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Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies. By: William Golding. What should you come to understand by the end of this unit?. People’s primal instincts are often stronger than their nobler ones when creating a society. CIVILITY VS. SAVAGERY The problems in society are related to the problems in human nature.

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Lord of the Flies

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  1. Lord of the Flies By: William Golding

  2. What should you come to understand by the end of this unit? • People’s primal instincts are often stronger than their nobler ones when creating a society. • CIVILITY VS. SAVAGERY • The problems in society are related to the problems in human nature. • Authors often use their stories to make statements about their personal or political beliefs.

  3. Essential Questions: • How does environment & experience affect the development of rules? • How does human nature affect behavior? • How does Golding use setting and characters in Lord of the Flies to express his ideas about people?

  4. Lord of the Flies facts: • Most of the characters, actions, and objects symbolize larger ideas. • What is symbolism? • When an object represents and idea (i.e. heart=love) • Golding’s novel deals with the conflict between the rational mind and primal instinct.

  5. Draw two columns in your notes:

  6. Lord of the Flies • The novel takes place during a fictional nuclear war. • A group of British school boys are flown out of England to protect them from the horrors of war. • However their plane crashes killing all of the adults on board. • The boys remain stranded on the tropical island to fend for themselves…

  7. All of Golding's novel takes place on this remote tropical island.

  8. What are some stories you know of that involve people on tropical islands? What kinds of things happen in these stories?

  9. In Golding's day a popular adventure story was … • The Coral Island • A story that most boys and adults in England would have been familiar with.

  10. The Coral Island • Written in 1858 • A group of boys gets stranded on a deserted, tropical island. • The major characters are Jack,Ralph& Peterkin. • It’s an adventure story with a happy ending.

  11. Is Lord of the Flies like Coral Island? We’ll See…

  12. What do you know about Beelzebub? It is another name for the devil. Beelzebub comes from a Greek Word that means “lord of the flies”.

  13. What will we do with Lord of the Flies? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Make connections to other literature Participate in class discussions Identify and learn vocabulary Read the novel Make connections to real life issues

  14. How will you be graded on Lord of the Flies? A+ A+ A+ A+ A+ Guided reading questions and occasional quizzes! Homework and in-class assignments! Final Project and Essay! Participation in class discussions! Vocabulary assignments and quiz!

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