10H

The final wordwright of the year is today.  I know there are a number of people who will be absent today and tomorrow, especially later in the day.  Make sure you stay on top of that.  For tomorrow's vocab/essay, this Stephen King essay will be a major component of your writing.  Below you will also find the remaining LOF guiding questions.  If you have not finished the book and don't want to know how it ends, do not read the last few guiding questions.



Ch. 10


Pg. 155: 2nd main paragraph- “Ralph climbed on to the platform carefully…” Explain the significance of the imagery in this paragraph. What about diction and syntax?


Pg. 156- 157: The acknowledgement of Simon’s death and its significance.


Pg. 159: The symbolism of the balanced rock in relation to both its intended purpose and its relevance to society


Pg. 160: How Jack uses Simon’s death to his advantage


Pg. 162: The duality of the fire as both a rescue signal and as a comforting element


Pg. 166-168: The raid and how it is perceived by each faction. Also, the significance of the theft of the glasses


Ch.11


Pg. 169: Piggy’s blindness and what it symbolizes in regard to the boys’ connection to civilization


Pg. 171: Piggy’s rant about what is happening. The acknowledgement of death and his last ditch effort at preserving civilized morality


Pg. 180-181: What it represents both immediately to the boys and in the arc of violence that has taken place over the course of the story. (Disappearance of the littlun in fire, Harming a pig, Killing a pig for food, Harming a boy, Killing a pig and making a ceremony out of it, Killing Simon as a group with a mob mentality, An individual killing an individual in cold blood and for pleasure)


Ch. 12


The big hunt and Ralph’s transition from bystander, to hunter, to prey


Ending spoiler questions below.


Don't scroll down if you don't want the spoiler!!!!!!!!!






















The irony of the island fire. Jack’s role as savior/hero in that he gets them rescued, and he uses Ralph’s method to do it while trying to kill Ralph.

The irony of who rescues them and what he says to them (last page).