Lord of the Flies, Chapter 10 activities
a/ GW (4-5students in a group) - reading pp 191 – 195 (up to “…we left early.”), divide the roles –
narrator, Ralph, Piggy, Sam (and) Eric.
Afterwards in the group discuss the main themes in this part of the text. (A theme is the main idea, e.g.
friendship, dealing with betrayal, etc. It is not the content.)
b/ PW-> WHC discussion of the answers to the following questions:
1/ How does Ralph react at the suggestion of calling an assembly? Why? Can you identify the emotion which makes
Ralph laugh?
2/ How does Ralph describe Simon’s death? Why does he feel the need to do this?
3/ What is Piggy’s explanation for the ritual killing of Simon? Why is he being dishonest? How does this fit in with
Piggy’s usual common sense?
4/ Samneric appear. Look at the words “they flushed and looked past him into the air”. Why do they do this?
5/ Why is the word ‘dance’ now obscene to them all?
6/ What does their guilt tell us about them? Do you think Jack feels guilty? (What does this say about him?)
7/ Do you think the boys knew what they were doing when they killed S?
c/ pp 191-199 - chart - attitudes to S’s death:
Quotation(s)
Your analysis of the quotation(s)
Ralph
Piggy
Sam’n’Eric
Jack
hunters /
savages
d/ Questions on the rest of the chapter:
1/ The Castle Rock society has been changed into a military camp. Find evidence in the text to back up this
assertion.
2/ What does Roger’s assertion “a proper Chief “ (p 196) mean and tell us about Roger’s feelings about Jack?
3/ Why does Jack tell the boys they did not kill the beast? Try to find two reasons.
4/ How is Ralph’s dream of his home town different from the previous daydreams of his? (p203)
5/ Which of the four boys (Ralph, Piggy, Sam and Eric) seem to be mentally the strongest one and why? (p203)
6/ What is the consequence of Jack’s raid at the end of the chapter? What does Jack take and what does he NOT
take and why?