1. ‘Lord of the Flies’: Chapter 10
Lesson Objectives:
to analyse the impact of the chapter in the reader

2. What is the significance of this chapter’s title?
The Shell and the Glasses
At the start of the novel, what did these items represent/symbolise?
What has happened to them now? What is the deeper meaning of this?
Write a paragraph in which you explain the meaning behind this chapter title.

3. Piggy & Ralph’s conversation
Re-read the first 4 ½ pages of chapter 10.
What do Piggy and Ralph talk about?
What don’t they talk about?

4. What does Piggy and Ralph’s conversation at the start of Chapter 10 reveal about their feelings about Simon’s death?