- •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
9. Discuss the implication of the utterances:
1. "You two aren't painted. How can you — ?" 2. "Never mind what's sense. That's gone —"
3. "You don't know Roger. He's a terror." 4. "Roger sharpened a stick at both ends."
5. "Heave! Heave! Heave!"
10. Say what circumstances on the island the naval officer's phrases echo with:
1. "Fun and games." 2. "I know. Jolly good show. Like the Coral Island." 3. "We saw your smoke." 4. "Two? Killed?" 5. "How many of you are there?" 6. "Who's boss here?" 7. "I should have thought that a pack of British boys... would have been able to put up a better show than that..."
III. Questions and topics for discussion
1. Ralph is an outcast. Dwell on his physical and mental condition. What were his ideas of the savages' intention in regard to himself? What caused Ralph's mistakes in judgement?
2. Ralph confronts the pig's skull. Account for his reaction to its grin. Discuss the symbolic significance of Ralph's smashing the skull.
3. Ralph speaks to Samneric. What information and advice did they give Ralph? What phrase of theirs frustrated Ralph's hopes for the savages' human treatment of him? How did the talk end for the twins?
4. Ralph wakes to face the horrors of reality. Who had told Jack and Roger his whereabouts? Comment upon their method of extracting information. What developments showed Ralph's naivety in thinking the savages' human?
5. Who set the island on fire? Why? What sort of future could the savages look forward to? Why was it a natural outcome of Jack's leadership? Compare the state of the island when the children landed on it and when they were leaving it.
6. Ralph meets with the naval officer. Discuss the shift of the point of view and scope of narration. What sight did the children present to the naval officer?
7. What principle of Ralph's triumphs in the end, though colossally distorted by reality? Do you think the ending optimistic or pessimistic? Substantiate your opinion.
8. Discuss the symbolic meaning of fire in its full comprehension.
Assignment 9 Discussion of the Novel
1. What do the island and the situation on it allegorically represent?
2. Discuss the allegoric meaning attached to Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Simon, Roger and the rest of the children.
3. The essence of the conflict between Ralph and Jack.
4. Symbolization as a means of projecting the author's views. Symbolic images and details.
5. The symbolic meaning of the title of the book.
6. The author's message as you see it.
7. What sort of people would Ralph, Jack and Roger grow into?