1. Write Compare/Contrast paragraph (Holden vs. Will).
2. Due tomorrow at the beginning of class.
3. See below for marking criteria and topic sentence examples.
4. Handout: Transition words & phrases.
English 11
Lord of the Flies
1. Discuss Chapter 1
- Significance/foreshadowing of Jack and the Choir, "candlebuds"
- Piggy as the outcast/outsider (Poor - we can tell by the way his dialogue is written - Unattractive, timid/unsure, represents adulthood/civilization)
- Symbolism of the conch shell: leadership, authority, order & civilization, democracy, community, femininity, innocence ("creamy white, pure")
- Pushing the rock off the mountain symbolic of Man's Fall from innocence, destruction
- 'Lord of the Flies' = Hebrew translation for "Beelzebub" (Demon/Devil)
2. Read Chapter 2 in-class (complete questions for homework, due tomorrow)
- Things to make note of (page numbers may vary but the different editions are only a few pages difference):
Page 31:
"Jack slammed his knife into a trunk and looked round challengingly."
Page 32:
"Jack was on his feet. 'We'll have rules' he cried excitedly. 'Lots of rules! Then if anyone breaks 'em---'"
Page 42:
"'I agree with Ralph. We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English; and the English are best at everything.'" (Jack) --> Think: History of British Imperialism.
