Lord of the Flies: Group Discussion on Chapters 4-6 (English 11), Study notes of English

Download Lord of the Flies: Group Discussion on Chapters 4-6 (English 11) and more Study notes English in PDF only on Docsity! Lord of the Flies Group Discussion: Chapters 4-6 English 11 —————————————————————————————————————————————- Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Bash her in.” 1. At the beginning of this chapter, Golding describes the passing of day. What two parts of day are the boys most comfortable on the island? Why? What two parts of the day aren’t they comfortable on the island? Why? 2. What keeps Roger from actually hitting Henry with the stones he throws at the smaller boy? 3. What is Jack’s reaction when Simon gives Piggy the meat? Quotes: Read over the quotations. Within your group, decide on what you feel is the most significant quotation within the chapter. Star it, and then explain its merit. “Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law. Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins.” “Ralph turned and smiled involuntarily…Piggy saw the smile and misinterpreted it as friendliness. There had grown up tacitly among the biguns the opinion that Piggy was an outsider.” “He looked in astonishment, no longer at himself but at an awesome stranger…a mask that drew up their eyes and appalled them. He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling…the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.” “So Ralph asserted his chieftainship and could not have chosen a better way if he had thought for days. Against his weapon…Jack was powerless and raged, without knowing why. By the time the pile was built, they were on different sides of a high barrier” Discussion Questions 1. The older boys called the small boys “littluns.” Why is this label necessary from the point of view of the author as well as other characters? What does the fact that the littluns are basically nameless convey about their purpose in this story? 2. Why does Golding have the boys reenact the pig hunt? What mood does it create? What does it show about them? 3. Does it appear that Jack knows he has made a mistake by taking all of the hunters with him to kill instead of leaving two as promised to keep the fire going? How can you tell? Should his apology to Ralph be enough? 4 .Why does Ralph call an assembly at the end of this chapter, when just at the beginning of chapter three he was complaining about how useless the meetings have been? What shift has taken place between he and Jack? Why does an assembly, with the conch at the platform have to take place?