LORD OF THE FLIES BY William Golding

Chapter 1: “The Sound and the Shell” Exposition of the book: Introduces Setting and Characters Setting (time and place) Time: WWII – a plane transporting the boys from England crashes on an island Place: a lush island, trees, mountains, blue lagoons Characters: Ralph Piggy Jack

Chapter 1: “The Sound and the Shell” Other Main Events: The boys plane crashes and a group of boys ages 6-12 are stranded on an island with no adults. They originally try to follow order and establish rules to help them survive. Piggy and Ralph find the conch, Piggy deduces how to use the conch, Ralph blows in it to call a meeting. At the meeting Piggy tries to take role, Ralph gets elected leader, even though Jack clearly wanted the job. Ralph, Jack, and Simon go to explore the island, while exploring they find a pig trapped in the vines, and can’t summon the nerves to kill it.

Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain” Main Events: 1. Ralph, Jack, and Simon return and blow the conch to call another meeting. Here they explain that they’re on an island, with no adults, and no way of getting off. Some of the boys, like Piggy, are really distraught by this news. 2. Ralph decides that they should build a signal fire to help them get rescued, and puts Jack and his choir in charge. All the boys race up the mountain, and start the fire using Piggy’s glasses. 3. Their fire quickly catches and gets out of control and burns most of the forest, where one of the littluns was thought to be.

Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” 1. Jack, now in charge of hunting, comes back to the beach disappointed not to catch anything. Ralph and Simon are down on the beach building huts, and are disappointed that the choir is using hunting as an excuse to get out of chores that will help the greater good. 2. Tensions build as Jack wants to hunt, and Ralph wants to build shelters. 3. In the meantime we are introduced to Simon. We see him building huts, helping the little children reach fruit high in the trees, and go mediate in a lush green spot in the forest.

Allegory This story is an allegory which means all the people, things and actions represent an idea or generalization about life; allegories often have a strong moral lesson. Often, characters in allegories personify some abstract quality.

Today we’ll look at Characters In your groups you need to locate quotes and evidence about your assigned character: You need to understand who they are and what they stand for. You will have today and tomorrow to complete a body biography, that you will present to the class on Thursday.

In your groups you will be assigned one character: Ralph, Jack or Piggy 1. You will complete a body biography where you use text and images to give a detailed illustration of your character. 2. You will have today and tomorrow to work on your project. Today – brainstorm the different parts of the body, find quotes, work on original text Tomorrow – put it all together. 3. Use the rubric and instruction sheet to guide you. All materials are laid out in the back of the room for you to use.