Eng 11(S)

1. Chapter 5 quiz
2. Important quotes from chapters 4 and 5 explained:

--> Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space round Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law.

        This passage from Chapter 4 describes the beginnings of Roger’s cruelty to the littluns, an important early step in the group’s decline into savagery. At this point in the novel, the boys are still building their civilization, and the civilized instinct still dominates the savage instinct. The cracks are beginning to show, however, particularly in the willingness of some of the older boys to use physical force and violence to give themselves a sense of superiority over the smaller boys. This quotation shows us the psychological workings behind the beginnings of that willingness. Roger feels the urge to torment Henry, the littlun, by pelting him with stones, but the vestiges of socially imposed standards of behavior are still too strong for him to give in completely to his savage urges. At this point, Roger still feels constrained by “parents and school and policemen and the law”—the figures and institutions that enforce society’s moral code. Before long, Roger and most of the other boys lose their respect for these forces, and violence, torture, and murder break out as the savage instinct replaces the instinct for civilization among the group.

-->His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.

          This quotation, also from Chapter 4, explores Jack’s mental state in the aftermath of killing his first pig, another milestone in the boys’ decline into savage behavior. Jack exults in the kill and is unable to think about anything else because his mind is “crowded with memories” of the hunt. Golding explicitly connects Jack’s exhilaration with the feelings of power and superiority he experienced in killing the pig. Jack’s excitement stems not from pride at having found food and helped the group but from having “outwitted” another creature and “imposed” his will upon it. Earlier in the novel, Jack claims that hunting is important to provide meat for the group; now, it becomes clear that Jack’s obsession with hunting is due to the satisfaction it provides his primal instincts and has nothing to do with contributing to the common good.

-->“What I mean is . . . maybe it’s only us”

            Simon speaks these words in Chapter 5, during the meeting in which the boys consider the question of the beast. One littlun has proposed the terrifying idea that the beast may hide in the ocean during the day and emerge only at night, and the boys argue about whether the beast might actually exist. Simon, meanwhile, proposes that perhaps the beast is only the boys themselves. Although the other boys laugh off Simon’s suggestion, Simon’s words are central to Golding’s point that innate human evil exists. Simon is the first character in the novel to see the beast not as an external force but as a component of human nature. Simon does not yet fully understand his own idea, but it becomes clearer to him in Chapter 8, when he has a vision in the glade and confronts the Lord of the Flies.

3. Read chapter 6
**Tomorrow: Book review due, discuss chapter 6 and 7**

Comm 11

1. Read p. 256-279
2. Questions (due tomorrow):

• Violet's request for assistance repairing her feed ware is rejected.  Is it her own fault that she can't get help? Does this have implications for things today?
• Why does Titus delete all of the memories that violet has sent him? Why does he later lie to her about it?
• Why does Titus want to go with Violet to the mountains?
• Violet admits on page 262 that "they're really close to winning". Who is she talking about? What does she mean by "winning"?
• Why does Titus respond to Violet's statement in the previous question by telling her to keep "doing"?

3. Time to work on book review (due tomorrow)

**Tomorrow: Book review due, finish novel, finish questions**

Eng 10E

1. Hand in essay and novels

2. Work on book review (due tomorrow)

3. Start The Pursuit of Happiness

**Tomorrow: Book review due, all late work due, spelling quiz #4, finish The Pursuit of Happiness**

Eng 12L

1. Presentations for Chapters 10-12 (hand in work for the novel thus far, marks for first 4 presentations last marks for this term)

2. For Tuesday: Group 1 - Chapter 13, Group 2 - Chapter 14, Group 3 - Chapter 15

Tomorrow is the last day to turn in work for term 3!