Guided notes for Teacher Lecture: Lord of the Flies Ch. 1-3

1. Guided Notes: Lord of the Flies Ch. 1-3 Analysis
Novel Background
and Context
Describe the Standford
Prison Experiment: Who
ran it, the conditions for
the experiment, and the
results of the experiment,
etc.
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What are some aspects of
author William Golding's
background?
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What was going on
historically at the time that
Lord of the Flies was
published?
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Make a list of the steps
you would take to survive
and to maintain order in
an experiment like the
Standford Experiment or
if you were stranded on a
deserted island with
others like in the novel.
Lord of the Flies:
Overview
Discuss the novel that
Lord of the Flies was
partly written in response
to and why this is
important to
understanding the novel.
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Describe the overall plot
of the novel and a
summary of some of its
characteristics
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What are the
characteristics of an
allegory in literature?
From what you have
learned so far about the
Make some drawings of
what kind of things you
would use to write a story
using allegory (for
example, an athletic
event to represent
different countries during
World War II and the war
itself).

2. novel, how do you think
allegory will be used
throughout the narrative?
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Chapter Overviews
and Analysis
Provide the details given that
set up the plot in the first
chapter
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Write down an overall
summary of the plot,
character details, and
conflicts in the first
chapter
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Discuss the overall plot,
character details, and
conflicts presented in the
second chapter
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Read these quotes from
the first three chapters
and provide your reaction
and analysis of what they
mean and their
significance to the novel:
“We’ve got to have rules
and obey them. After all,
we’re not savages. We’re
English, and the English
are best at everything"
(Golding 42).
"Startled, Ralph realized
that the boys were falling
still and silent, feeling the
beginnings of awe at the
power set free below
them. The knowledge and
awe made him savage"
(Golding 44).
“You're no good on a job
like this.”
“All the same –”
“We don’t want you,”
said Jack, flatly. “Three’s
enough" (Golding 23).
Important Symbols Write down what the conch
and the signal fire are and
their purpose to the plot of the
novel.
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Draw what you think are
the most important
symbols to the plot,
characterization, and
themes so far in the novel
in order of their
importance and label

3. How do Piggy's glasses and
the beast affect the society the
boys are trying to create?
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What do these things
symbolize? How do these
symbols reflect the characters
and themes of the novel so
far?
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them according to which
aspects of these concepts
they reflect.
Character
Overview and
Analysis
Describe the character of
Ralph.
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What is the ego and what does
it reflect about human nature?
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What does Ralph represent?
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Describe the character of
Jack.
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What does Jack represent?
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What is the id and what is its
function in the human mind?
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Describe the character of
Piggy.
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What does Piggy represent?
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What is the function of the
superego? How is it
represented in human
behavior?
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Draw out some of the
meaningful actions done
by Ralph, Piggy, Jack,
and Simon and some of
the interactions they have
had with the other
characters so far in the
novel.