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Character Analysis

Character Analysis. Role: You are a team of top psychologists who have decided to conduct a scientific experiment on children in order to determine whether humans are inherently evil or inherently good.

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Character Analysis

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  1. Character Analysis Role: You are a team of top psychologists who have decided to conduct a scientific experiment on children in order to determine whether humans are inherently evil or inherently good. Situation: Imagine the crash and situation that the boys are in is really just a secret psychological experiment that you have designed. Over the coming weeks, you are going to observe their every move with the hopes of presenting your argument to the class. Activity One: Your first job as a psychologist is to develop a personality profile of a specific character. This will obviously help you understand their interactions with other characters. Instructions: Apply the Carl Jung personality test to a character in the novel and write the results up like the example below. EXAMPLE: • INTROVERT • Inhibited • Prefer to be alone • Can concentrate well “ Sally didn’t seem to want to share her thoughts” (Ch7, Pg. 45) “Even at the end of class, sally was still staring intently at the book.” (Ch 9, Pg. 78)

  2. Character Analysis: Step Two Once you have found the ‘code’ for your character, look at Jung’s brief description of this type of character. Do you think is a good general opinion of the character? ACTIVITY: Write a press statement announcing your findings to the class and explaining why you do/ don’t support this. • Use at least two references to events in the text as a means of supporting your opinion. • The Jung descriptions focus on the positive aspects of this type of character. Look at the description and brainstorm negative implications of being this type of character (aim for at least 2 justified ideas). • Make predictions as to how these negative aspects of this character type might lead to problems on the island in the future. • Write as if you are psychologists and that your character is a real person who you are observing through your network of secret cameras on the island. • Make clear reference to the character's actions, reactions, interactions and conversations when discussing your evidence. • Use clear paragraphs to structure you ideas- POINT/ EXAMPLE/ EXPLANATION Suggested starter sentences: Psychology Weekly- Island life: The Initial observations “Doctor ______and myself,____________, are please to announce the results of our initial observations of __________. Using the reputable Jung personality test we have concluded that…… We are agree/ partially agree/ disagree with these findings because evidence shows…….. One piece of evidence that proves/ disproves these findings is…….. Another piece of evidence that proves/ disproves these findings is…. However, we are concerned that some of the negative aspects of this personality type may cause problems for the boys living on the island as time goes by. One negative aspect of this personality type is…. We can already see that Jack has the potential to be like this because……. This could cause problems in the future because……. Another negative aspect is…….. T his could cause problems in the future because……. Overall, we think Jack will have a negative/ positive influence on the group of boys because……

  3. Present your findings to a group that did a different character. They will then present to you. • Present your findings to a group that did the same character. They will present to you.

  4. Homework- Journal entry Choose a character and write from their perspective (in the 1st person) about events up to the end of Chapter 4: • How do you feel about the group dynamics so far? • Are you happy with the way decisions are being made? • What do you hope for in the coming days? A journal entry where you take on the role of an imagined character should try to: • Discuss actual events in the text but , more importantly explain the characters thoughts, feelings and reactions to these events. • Use the same style of speech as the author uses to create the character . You can even use some lines that your character says in the book but then these would be developed by explaining the thinking behind these. • Use the reading skills of prediction, inferring and synthesis to discuss the characters hopes and fears for the future.

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