Lord of the Flies Lesson 12 and HOMEWORK 12

Aim: Who is the first to get murdered on the island? (Chapter 9)

CLASSWORK
READ the summary of chapter 9
THIS SUMMARY HAS BEEN EDITED AND SOME NAMES HAVE BEEN BLOCKED!
As a storm builds over the island, ____________ awakens from his faint and makes his way to the beast sighting on the mountain. He finds the paratrooper's body, inspects it, and realizes its true identity. From his vantage point, he can see that most of the boys are at the fire at Jack's camp, so he heads there to give everyone the news.
Ralph and Piggy realize even the biguns loyal to_________ have gone to Jack's party. They go tool, out of curiosity and hunger. _________allows them to eat but, calls for all the boys to decide whether they'd like to join his group or remain with Ralph's. _________ makes a pitch for the boys to stay with him, reminding them of the first day's election. Jack has a strong hold on them, however, playing up the role of tribal chief.
The storm breaks over the party. Jack orders a dance in response to the downpour. Even Ralph and ________ join in the outer fringes of the dancel. Suddenly, ________ crawls out of the forest and into the center of the dance circle. He tries to tell them about the true identity of the beast sighted on the mountain but can barely make himself heard over the storm and the boys' now frenzied chanting. Overcome by its own momentum, the group turns on __________ as if he were the beast and kills him. The rain increases and the boys back off, leaving __________'s body on the beach. That night, the tide carries his body away.
The storm's wind fills the dead soldier's parachute and lifts him up and over the island and out to sea. This sight terrifies the boys, and they scatter, screaming.

ANSWER
1- Using your reading comprehension skills and the information in chapter 9, fill in the blanks.
2- How does the murder show that The Beast is winning?

READ this analysis:
In a way, the soldier is actually working as an agent of the true beast, bringing out the worst in the boys. They do not band together to overcome this fearful situation but allow their own worst impulses to surface and dominate, fragmenting into opposing groups and killing one of their own in a frenzy of fear and savagery. Considering that his arrival on the island was brought about by a battle of the ongoing war, the soldier truly was an emissary of the beast, the savagery that lurks in humanity.
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HOMEWORK #LF12

From this point in the book, the Beast is treated like a real being even though it is not. That is personification. Write 10 sentences using personification.

EXAMPLES:
“I just bought a new car. She is a beauty.”
This is personification because the inanimate object is referred to as a person.
The leaves of the tree sing in the breeze.
This is personification because a tree cannot sing, only a human can. It is given human traits.

Finish reading chapter 9. REMEMBER- TEST WEDNESDAY!