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Chapter 10 - The Shell and the Glasses
The following questions are based on pages 154-168
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Chapter 11 - Castle Rock
The following questions are based on pages 169 - 182
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Why can the hunters tie up their long hair, but Ralph cannot?
Compare/Constrast page 172 and page 175 in 3+ sentences with 2+ direct quotes.
(Challenge: Go one step further - what is Golding's deeper meaning here)
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Chapter 12 - The Cry of the Hunters?
The following questions are based on pages 183-End
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Opinion: Why does this warning frighten Ralph so much? 3+ sentences
(Challenge: Connect what it symbolizes/suggests they intend to do to Ralph to Golding's deeper meaning here)
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Copy out a quote that supports your answer to the question above. Cite the page number too!
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Reconsider the title of this chapter afte re-reading the last page again. What is "the cry of the hunters" and what does it symbolize/represent throughout this chapter? 3+ sentences with 2+ direct quotes.
(Challenge: Consider more than one meaning of this "cry" in this chapter in your response and compare/constrast these two+ meanings!)
What does Simon find at the top of the mountain?
the pig head - "The Lord of the Flies"
the dead parachuter - "The Beast"
the mountain cave - "Castle Rock"
the carved ground where the plane crashed - "The Scar"
Why do Ralph and Piggy go to Jack's tribe in this chapter?
To find Sam'n'Eric, Bill, and the rest of their group
To "make sure nothing happens" there
To partake in the feast
All of the above
Golding uses the imagery of the ________ to symbolize the building inner conflict growing between Ralph and Jack.
hot air and oncoming thunder storm
crashing tide and roaring waves
spitting fire and jumping sparks
the sharpened spears
Who do the boys mistaken for The Beast while they are maddened by the hunting chant?
Roger
Ralph
Piggy
Simon
What happens to this boy?
He drowns while trying to swim away
He is murdered on the beach by the ring of hunters
He is lifted by the parachute and drifts out to sea
He is driven back into the woods out of fear
On pages 153-154, Golding highlights the tragedy of this chapter with _______ to illustrate the delicateness of innocence and lost treasure that is a taken life.
white and gray shades
almost-translucent rainbows
phosphorescence and silver
shimmering gold
Ralph, Piggy, and SamnEric try to distance themselves from what happened on the beach in which of the following ways?
justifying it by saying they were scared
insisting it was an accident
blaming Jack
blaming Simon
agreeing they were on the outside of the circle and not truly part of it
pretending they left early before "the dance"
praying to The Lord of the Flies
blaming The Lord of the Flies
When Roger comes to join his tribe, Jack has reasserted his dominance by...
tieing up and beating up Wilfred
killing another pig
giving himself a makeshift crown
taking the symbolic conch from the beach
Jack sidesteps what happened on the beach the night before by....
demanding that they forget all about it, because they're hunters and hunters must be fearless and emotionless warrioris (an appeal to their internalized pressures of manhood/masculinity)
pleading that they listen to him, the most adult of them all, and trust him to make their decisions (an appeal to acknowledge his authority)
insisting that they must rise above this moment and strive to be more British (an appeal to their sense of pride)
insisting that it was the beast and that they must prepare for another attack (an appeal to their fear)
In the night, the hunters come to...
kill Piggy
steal Piggy's glasses
kill Ralph
steal the conch
During the fight on pages 167-168, Golding implies that...
Ralph and Eric accidentally ended up beating each other up in the darkness
Sam almost killed his brother Eric in the darkness
Piggy almost died from an asthma attack in the darkness
Ralph almost beat Jack, so Jack ran off into the darkness in shame
On page 171, Piggy says what the others cannot. Which quote reveals the unspoken truth?
"We aren't savages really and being rescued isn't a game"
"What's grownups goin' to think? Young Simon was murdered. And there was that other kid what had a mark on his face. Who's seen him since we first come here?"
"Look, I'm going to say, you're stronger than I am and you haven't got asthma. You can see... with both eyes."
"...I don't ask for my glasses back, not as a favor. I don't ask you to be a sport.... not because you're strong, but because what's right's right. Give me my glasses, I'm going to say -- you got to!"
Upset, Piggy volunteers to challenge Jack, saying "What can he do more than he has? I'll tell him what's what. You let me carry the conch, Ralph. I'll show him the one thing he hasn't got"
What does Piggy have that Jack doesn't have?
"sense"
"sight"
"maturity"
"confidence"
"He pushed the conch quickly into Ralph's hands as though in a hurry to be rid of it and wiped the tears from his eyes. The green light was gentle about them and the conch lay at Ralph's feet, fragile and white. A single drop of water that had escaped Piggy's fingers now flashed on the delicate curve like a star." (Golding 171).
Here, this imagery illustrates how ____ the boys are in this moment.
annoyingly tearful and whiny
beautifully sensitive and vulnerable
depressingly hopeless and afraid
helplessly childlike and infantile
Which of the following is NOT an effect of the paint on the hunter's faces?
the paint frees them from guilt, shame, and fear
the paint makes them anonymous in their actions
the paint makes them act and seem more savage
the paint hides their tears so nobody can see them cry
On page 180, Golding uses phrases below in order to _____ the boys.
"Ralph was a shock of hair and Piggy a bag of fat"
"...they were a solid mass of menace that bristled with spears"
"....like a pig's after it has been killed"
"a great noise as of sea gulls rose behind him"
sympathize with
dehumanize
personify
belittle
Who falls to his death during the scuffle at the bridge in front of Castle Rock?
Piggy
SamnEric
Jack
Roger
Interestingly, Golding doesn't say the shell broke, instead he uses the phrase:
it turned over
it ceased to exist
it flung into oblivion
it died
Interestingly, Golding doesn't say this boy died, instead he uses the phrase:
the body of [the boy] was gone
the body bounded and was lost in the forest
the silence was complete
headless... crashing on
What drives Ralph on in this chapter?
animal-like instincts (fight or flight)
rage and desire for vengence for Piggy
a desire to rescue SamnEric, to rescue them all
guilt for all the boys who have died
all of the above
What does Ralph do when he stumbles on The Lord of the Flies?
prays desperately to it
breaks it down and takes the stick
cries for help from it
burns it down in anger
SamnEric warn Ralph that...
Jack wants to kill and eat Ralph tomorrow
Jack cannot be stopped in his quest to become the alpha
Roger will kill them if Ralph doesn't surrender
Roger has sharpened a stick at both ends
Interestingly, Ralph hides from the hunters....
in Simons' hidden spot, on his grass matt
in the plane where they first crashed
under Castle Rock
in the shelter he built with Jack
Opinion: Do you think Ralph killed any of the other hunters in his desperate attempt to flee?
True
False
"He forgot his wounds, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear of flying feet, rushing through the forest towards the open beach."
Here, Golding uses ______ to create suspense and speed in this line.
imagery
alliteration
allusion
metaphor
Interestingly, what detail does Ralph get wrong when answering the officer's questions?
how many of them have died
if they're British
how they ended up there
why they're painted
Golding, through the officer, compares this whole saga to which other work of literature?