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2. Lord of the Flies William Golding S4 National 5 Prose Study

3. Task: Create a poster that conveys the characterisation of: • Ralph Piggy Jack Find quotations that INFER elements of characterisation We are learning to: use inference to improve knowledge of characterisation

4. Learning Intentions We are learning to: Success Criteria I can identify the elements of savagery and evidence of symbolism. • Analyse the use of [the theme of] savagery in Chapter 2. Achieving this S.C. means you are on target!

5. Chapter Summary • The explorers return and call a meeting. • The young ones, represented by the boy with the birth-mark, worry about a beast. • They agree to start a fire to attract attention using Piggy’s glasses. • The fire burns out of control. • The boy with the birthmark disappears.

6. Fire on the Mountain • The fire on the mountain has tremendous symbolic meaning. • First, it represents hope and aspirations for the future, a gift from the gods, a tool that separates humankind from the animals. • Just as the beach platform and the untamed jungle represent the contrast in humanity's behaviour, the fire, also, represents both savagery (evil) and hope: "On one side the air was cool, but on the other the fire thrust out a savage arm of heat."

7. Golding could be describing here how societies and individuals contain these conflicting yet complementary forces. • In some individuals, the savage side runs closer to the surface, as with Jack, but it exists in everyone. • The boys' fire shows that one entity can contain hot and cold, good and evil, civility and savagery.

8. Paired Task • Within this chapter, some of the boys show moments of logic while others revert to their childish behaviour. • Make a table that demonstrates examples of these behaviours.

9. Logical Behaviour • Jack stresses the need for hunters “All the same you need an army – for hunting.” • Ralph sets rules for communication – holding the conch grants you an audience. “I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak.” • Ralph states that with the absence of adults – they must fend for themselves. “There aren’t any grown-ups. We shall have to look after ourselves.”

10. Logical Behaviour • Decide to light fire in order to attract attention from a passing ship. “We must make a fire.” • Piggy scolds their lack of order. “Like kids…Acting like a crowd of kids.” • Jack decides on a rotation system to watch the fire. “Ralph – I’ll split up the choir…and we’ll be responsible for keeping the fire going.” • Piggy scolds the others for not collecting the names of all the boys. “How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper.”

11. Childish Behaviour • Little ones worry about a beast – “a beastie” or “snake thing.” “He wants to know what you’re going to do about the snake-thing.” • View lighting the fire as an act of fun. “we want to have fun.” • Struggle to light fire – produce flames and not smoke. “The shameful knowledge grew in them and they did not know how to begin confession.”

12. The role of the Fire • This first bonfire is an act of communal play for all the boys, topped off with Ralph standing on his head to mark their triumph. • The fire becomes more like serious work when they make plans for specific teams to tend it. • Later, with the probable deaths of some of the little boys, Ralph begins to realise that the group's disregard for his authority can and will have grim consequences. • Before the fire, the boys take time for play, a luxury available only to those protected by a civilization, not for those engaged in a fight for survival.

13. Symbolism • Symbolism within a text is when a person or an object can represent a greater idea, for example, a dove can represent peace

14. What do these things / people represent? Conch, Jack, Piggy, Ralph, Creepers anmdSimon

15. Symbolism • Ralph - the responsible leader who attempts to organize the boys for their survival and rescue. He appears practical, capable of using Piggy's advice, able to avoid superstition and fear, and capable of developing processes for advancing their limited society. • Jack - the evil that lurks within humankind, the one most in tune with his primitive urges and instincts.

16. Piggy - the intellectual who is physically inept, the least capable of surviving on this island under these circumstances. • Simon - the artistic, sensitive mystic. • The conch - representing authority and civil debate. • The snake-like images (the scar left by the passenger tube, the "creepers" [vines] that are encountered throughout), representing aggression, fear, and evil.