- •Assignment 1 (Chapter I)
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •2. Study these word combinations:
- •3. Translate into Russian:
- •4. Complete the following sentences. Make your comparisons somewhat exaggerated or comic. M o d e l: He spoke with a touch of bitterness as if I had frustrated all his lifelong ambitions
- •5. Recall the situations from chapter 1 in which these utterances were used:
- •6. Apply the words and word combinations below to situations and personages different from those in the novel
- •7. Explain in English:
- •8. Paraphrase or explain:
- •III. Questions and topics for analysis and discussion
- •Assignment 2 Chapters 2, 3
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •3. Translate into Russian:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book under discussion suggested by the sentences:
- •7. Paraphrase or explain:
- •9. Find sentences in chapters 2 and 3 which may confirm the following statements:
- •10. Say whose utterances these are, what preceded them, what state of mind they convey:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 3
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •3. Study these word combinations, add some more:
- •4. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •6. Discuss episodes from your own life when:
- •7. Recall the situations from the book where the following sentences occur:
- •9. Paraphrase or explain:
- •10. Find sentences confirming that:
- •11. Say why this happened:
- •12. Say whose utterances these are and what emotions they convey:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 4 Chapter 5
- •5. Make up situations of your own round these sentences:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book suggested by the sentences:
- •7. Apply the vocabulary below to Jack and the situation on the island:
- •8. Paraphrase or explain:
- •9. Confirm or disprove the statements by quoting the text:
- •10. Say what incidents in the past these statements refer to:
- •11. Say whose utterances these are and how they throw light upon the speakers' wishes:
- •12. Say why these things happened:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 5 (Chapters 6, 7)
- •3. Paraphrase the words in bold type using the active vocabulary:
- •4. Make up sentences of your own after the pattern:
- •5. Recall the situations from chapters 6, 7 suggested by these sentences:
- •6. Paraphrase or explain:
- •7. Confirm or disprove the statements by quoting the text:
- •8. Say whose utterances these are and interpret the full meaning of each:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 6 (Chapters 8, 9)
- •4. Make up sentences of your own after the pattern:
- •5. Recall episodes from your life when:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book suggested by the sentences:
- •7. Make up your own statements based on the proceedings in chapters 8,9 applying the vocabulary below to:
- •8. Paraphrase or explain:
- •9. Quote the text to confirm the following:
- •10. Say why this happened:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 7 (Chapters 10, 11)
- •4. Use the active vocabulary to express these notions:
- •5. Make up situations of your own round these sentences:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book suggested by these sentences:
- •7. Apply the vocabulary below to Jack's savages:
- •8. Paraphrase or explain:
- •9. Find sentences in the text confirming that:
- •10. Say why this happened:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 8 (Chapter 12)
- •3. Make up situations of your own round these sentences:
- •4. Recall the situations from chapter 12 suggested by these sentences:
- •5. Apply the vocabulary below to Jack's tribe:
- •6. Paraphrase or explain:
- •7. Confirm the following by quoting the text:
- •8. Say why this happened:
- •9. Discuss the implication of the utterances:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 9 Discussion of the Novel
10. Say why this happened:
1. The sound of the inexpertly blown conch interrupted them. (p. 196)
2. The humiliating tears were running from the corner of each eye. (pi 199)
3. Piggy and the other two were by him. They were laden with fruit, (p. 205)
4. Fifteen yards from the drove Jack stopped; and his arm, straightening, pointed at the sow. (p. 208)
5. ..Jack grabbed Maurice and rubbed the stuff over his cheeks. (p. 210)
6. Demoniac figures with faces of white and red and green rushed out howling,.... ...Ralph saw Piggy running. (p. 216)
7. The two savages looked at each other, raised their spears together and spoke in time. "The Chief has spoken." (p. 217)
8. The Lord of the Flies spoke in the voice of a schoolmaster. (p. 221)
9. The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible. (p. 224)
10. The beast was on its knees in the centre, its arms folded over its face. It was crying out against the abominable noise something about a body on the hill. (p. 232)
III. Questions and topics for discussion
1. Explain the meaning of the titles of chapters 8 and 9.
2. Jack blows the conch. Why did Jack choose that moment to seize power? Go over Jack's arguments against Ralph's being chief. Were all of them true? Why did the boys not vote against Ralph?
3. Piggy makes a contribution to the good of society. Comment upon the change in his spirits after Jack's departure.
4. Jack declares his programme to his followers. Why could Jack solve the problem of "the beast" so easily? Compare Jack's treatment of the beast with savages' treatment of natural phenomena causing fear.
5. Why does the author give a detailed description of the pig hunt? Compare what the hunters had been in the civilized world and what they were becoming under Jack's leadership. How does the author stress the enormity of the proceedings?
6. Which of the former choir-boys felt the enormity most acutely? What made him look for solitude in his shelter? Do you think Simon demented ("batty") or over-sensitive to the wrong? What was Simon's reaction to the sight of the sow's head?
7. Follow the sow's head evolving into a symbol. Note the first mention of "the Lord of the Flies". What does it stand for? Who is referred to as the flies? Why did the head pick out Simon, of all the boys, to preach before? Find proof that "the head" was afraid of Simon. Pay special attention to the use of pronouns showing the creatures "the head" identified itself with. Why did the Lord of Flies insist on Simon's joining the others?
8. The savages' raid for the fire and Jack's speech. What tactics did Jack resort to to win over new followers? What historical parallel can you draw when identifying the tactics?
9. Ralph calls a meeting. Why did the boys find his speech lame? Could Ralph carry away the audience by tempting promises? What did the children value more: meat, fun, companionship or rescue? Could an average child realize the ugliness of Jack's methods or the price of preferring immediate things? Which of the boys knew that the price was degradation?
10. Simon's heroic deed. Why did Simon succeed in doing what Jack and Ralph had failed to do?
11. Jack's party. Discuss Jack's attributes of power and his new manner. Speak about the boy's open betrayal of Ralph. What made Piggy feel a menace of violence in the proceedings?
12. The thunderstorm over the island. Jack organizes the boys' restlessness into a savage dance. Compare the words of the chant with its original version. Discuss the dance turning into an orgy of violence, and its victim. 13. Account for Ralph's failure as chief. Compare Ralph's and Jack's ideas of power. Comment on the danger of Jack's coming to power.
14. Follow all the referential meanings of the word "beast" in the chapters under discussion.
15. Note the author's use of gradation and contrast in developing the boys' treatment of hunting. Specify the stages of their human degradation resulting in a crime.