English 11E, Tuesday, October 19

Today, we worked really hard to complete the Cite test and five questions on the novel.

YOU MUST KNOW HOW TO CITE BY NOW. YOU HAVE ALL THE INFO YOU NEED IN YOUR BINDER. DON'T BE LAZY ABOUT IT AS YOU WILL LOSE MARKS.

Here are the five questions on the novel. Complete them at home and bring them to class. You can do the cite test during USSR tomorrow.

Part D: For each question below, respond in a few strong sentences. Brainstorm your responses before you start writing as I’m looking for insight here. Also, support your inferences/opinions with evidence from the text and cite correctly. You may refer to your notes and/or your novel for references and ideas. Each question is worth 6 marks.

1. Discuss how the following quote: “Piggy was so full of delight and expanding liberty in Jack’s departure, so full of pride in his contribution to the good of society, that he helped to fetch wood” (142) reveals Piggy’s naivety toward the thesis that innate evil must be recognized. 
2. Why is it important that Piggy “placed [the conch] in Ralph’s hands . . .” (156)?
3. Piggy and Ralph join in the “demented dance” (167) because they feel more secure. Discuss the symbolism of this gesture.
4. Re-read pages 168-170. Explain why Simon is personified as the beast and why at the point of Simon’s death, the dead pilot also falls into the sea.
5. Simon’s murder is described as without words and “…no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws" (169). Explain.