#3 - Think a bit deeper about the themes present in the book - what do you think Golding might have been trying to say about society and politics?
I think that Golding was trying to say that people are way to easily persuaded to do things. Jack so easily convinced most of the boys that he was a better leader than Ralph was being. He said that he would give them meat (which he believed was the most important thing to survive on the island), and he claimed that his tribe would be better than Ralph's.
#5 - Do you agree with the idea that evil is inherent in people, regardless of age? Discuss in relation to your own experiences as well as those in the book.
No, I don't agree that people are born evil, or have any evil in them when they're born, but I do agree that people's surroundings can make them evil. For example, if a kid is abused by his or her parents, then its likely that he or she will abuse their own kids. They just learn that lifestyle. In Lord of the Flies, the boys aren't evil in the beginning. They were actually pretty decent people. Since they were taken out of their normal lifestyles, and put in such a terrible situation, and they were forced to take care of themselves and survive on their own, they snapped and became evil.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Answers to Lord of the Flies - Part 1
#1 - On page 70, Golding writes that Ralph "...wanted to explain that people were never quite what you thought they were." Write about this, both in the context of the book and its characters as well as your own experiences in life.
Characters - Ralph is right when he said, "People were never quite what you thought they were." He was saying he trusted Jack when he said, "Ralph, I'll split up the choir - my hunters, that is - into groups, and we'll be responsible for keeping the fire going." Then Jack goes and takes all the hunters, and goes hunting, letting the fire go out.
Connection - I can defiantly connect with this. Seeing how I'm in high school, I hear it happening a lot. Somebody will tell their best friend a major secret, and the next thing you know everybody in the school knows. That shows that people are defiantly not who you think they are.
#3 - Suspend your rationale thinking for a moment, and imagine that the place you all know best involving established authority - school - is suddenly without teachers, Ms. Nadeau, etc. for an extended period of time (think weeks). What would happen?
I think that if all of the teachers suddenly disappeared, things would be okay for a little while, because people would probably be looking for the teachers. Then once all the confusion passed, things would probably go really bad. There would probably be a lot of fighting, and other things would happen that usually aren't allowed, and everything would be crazy. It would probably end up being even worse than Lord of the Flies because now it would be both boys and girls. In the end, because of all the chaos, the school would probably end up destroyed.
Characters - Ralph is right when he said, "People were never quite what you thought they were." He was saying he trusted Jack when he said, "Ralph, I'll split up the choir - my hunters, that is - into groups, and we'll be responsible for keeping the fire going." Then Jack goes and takes all the hunters, and goes hunting, letting the fire go out.
Connection - I can defiantly connect with this. Seeing how I'm in high school, I hear it happening a lot. Somebody will tell their best friend a major secret, and the next thing you know everybody in the school knows. That shows that people are defiantly not who you think they are.
#3 - Suspend your rationale thinking for a moment, and imagine that the place you all know best involving established authority - school - is suddenly without teachers, Ms. Nadeau, etc. for an extended period of time (think weeks). What would happen?
I think that if all of the teachers suddenly disappeared, things would be okay for a little while, because people would probably be looking for the teachers. Then once all the confusion passed, things would probably go really bad. There would probably be a lot of fighting, and other things would happen that usually aren't allowed, and everything would be crazy. It would probably end up being even worse than Lord of the Flies because now it would be both boys and girls. In the end, because of all the chaos, the school would probably end up destroyed.
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