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1
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Analyze what Piggy’s references to his “Auntie” reveal about his character.

A

It reveals that he respects authority

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2
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Analyze why Ralph is elected leader

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Attractive appearance

Conch

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3
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Analyze in what ways is a division of labor and a power structure are forming among the boys

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Split of jobs

Ralph

Jack

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Infer why Ralph reveals Piggy’s name to all the boys. What does this say about Ralph’s character

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To get everyone’s respect and attention on him. Reveals that Ralph is immature and clueless

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5
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Infer why jack does not kill the piglet

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Innocence and civilization is holding him back

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Analyze the flaws in Ralph’s ability as a leader

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He is careless in following directions and he is not putting people in their place

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Contrast Ralph and Jack’s personalities

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Jack is more confident and reckless, Ralph is more reassuring and calm.

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Analyze how must of the boys react when the fire goes out of control. What is Piggy’s response? What does the out of control fire symbolize?

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The boys are excited when they started a fire. Piggy was not amused. The out of control fire symbolizes destruction

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For what purpose is Ralph trying to build the huts? Analyze why he fails in his construction of the huts.

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Ralph is trying to build the huts for shelter and protection. He fails because he is not experienced and didn’t get enough help, also, they were shaky and unstable just like the society.

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10
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Analyze why Ralph’s leadership weakens

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Because he can’t control the boys

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11
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Analyze what the collapsing of the hut symbolizes

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The society being unstable

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12
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Delineate the changes we see in Jack

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His hair is longer and lighter

He became kore savage and animalistic

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13
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Analyze how Simon is different from the other boys

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Not scared of the unknown

Likes to be alone

Fearless

Intelligent; knows more

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14
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What is symbolized by the smashing of sandcastles

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Innocence is temporary

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15
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Delineate the incidents which provide evidence that the boys are returning to the urges of primitive man

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Throwing of rocks

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16
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Analyze why Jack was able to act in a wild manner after assuming the mask.

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He had a new identity

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17
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Analyze why Jack lashes out violently against Piggy

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Because Piggy was accusing jack.

Piggy was vulnerable and has no power. Nobody liked piggy so nobody would care

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18
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Analyze why Ralph now thinks about his first days on the island as “part of a brighter childhood”

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He realizes that he’s stuck in a problem where he needs to mature

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19
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Summarize what is discussed at Ralph’s nighttime meeting

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The boys discuss how to maintain the fire and how to stay civilized. They discussed their fear

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20
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Analyze how the boys seek to forget their fear

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By deciding on one major fear. Also that Jack would kill the beast.

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21
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Analyze how the boy’s fears become a self-fulfilling prophecy

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Their irrational fear becomes a reality when it isolates the boys

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22
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Analyze how the balance of power between Ralph and Jack shifts after Sam and Eric spot “the beast.”

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Jack is becoming more afraid. Power of whos not afraid shifts

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23
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Analyze how Castle Rock, Jack’s camp, contrasts with Ralph’s camp at the platform. Analyze how each camp reflects the character of its leader.

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Jack’s camp is a place to be reckless and have fun

Ralph’s camp is a place of rescue and civilization

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24
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Infer what the arrival of the dead parachutist suggests about the adult world that the boys left behind

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Doing as bad as the boys. War is still going on.

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25
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Infer what the author suggests about the real nature of the beast when he has Simon think of it as “the picture of a human at once heroic and sick”

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The beats is in our minds

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26
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Analyze how the events on the island echo the events in the world at large, at the times the story takes place

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Showing how everything is chaotic and dangerous

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27
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What are Ralph’s feelings toward the island in the very beginning of the book

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Reckless and excited with no authority and an island for themselves

28
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Why is Ralph elected leader of the boys?

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Stillness, make people feel safe, attractive, size, appearance, conch

29
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What do the sand castles represent?

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Boys childhood+ innocence

30
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What results from Jack taking so many of the boys hunting for the pig?

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Everyone’s ID shows- become obsessed with the hint and they can’t be civilized and they can’t focus on rescue

31
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Hat happens on the expedition to castle rock?

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They were searching for the beast. Ralph wanted to go back and prepare for rescue while Jack wanted to play and have fun

32
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Name five significant objects or places on the island and what each of them represents

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Conch- authority/ power

Signal fire- hope/connection to the outside world

Huts- civilization/structure

Beast- island inclination of evil/fear

Sand castles- innocence

Clothes- old life

33
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How did the boys reach the island? Where were they going, and why?

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The boys reached the island by a plane crash. They were going away from the war to stay in a safe place

34
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Describe piggy in the very beginning of the nov

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Piggy was authorized (depender on authority), worried, and intelligent

35
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What qualifies Jack for the role of leader?

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Intimidating, confident, knows what he’s doing

36
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What are the effects of Jack’s “mask”?

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Jack’s mask compels the kids to follow him. He is able to kill a pig and everyone now respects and follows him as the hunter. The mask makes him more violent and brutal

37
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Discuss the examples of id, ego, superego from the book. Which character best represents each.

