (persnality, beliefs, attitudes)? What des their physical appearance/wrds/thughts suggest abut the character? Has the character changed? What des the character represent? Hw? SYMBOLS / MOTIFS / SETTING Recrd with page # Symbls: Hw is the symbl used? What des the symbl represent? (must represent a larger cncept) Setting: New setting? What md des it cnvey? What type f envirnment is created? THINKING CRITICALLY & CONNECTING t THEMES and BIG IDEAS Recrd with page # and brief explanatin What themes are dminant? What qutes supprt the idea f the theme? Hw is this theme shwn? (actins, wrds, relatinships, etc.) What is the authr s perspective n this theme?
Making Inferences and Predictins Adapted frm Building Reading Cmprehensin Habits in Grades 6-12: A Tlkit f Classrm Activities, by Jeff Zwiers (2010) The mre yu infer and predict, the mre chances yu have f being right. Humans are wired t infer and predict. We watch peple s facial expressins t see hw they feel. We predict a bk s appeal by the picture n its cver. We infer that a restaurant is expensive because it has valet parking. Making an inference means cmbining infrmatin frm a text with ur wn persnal knwledge and experiences. By blending the tw, we create imprtant meanings that are nt directly stated in the text. When we rely t much n a text while making inferences, we might miss ut n a large amunt f deeper meaning. When we rely t much n ur backgrund knwledge while making inferences, we might lse the directin f the text. INFORMATION FROM TEXT INFERENCE BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE Inference-making invlves making an educated guess that ges beynd the authr s exact wrds r images. If an inference is crrect, we have learned smething new and this learning will be better anchred in ur brains. If an inference is incrrect, we have still learned smething new: t make a different inference in a similar situatin in future texts. T make a predictin abut future events, we use textual clues and ur backgrund knwledge in rder t help us t create meaning and predict what might happen next. We then g thrugh the text t cnfirm, discard, change, r make new predictins based n new evidence that cmes up.
TYPES f INFERENCES Text-t-Text Inferences These kinds f inferences allw us t cnnect ne part f a text t anther. Fr a particular sectin f text, ur understanding may depend n whatever came befre it. Gd readers remember what they ve read and cnnect it t what they are currently reading. Fr example, readers need t remember: characters, their traits and their relatinships; the rder f events in a text; the setting; particular causes and effects; elements f freshadwing; key vcabulary terms. Text-t-Self and Text-T Wrld Inferences When we make inferences, we cnnect the text t ur wn experience and knwledge f the wrld. Fr example, I may think f a tree in a text as a symbl f grwth. As I read n, this inference may be cnfirmed, r thrugh class discussin we might decide that the tree is actually nthing mre than a tree. QUESTIONING We can use the fllwing questins t ignite text-t-text, text-t-self, and text-t-wrld inferences: Hw des this part f the text fit int the verall text? What is the authr s purpse? What des this particular wrd mean? Hw des this event r decisin apply t my life r the wrld arund me? What if I had been in this particular situatin? What are the effects f this particular event? What are the causes? What might this character be feeling? Hw d I knw?