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Give 4 adjectives to describe Ralph.

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-confident
-brave
-determined
-responsible

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Give 4 adjectives to describe Piggy.

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-loyal
-vulnerable
-logical
-smart

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Give 4 adjectives to describe Jack.

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-arrogant
-ruthless
-controlling
-violent

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Give 5 adjectives to describe Simon.

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-perceptive
-solitary
-thoughtful
-kind
-unconventional

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Give 2 adjectives to describe Roger

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-sadistic
-violent.

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Give 2 adjectives to describe the littleuns.

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  • vunerable
    -frightened
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What are the predominant themes in LOTF

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  • Man’s inherent Evil
    -mob mentality
    -civilisation vs savagery
  • power and leadership
    -fear (the beast)
    -nature
    -games
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Summarise the viewpoint in the book

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The story is told from multiple viewpoints
(individual character or whole group.)

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What is the effect if the shift of focus changing to the weather?

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It makes the boys seem small and insignificant/ vunerable.

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Explain the change in language throughout the book.

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At first the boys are well spoken however their language changes along with the society and the hunters language seems to become more tribal/ animalistic.

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Give 2 examples of animal imagery.

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‘no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws’

‘vicious snarling’

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Give 2 examples of descriptive language in the text.

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the lagoon is ‘blue of all shades’
description of piggy’s death - ‘his head opened and stuff came out and turned red’
(childish description shows their innocence and youth.)

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What is a symbolic inference of Ralph and Jack?

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Democracy Dictatorship
Jack- Hitler

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Briefly explain 4 points on the historical background of the book.

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  • The book was written 5 years after the end of WW2
  • the cold war was occurring at the time
  • Social class was very important at the time.
  • The British Empire was breaking up.
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Give a brief history of Golding.

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  • Used to be a school teacher ( claimed to know school boys with ‘awful precision’)
  • He fought in WW2
  • He was interested in pyscology
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Explain three realisations Golding had from his experiences (of WW2)

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  • ‘discovered what one man could do to another’
  • realised that the horrors he had witnessed were done by people who had come from a ‘tradition of civilisation’
  • WW2 made him very pessimistic about human nature and he believed something similar could resurface at any time.
  • believed all humans were capable of evil
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What is the significance of names in the book?

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  • change from children to savages
  • the group changes to a tribe
  • Jack wants to be called by last name (symbol of authority)
    but he then changes to ‘chief’
    -Percival forgets his name as he becomes less civilised
  • Piggy is never called by real name (lack of respect)
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What does the conch symbolise?

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  • democratic leadership
  • civilisation
  • adult rules
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What does the fire symbolise?

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rescue and hope of survival however it is used as a weapon by the end.

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What do piggy’s glasses symbolise?

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  • scientific reasoning
  • logic
    (also foreshadow his death)
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How is piggy’s death foreshadowed?

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  • The disregard of the conch
  • The fragility of his glasses
  • multiple physical disabilities making him seem like the weakest link. (asthma, cant swim, sick from the fruit, can’t see without glasses.)
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What does the Beast symbolise?

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the primal instinct of savagery that exists within all human beings.

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What is the LOTF

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“Lord of the Flies” is a literal translation of the name of the biblical name Beelzebub, a powerful demon in hell sometimes thought to be the devil himself.

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Quotes on mans inherent evil.

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killing the pig was ‘like a long satisfying drink.’
Simon foreshadowing the evil within the boys
“Maybe there is a beast… Maybe it’s only us.”

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Which text is compared to LOTF?

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Coral Island

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What is the LOTF like?

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  • cynical
  • sneering/ threatening tone
  • voice of a school master making Simon think adult world is also corrupt
27
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What does Simon symbolize?

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  • spiritual goodness
  • Christianity?
28
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How is the island presented as a dangerous place?

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the food- at first tasty begins to make the boys sick.
The sea- originally the boys swim in becomes siniseter as three of the boys bodies are washed away in it. ‘it seemed like the breathing of some stupendous creature.’
The forest- ‘as though the forest itself were angry with him’ seemingly alive. Hides secrets.
Weather- mirrors chaos ‘the arrow of the sun fell on him.’

29
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Summarise Jacks transition

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start; arrogant school boy, upset when not elected to lead.
end; no respect for human life, transitioned to savage beast.
always craved power-
lead of choir, leads tribe, instigating murder
compares the murder of the pig to a ‘long satisfying drink.’
-‘jack planned his new face’

30
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How does Golding present the reasons why society on the island breaks up?