A

Jack - ID

Piggy- superego

Ralph - EGO

Simon- EGO

38
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Describe the platform and Castle Rock. How do they contrast?

A

The platform is civilized and all about rescue. Castle rock is carefree and a place to be reckless and have fun

39
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Discuss fear on the island. What is the boy’s responsibility for its creation?

A

The boys are afraid of the beast. They created the beast from their imagination. They are the beast but it lives in their mind. However, they make it seem like it’s reality

40
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Discuss how Ralph loses leadership over the boys.

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He gives his power away to jack and struggles to reastablish the rules he creates

41
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Analyze what the boy’s chant, “kill the pig! Cut his throat!” Reveals about their changing goals and character

A

They have a new goal to be violent rather than being focused on rescue. The are becoming less civilized and more savage

42
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Infer why Simon is willing to go through the firsts alone

A

Simon is not afraid of the beast/ the unknown

43
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Analyze what the mock human sacrifice foreshadows

A

Foreshadows death.

44
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Identify who replaces Simon on the journey up the mountain. Infer what might have happened if her were present on the journey.

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Roger replaces Simon. If Simon was there he would calm everyone down and comfort them. He would have been able to mentally control the group.

45
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Analyze why jack leaves the assembly and runs away into the forest alone

A

Embarrassed that nobody supports him

46
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Summarize the reasons why piggy decides that a fire should be build near the bathing pool rather than the mountain

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Because of the dangers on the mountain (beast).

47
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Analyze why jack and his followers save the sow’s head

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Gift it to the beast as a peace offering

48
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Identify what is the LOTF, and analyze why it is given this title

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LOTF Is the beast (sow’s head). It was a pig and flies were eating it

49
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Infer why Jack and his followers do not care about the fire

A

They are only focused on hunting and having fun

50
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Analyze the advantage Jack gains over Ralph because of the paint on his face.

A

Now he is more intimidating. Makes him careless and savage

51
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Analyze the significance of Piggy and Ralph eating at Jack’s encampment. What does Simon’s brutal death signify?

A

Sign that Ralph and piggy are giving in to Jack’s leadership

Simon’s death symbolizes that all hope of rescue is lost and all goodness is lost and that savagery have overruled

52
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Summarize how Jack and his followers respond in the rain. What is Ralph’s concern? What more does this reveal about the difference between Jack and Ralph.

A

Chant and dance

Used to forget their fears

Ralph is concerned that everyone is listening to jack and not him

Jack is more savage and chaotic while Ralph is concerned about shelters and wants to maintain civilization

53
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Analyze why Ralph is particularly frightened by Simon’s death. Analyze why all of the boys, expect Ralph, push the knowledge of Simon’s death out of their conscious memory.

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Ralph knows that he was supposed to be a good leader but he was a savage.

Ralph is shocked that he was capable of such murder

They know the truth is too much for them, they don’t want to feel the guilt and they don’t want to be seen as savages that kill

54
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Cute the event that causes Roger to contemplate “the possibilities of irresponsible authority.”

A

Torturing Wilfred

55
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Analyze why Jack is still defending his stronghold against the beast.

A

That’s the way he can get people to obey him.

Uses the beast to control the boys

56
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For what purpose does Jack and two of his tribe members attack Ralph’s encampment? Analyze why they are successful.

A

To get piggy’s glasses to start a fire.

Have strength and played with boy’s fears.

57
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Compare and contrast this time when Ralph blows the conch to call an assembly with the first time he called an assembly.

A

First time-
Establish rules
More people

Now-
No people
Decide about Jack

Both-
Conch showed authority

58
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Analyze why piggy wants to take the conch with him when he visits Jack’s encampment. What comment is being made when the conch is described as being “fragile and white?”

A

Piggy still had belief of authority.

The conch is fragile and white saying that it has no value anymore and that the power and authority are easily broken

59
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For what purpose does Ralph plan to visit Jack and his boys on their side of the island? Analyze why he becomes sidetracked from his original purpose.

A

To retrieve piggy’s glasses back and to get the fire back.

When Jack begins to attack Ralph he gets sidetracked and piggy has to remind him

60
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Analyze in what ways does Ralph show HIS lack of understanding

A

He can’t comprehend that the hunters don’t care about anything anymore

61
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what does the breaking of the conch and piggy’s death symbolize

A

Loss of authority and civilization

62
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When does Ralph know that it is hopeless to think he could ever win back the boys.

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When Piggy and Simon die. When Ralph sees Sam and Eric abandoning him and becoming savages without paint

63
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What do sam and Eric mean when they answer Ralph’s question by saying, “Roger sharpened a stick at both ends”? Analyze why Ralph is unable to understand the meaning of this phrase

A

They will chop Ralph’s head off and put it on a stick like the LOTF

they will kill Ralph and keep him as a trophy (shame)

Ralph can’t understand because he is not a savage

64
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Analyze why jack needs to exterminate Ralph

A

He wants the power for himself

65
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Analyze why it is ironic that Jack uses fire to capture Ralph.

A

Jack never cared about the fire but this fire got them rescued

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