Aim: How does William Golding draw on human nature to create a complex theme as depicted in Chapter 8 of Lord of The Flies? (continuation from the previous lesson)
Do Now: Analyze the quote from chapter 8 with your groups. Annotate important diction. How does the author manipulate the language? What is the tone and mood?
We started off the lesson by discussing the do now, first in a group, and then as a whole class.
The quote is a hallucinatory vision that Simon is having about the beast. He believes that the beast is trying to tell him that no one can escape the beast.
This creates a haunted and threatening tone for the readers as well as fear and inability to escape, forcing the reader to feel scared for Simon and the boys.
When we were discussing it as a class, we spoke about diction and how it is more of a word choice. The sentences are more of straight forward statements and there is a condescending tone and acknowledgement of the hopelessness of the situation, basically mocking Simon. Also, the "didn't you" kind of shows that the boys know that they are taking a turn to the dark side, and the beast just says it out loud. For the thesis statement, the class said " Our group finds this passage absolutely interesting because it illuminates the mental health of the boys on the island demonstrating the human condition of what they have experienced and how they've dealt with all of this since being stranded on the island." Ms. Peterson says that the human condition is the way we interact with each other and how social interactions work.
In the next activity we read about biblical allusions portrayed in the Lord of the Flies.An allusion is a reference that is unexplained. Tone would be known as erratic, suspenseful, or mocking. There are different words used to represent the devil, one of these is the beast, also the title lord of the flies in hebrew means prince of the devil.
In the beginning of the book, the author mentions different works of literature because they seek to do the very opposite of what william golding's novel wants to do.
We spoke about how Golding used the complete opposite of the definition of the natural goodness of man theory and wanted to highlight a more realistic and human outcome in his novel rather than a positive, all happy, and satisfied ending for the readers.
The natural goodness of man theory- if someone is removed from corruption and brought onto an island where none of these boundaries exist, they will revert to goodness
however, in golding's novel he believes that if this were to happen to boys, they would revert to savagery and mischief since these laws no longer apply and no longer control them
In the end, we came to the conclusion that during this chapter, Simon was supposedly having seizures during these hallucinations and there was no one around him to help so it would keep occurring over and over, like a never ending nightmare. We finished the class discussion by talking about the island group projects and how we will all communicate in order to fulfill this on time.
Reflection: Today's lesson was a better way to emphasize the mood and tone of the story and mostly the chapter, how every single day spent on this deserted island makes the boys more savage and wild, turning against each other and only thinking of themselves. It helped me realize that Golding is relaying a message to us, that even if we were separated from the bad influences of the world, there is no definite fact that everyone would become good and the outcome would result in everyone getting off the island safely. I also learned that, throughout the book, there were many synonyms to the definition of devil, one being in the title ,Lord of the Flies, itself.
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