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The Castaways

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The Castaways

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  1. The Castaways • Imagine you are sixth graders on your way to a Hawaiian Field Trip. Your plane goes down somewhere over the Pacific. All of the adults including your teacher, Mrs. Nichols, die in the crash. All of you swim to a beautiful tropical island which is nearby. The island is lush, covered with fruit trees and wild pigs, but you are the only humans. • Make a list of things that you would expect to see, hear, feel. • Predict the outcome for your little group.

  2. William Golding Atrocities he witnessed in war time changed his view of mankind’s essential nature. After the war, Golding taught in a boys’ school. Coral Island by R.M. Ballantyne: three boys Ralph, Peterkin, and Jack are stranded on an island. Great happy adventures.

  3. Jean Jacque Rousseau • Man is by nature good. Society corrupts the “noble savage.”

  4. “Man in his natural state is quarrelsome and turbulent.” -- Thomas Hobbs 17th Century English Philosopher Without society, humans revert back to a brutish, aggressive state.

  5. SUPER EGO: (Above Self) The moral part of us Put other’s needs before our own Strive for perfection (Jesus, Gandhi) Controls the ID in the absence of society. EGO: (“Self”) Rational mind, adult Reasonable, compromising Learns ways to handle the ID Controls the ID because of the consequences. ID: (“It”) Irrational emotional part of the mind. Aggressive, instinctive, motivated by self preservation. “I want it and I want it now!” (Infant) No regard for the needs of others Animal nature of man

  6. Allegory • A story which has a second meaning beneath the surface of the literal meaning. The people, places, and events have symbolic meaning.

  7. Lord of the Flies is a microcosm for society as a whole.

  8. The Island

  9. Ralph

  10. Piggy

  11. Watch for symbolism of the conch

  12. Read the first three pages: • Make a list of words, images, associated with the jungle, the creatures in the jungle. • Look for the explanations of how they got there, and who give which explanation. • Look for descriptions of the two boys. What adjectives are used to describe them both? What objects are associated with each boy? What do they do, think, and how do they speak?

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