1. Mark (and record) chapter 2 questions
2. Notes:
- Lord of the flies: translated from Hebrew, means Beelzebub
- Butterfly; Greek for psyche (What is the significance of Simon's connection to nature? Why is he surrounded by butterflies?)
- Utopia vs. Dystopia: A utopia is an ideal place, potentially unattainable, where discord, violence, and poverty are eliminated.
An example is R.M. Ballantyne’s Coral Island (1857).
Golding wrote an anti-Coral Island.
LOTF is a dystopia - a world full of violence, inequality and irrationality.
- Metaphor: An extended narrative that carries a second meaning below the surface story.
An example is Animal Farm. On the surface it’s a simple story of rebellious animals; underneath it’s a story of the Russian Revolution. To Golding, the deeper story in LOTF is both Biblical and psychological in nature.
- Symbolism: Events, places, objects, qualities and characters can all represent something else.
Symbols are incarnations of abstract ideas, and help connect the surface story to the deeper allegorical dimensions of the narrative. - Characters: Ralph/Jack/Piggy/Simon/Roger, Objects/Locations: the scar/conch/glasses/the candle buds/fire/the “fort”, Qualities: light vs. dark
3. Characterization (so far) of Ralph, Jack, Piggy, and Simon
4. Read chapter 3
5. Handout: chapter 3 questions
6. Tomorrow: Quiz on chapters 2 and 3
Comm 11
1. Finish Section 2/3 open book test (due tomorrow, Friday 30th)
2. Independent novel reading
3. Book review: due April 5th
Eng 10E
1. Spelling test #3
2. Finish finding quotes (novels due tomorrow)
3. Continue drafting essay (due Tuesday, April 3rd)
Eng 12(L)
1. Presentations chapters 7-9
2. Next class: Ch 10 - Group 1, Ch 11 - Group 2, Ch 12 - Group 3
