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By William Golding

Lord of the Flies. By William Golding. Essential questions…. What is our true human nature ? Are we essentially good or evil? How are our human flaws revealed? What do our flaws reveal about us?

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By William Golding

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  1. Lord of the Flies By William Golding Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  2. Essential questions… • What is our true human nature? Are we essentially good or evil? • How are our human flaws revealed? What do our flaws reveal about us? • How does Golding use setting and characters in Lord of the Flies to express his ideas about people? Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  3. Lord of the Flies facts • Most of the characters, actions and objects in the novel symbolize larger ideas • Golding’s novel deals with the conflict between the rational mind and primal instinct Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  4. ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? Draw two columns in your notes Words associated with instinct Words associated with the mind Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  5. Lord of the Flies continued The novel takes place during a fictional nuclear war. A group of British schoolboys are flown out of their country to protect them from the horrors of war. Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  6. Lord of the Flies continued However, their plane crashes, killing all the adults on board. The boys remain stranded on the tropical island to fend for themselves… Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  7. All of Golding’s novel takes place on the remote tropical island. Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  8. Inspiration • During the Second World War, Golding served with the Royal Navy and was profoundly affected by his experiences. After the war he taught at a boys’ school in Salisbury. Years later he said that writing the book was ‘like lamenting the lost childhood of the world.’ Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  9. In 1962 he retired from teaching to become a full time writer. He was inspired to write Lord of the Flies because he found the students he taught during his 20 years as a schoolteacher to be ripe material for probing the mind of a child. • In addition, R. M. Ballantyne’sCoral Island (1857), an adventure novel about shipwrecked boys that Golding had read as child, provided him with plot ideas that he eventually incorporated into Lord of the Flies. Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  10. The Coral Island • Written in 1858 • A group of boys gets stranded on a deserted, tropical island • The major characters are Jack, Ralph, and Peterkin • It’s an adventure story with a happy ending Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  11. Is Lord of the Flies like The Coral Island? We’ll see… Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  12. What do you know about Beelzebub? It is another name for the devil. Beelzebub comes from a Greek word that means ‘lord of flies’ Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  13. In preparation for reading the novel, look over your Anticipation Guide: Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

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