We reviewed the two chapters you read for homework: 6 and 7. Be sure to get the notes and be able to answer this question: How does the symbol of the spear represent the duality of man?
Homework: Read chapters 8 and 9. THESE TWO CHAPTERS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE ENTIRE BOOK. Read them slowly and carefully. Post-it note passages that are most crucial to our study of the boys' descent into bestial behaviour. These two paragraphs really focus on the role of Simon in the novel and look for allegorical meanings as well, particularly when he is speaking to the "pig's head" and what he discovers about the "beast".
If you know you will be busy Monday and Tuesday evenings, be sure to finish reading the novel at home. This novel can count for USSR and be reading another novel at home. MAY USSR sheets are due May 31.
