Follow your numbering. If you are 1, you are expected to attempt all the questions marked as 1 from the three chapters. Yes, that's IT! that's all:)
Chapter 6:
“Beast from Air”
1. What is the “beast from air”? How is it appropriate that
the boys mistake it for a beast—what
connection does it have with the novel‟s themes, and what
does it symbolize?
2. What does Sam and Eric's description of the beast tell us
about human psychology?
3. What significant thoughts does Simon have about the beast
while the boys are walking to the
“castle”?
4. How do most of the boys react to their discovery of the
“castle”? What foreshadowing takes place
at the end of the chapter?
Chapter 7: “Shadows
and Tall Trees”
1. What embarrassing thing does Ralph say to himself near
the beginning of the chapter that he's afraid someone might have overheard? What does he mean by it? What
change in Ralph does the act of talking to himself demonstrate?
2.What disturbing thing do the group of hunters and Ralph
do immediately after their encounter with
the pig? How is Ralph‟s behavior surprising? What does this
behavior foreshadow?
3. Why do you think Jack insists on going up the mountain to
look for the beast even though it‟s
already dark when they arrive? What internal conflict does
Ralph feel about the decision to go up the
mountain in the dark?
4.Why do you think Golding (the author) plotted the story
so that the boys would go up the mountain
in the dark?
Chapter 8:
“Gift for the Darkness”
1.How does Piggy show “intellectual daring”? Why is this so
significant to the boys?
2. What suggestion does Simon make, and why do you think he
makes it? What does he mean when he says, “What else is there to do?” What are the consequences
of the group‟s decision not to follow
Simon‟s suggestion?
3. What foolish decision does Jack make during the hunt, and
why is it foolish?
4. What happens to Simon after the hunters leave his
clearing? What is the “lord of the flies”? What
does it represent? How does it talk to Simon—what does its
speech really indicate?
