Lord of the Flies
William Golding
Chapter Eight & Nine
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
TASK 1: Read and listen to the first part of chapter
eight (p 154-158) and answer the following
questions.
• What makes Jack call the assembly? Think of
long term reasons and immediate reasons.
• What does Jack want to achieve?
• How does Jack respond to the failure of his
initiative?
Jack’s accusations
activity
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
TASK 2: Groupwork. Work together on the given set of
questions and present your answers to the class.
• Group 1:
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What’s Piggy’s solution for dealing with the beast?
What is Simon’s? How are they different?
How does P feel now that J has gone?
Does Ralph seem to share his feelings? Why/Why
not?
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
TASK 2: Groupwork. Work together on the given set
of questions and present your answers to the class.
• Group 2:
– What would you say about the behaviour of the
hunters here? Give three quotations from the text to
support this view.
– What is J’s method of dealing with the beast? What
would you say about this?
– Which of the hunters seems to be the cruelest one?
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
TASK 2: Groupwork. Work together on the given set
of questions and present your answers to the class.
• Group 3:
– In what way has J asserted his leadership over
the hunters? Meanwhile, what seems to be
happening to R’s leadership?
– What do you notice about the weather in this
section? Do you think this has any deeper
meaning?
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
TASK 3: Citations quiz. Who says the following?
Who is the following citation about?
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Quiz
‘We’d talk but we wouldn’t fight a tiger. We’d
hide. Even Jack’ud hide.
‘Boys armed with sticks.’ (p 155)
Ralph
Roger
Jack
Piggy
Twins
Simon
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
TASK 3: Citations quiz. Who says the following?
Who is the following citation about?
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Quiz
‘I’m not going to play any longer. Not with you.’
(p 158)
Ralph
Roger
Jack
Piggy
Twins
Simon
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
TASK 3: Citations quiz. Who says the following?
Who is the following citation about?
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Quiz
‘He’ll come back. When the sun goes down he’ll
come.’ (p 159)
Ralph
Roger
Jack
Piggy
Twins
Simon
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
TASK 3: Citations quiz. Who says the following?
Who is the following citation about?
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Quiz
‘I said we could all do without a certain person.’
(p 160)
Ralph
Roger
Jack
Piggy
Twins
Simon
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
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Who is the following citation about?
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‘I thought there might be something to do…
I think we ought to climb the mountain.
What else is there to do?’ (p 159)
Ralph
Roger
Jack
Piggy
Twins
Simon
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
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Who is the following citation about?
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Quiz
‘We got no fire on the mountain. But what’s wrong
with a fire down here?’ (p 160)
Ralph
Roger
Jack
Piggy
Twins
Simon
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
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Who is the following citation about?
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‘I expect they’ve gone. I expect they won’t play
either.’ (p 163)
Ralph
Roger
Jack
Piggy
Twins
Simon
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
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Who is the following citation about?
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‘We aren’t going to bother about the beast. …
We’re going to forget the beast.’ (p 165)
Ralph
Roger
Jack
Piggy
Twins
Simon
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
TASK 3: Citations quiz. Who says the following?
Who is the following citation about?
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‘How can we make a fire?’ (p 169)
Ralph
Roger
Jack
Piggy
Twins
Simon
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
TASK 3: Citations quiz. Who says the following?
Who is the following citation about?
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‘No, not it (the beast)…I mean… what makes things
break up like they do?’ (p 173)
Ralph
Roger
Jack
Piggy
Twins
Simon
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
TASK 3: Citations quiz. Who says the following?
Who is the following citation about?
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‘I could do with some meat---’ (p 176)
Ralph
Roger
Jack
Piggy
Twins
Simon
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
TASK 4: Simon and the Lord of the Flies.
What do we learn about Simon and Lord of the Flies from
their confrontation on pp. 177-178?
• What does the Lord of the Flies tell Simon that he already
knows?
• In what way does the L of the F try to tempt Simon?
• In what ways does it try to threaten him?
• Overall, what does the L of the F represent?
Attempt the revision
quiz C8
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quiz
Lord of the Flies – chapter nine
TASK 5: Read and listen to the beginning of chapter
nine (p 179-181) and answer the following
questions:
• Where does Simon go?
• What does he discover there?
• What observation does he make about the camp?
• What does he intend to do?
Lord of the Flies – chapter nine
TASK 6: How does Ralph answer Simon’s question:
‘What else is there to do?’ (p 180)
‘Bathing. That’s the only thing to do.’ (p 181)
TASK 7: Listen to your teacher retelling the events
of chapter IX. Try to draw a schematic picture
visualizing the main events.
Lord of the Flies – chapter nine
TASK 8: Ralph and Jack in conflict.
• What helped to ease the initial tension after
Ralph’s and Piggy’s arrival? (p 184)
‘They bumped Piggy who was burnt, and yelled
and danced. Immediately, Ralph and the crowd of
boys were united and relieved by a storm of
laughter.’
‘Piggy once more was the centre of social derision
so that everyone felt cheerful and normal.’
Lord of the Flies – chapter nine
TASK 8: Ralph and Jack in conflict.
• Read pages 184-187 in groups of three (Ralph,
Jack and the narrator) up to the dance.
• How does Ralph try to reassert his leadership? Is
he successful?
TASK 9: ‘The Dance.’
• Compare the dance in chapter IX with the dance in
chapter VII (p 142-143). Which improvements
suggested for the next dabnce in chapter VII are
adopted?
Lord of the Flies – chapter nine
TASK 10: Simon’s funeral.
• How does Simon’s body disappear from the beach?
• What kind of language does the author use?
Provide examples.
TASK 11: Attempt the revision quiz.
Attempt the revision
quiz C9
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
TASK 4: Simon and the Lord of the Flies.
• What does the Lord of the Flies tell Simon that he already
knows?
‘You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close!
I’m the reason why it’s no go?’ (p 177)
• In what way does the L of the F try to tempt Simon?
‘you’d better run off and play with the others…you don’t
want Ralph to think you’re batty, do you? You like Ralph a
lot, don’t you? (p 177)
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
TASK 4: Simon and the Lord of the Flies.
• In what ways does it try to threaten him?
‘There isn’t anyone help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast.’
‘This is ridiculous. You know perfectly well you’ll only meet
me down there – so don’t try to escape? (p 178)
‘I’m warning you. I’m going to get waxy.’
‘You’re not wanted. Understand? … or else … we shall do
you. See? Jack and Roger and Maurice and Robert and Bill
and Piggy and Ralph. Do you. See?’ (p 178)
Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
TASK 3: Citations quiz.
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Lord of the Flies – chapter eight
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