Honors Fiction Day 2: Lord of the Flies  Expectations and Goals, Syllabus  Review  Post-Its (10 for Friday) with a symbol and an explanation (response, the question, etc.: – positive response –  negative response –? question –! strong reaction –... need/want more information  W/ partners, list the greatest evil acts in humankind  Allegory definition  Allegory Activity  Reading Time  Homework: read chpts. 2 & 3  Are you caught up on vocabulary?

Review  Why does Piggy think no one will be able to find them? Who tries to be boss; why? What effort does Ralph make to fix things? What do they figure out about the island? Why doesn’t Jack kill the piglet? What does he say?—Go through symbols from the notes—what have we seen already? What might some of these symbols mean?

Allegory  An allegory is a story with more than one level of meaning—a literal level and one or more symbolic levels. Allegory allows a writer to tell a story about literal characters and to make a moral, religious, or political point. In a novel such as Lord of the Flies, the author makes direct comments on life and society through the use of allegory. Besides having a literal surface meaning, the events, settings, or characters also stand for ideas or qualities and have a second meaning on that level. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding reserves his allegory for certain aspects of society.

Allegory Activity  Identify Golding’s allegorical identification with society.  Ex. Ralph represents the struggle for order and democracy in a society. This is evident by his attempting to set up some semblance order by using the conch shell.  Do one other character with a partner, then swap around until they have Piggy, Jack, and Simon in their notes.