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  • break down of civilisation
  • lack of authority and rules
  • evil instincts emerge
31
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How far does Golding present Piggy as a character with useful and important ideas in
Lord of the Flies?

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  • his specs are fundamental to life on the island.
  • helps build shelters
  • aids Ralph
  • looks after littleuns
32
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How does Golding present Simon
as different from the other boys
on the island?

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  • the bravest
  • very solitary
  • selfless
  • inquisitive
33
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How does Golding present the
importance of the Beast to
different characters in ‘Lord of the
Flies’?

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Simon- unafraid
Jack- Worships
encourages evil and incites ritualistic savage behaviour

34
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What do the boys clothes show throughout the text?

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The decent into savagery.

35
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Quote to show the civilisation is still dominant in roger.

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‘There was a space around henry ….. into which he dare not throw’
‘Here invisible yet strong was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law’

36
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Quote showing hunting turning more into an activity for pleasure.

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’ taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.’

37
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Quotes (2) showing a milestone in Jacks change

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’ The mask was a thing on its own, liberated from shame and self conciousness’

‘Bollocks to the rules’

38
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Quote on the group as a whole losing civilisation.

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’ kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.’

39
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Quotes showing Piggy’s nature (3)

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  • ‘acting like a crowd of kids’
  • ‘what are we? humans? animals? or savages?
  • ‘Which is better- to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?’
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Quote showing change in lifestyle.

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‘The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.’

41
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Quotes showing Ralphs leadership.
(2)

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‘Something deep inside Ralph spoke for him.’
‘ There aren’t any grownups we shall have to look after ourselves’

42
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Quote on Jack and Ralph interaction.

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‘They looked at each other, baffled in love and hate.’

43
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Quote on Ralph in final chapter.
(reflective despair)

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’ Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of as mans heart and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy.’

44
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What is the form of the text?

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  • an allegory
  • adventure novel
45
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Why is the Island significant?

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Microcosm for society/ British empire?
Religious interpretation- Garden of Eden.

46
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What do Ralph,Jack,Simon and Piggy represent?

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Jack- savagery, disorder, dictatorship.
Simon- human morality and goodness.
Ralph- civilisation, order, democracy.
Piggy- rational, scientific thought.

47
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Quotes on Jacks natural aggression and violence.

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his eyes ready to ‘turn to anger’
Vicious language ‘fatty’ ‘shut up’
- violence is deliberate and open, exhilarates him.

48
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summarize jacks character;

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  • used to being a leader
    -naturally aggressive and violent.
  • obsessed with hunting
  • prefers fun to responsibilities.
  • strong sense of pride.
49
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Explain the changing significance of nature in the book.

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Island is originally a tropical paradise, it has both good and bad bits,human behviour damages the island as the plane left a ‘long scar’ however the island is able to repair itself ass it removes evidence of murder.

50
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Analyse how the innocent games become corrupted.

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  • games are innocent at first as they believe someone will soon ‘fetch us’
    -violence creeps in as roger and Maurice kick over sandcastles and ruin their games, Ralph originally protests Jacks spears are ‘only made of wood’ as if they are toys.
    -The boys would rather play and have fun than be responsible.
    -However the games become serious as Jack plays by his own rules.
51
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What is another possible inference of society through the relationship of Jack and Piggy?

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Society is survival of the fittest.

52
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Why is Piggy an outsider?

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‘was an outsider not only by accent, … but by fat, ass-mar and specs and a disinclination to manual labour.’
he was also singled out because he was of lower class showed through his errors of speech.

53
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What quote tells us what happens to the conch as Piggy dies?

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’ the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist’

54
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How is Piggy linked to the pig when he dies?

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Piggy’s arms and legs twitched a bit like a pigs, after it had been killed.

55
Q

Where are tropical rainforests located?

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around the equator between tropics of cancer and capricorn.

56
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What is the climate of tropical rainforests?

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Hot and wet all year round.

57
Q

Where is the Amazon Rainforest located?

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South America, mainly in Brazil but is a part of 9 other countries.

58
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Where are polar regions found?

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Near the Earths North and South poles.

59
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what is the climate of a polar reigon?

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Cold all year round.

60
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What are two characteristics of temperate forests?

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  • have deciduous trees.
  • warm, damp summer, and mild winters.

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