An exploration of Chapter 9 of 'Lord of the Flies' | English

Starter quiz

Why did Jack's hunters put the head of a pig on a stick in 'Lord of the Flies'?
- as a symbol of their success in hunting
- as a present for the beast ✓
- as a way of sending out a signal to be rescued
- to scare Ralph and Piggy away
Which of the following characters in 'Lord of the Flies' hallucinates a conversation with the head of a pig?
- Ralph
- Jack
- Piggy
- Simon ✓
- Sam and Eric
Which of the following is Simon's physical weakness in 'Lord of the Flies'?
- he has asthma
- he is not very strong
- he can't swim
- he is prone to fainting ✓
Which of the following boys have not taken part in the hunt by Chapter 8 of 'Lord of the Flies'?
- Ralph ✓
- Jack
- Simon
- Roger
- Piggy ✓
In 'Lord of the Flies', the reader knows that the beast like figure seen by Sam and Eric is really ....
- a prehistoric creature.
- a soldier from the army.
- a dead parachutist. ✓
- the remains of the damaged plane.
What is the literary technique where the reader knowns something that the characters don't?
- 'dramatic irony' ✓

Select the correct word for the following sentence about 'Lord of the Flies': When killing Simon, the boys engage in a ______ act of savagery.
- hallucinatory
- collective ✓
- tension
- connotations
What is the correct term for the literary technique whereby human feelings are projected onto nature?
- 'pathetic fallacy' ✓
In Chapter 9 of 'Lord of the Flies', which of the following best describes the role played by Piggy and Ralph in the killing of Simon?
- they join in ✓
- they try to stop it
- they run away
- they are not there
What happens to the bodies of Simon and the parachutist at the end of Chapter 9 of 'Lord of the Flies'?
- They are left on the mountain.
- They are given to the beast.
- They are washed out to sea. ✓
- They are buried by sand.
Match the quotations from Chapter 9 of 'Lord of the Flies' with the level of the violence?
- build-up
  
  ⇔
  
  begins to grow ✓
- explode
  
  ⇔
  
  flare into violence ✓
- whip
  
  ⇔
  
  attacks causing injury ✓
- ceased
  
  ⇔
  
  stopped ✓
What word beginning with 'C' refers to the feelings and associations of words?
- 'connotations' ✓

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Simon wakes up after fainting, sees the parachutist and realises the boys have mistaken the dead body for the beast.
Simon goes to Jack's feast to tell the boys that the beast is not real.
Jack's feast becomes a frenzy as the boys perform a hunting dance - even Ralph and Piggy join in.
The boys mistake Simon for the beast and savagely kill him with their hands and teeth.
Golding uses pathetic fallacy to describe how the tension builds, explodes and reduces in this chapter.

Pupils sometimes think that only Jack's hunters are involved in the killing of Simon.

Draw attention to the one sentence where Golding says that Ralph and Piggy want to be part of the group.

Hallucinatory - relating to experiences in which you see, hear, feel or smell something that does not exist
Collective - shared by every member of a group
Pathetic fallacy - the projection of human emotions onto non-human objects found in nature
Tension - a feeling of anxiety or nervousness before a significant event
Connotations - a feeling or idea that is suggested by a word in addition to its basic meaning