Starter quiz
- How do the boys arrive on the island in 'Lord of the Flies'?
- a train crashes into the island
- they are taken there on a school trip
- a plane crashes into the island ✓
- the boys are shipwrecked onto the island
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- Which of the following words has connotations of magic?
- logical
- enchantment ✓
- smashed
- incredible
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- ______ is the place where a text's events happen.
- 'Setting' ✓
- ______ is the use of words or figurative language to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind.
- 'Imagery' ✓
- How do the boys destroy the island at the end of 'Lord of the Flies'?
- Ralph sets the jungle on fire to destroy the pig's head
- Ralph hacks down all the trees to build himself a shelter
- Jack sets it on fire trying to smoke Ralph out ✓
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- What is foreshadowing?
- a detailed analysis and assessment of a text
- the use of words or figurative language to create vivid pictures
- the process of creating and developing character in a story
- making subtle hints at events to come ✓
- a brief statement that refers to a character or incident from another text
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Exit quiz
- Which of the following words show that the island is utopian in 'Lord of the Flies'?
- "invaded"
- "dazzling" ✓
- "broken"
- "glittering" ✓
- "darkness"
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- Which of the following words show that the island has the capacity to be dangerous in 'Lord of the Flies'?
- "darkness" ✓
- "incredible"
- "shadowy" ✓
- "endless"
- "shimmering"
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- Which of the following words suggests that the boys have taken over the island and are exploiting its resources in 'Lord of the Flies'?
- "thrust"
- "shadowy"
- "decaying"
- "invaded" ✓
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- In 'Lord of the Flies', which of the following words does Golding use to describe the setting at the end of the novel, that reflects what the boys have become?
- "split"
- "monstrous" ✓
- "wild" ✓
- "jagged"
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- What does the “scar” the plane crash leaves in 'Lord of the Flies' represent?
- the suffering of the hunted pigs
- the permanent harm the boys do to the island ✓
- the environmental damage the boys cause ✓
- the murder of Piggy, Simon and the littlun
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- At the end of 'Lord of the Flies', Golding uses the colour "black" to describe the sky. Which of these is not a reasonable explanation for why Golding uses this colour symbolism?
- the colour "black" could represent the darkness that has consumed the boys
- the colour "black" could represent the savagery the boys have succumbed to
- the colour "black" could represent how dirty and unclean the boys are ✓
- the colour "black" could represent the deaths of Piggy, Simon and the littlun
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Key learning points
- Golding uses contrasting imagery to present the island as a utopian paradise that has the potential to corrupt.
- Golding uses the setting to reflect the condition of the boys.
- Arguably, Golding uses the setting to foreshadow the boys' descent into savagery by the end of the novel.
- By the end of the novel, the island is unrecognisable due to the environmental damage the boys have caused.
- The boys harm their environment as much as they harm each other, showing mankind's capacity for destruction.
Common misconception
Pupils think that the island is presented as idyllic in the first chapter.
Whilst there are aspects of the description that present the island as idyllic, Golding's descriptions are characterised by a sense of threat in more ominous undertones. He achieves this through his use of dark and light and through his use of verbs.
Keywords
Utopia - a perfect or idealistic world-like paradise
Foreshadow - when the writer makes subtle hints about future events
Devolution - descent into a lower or worse state
To corrupt - to change someone from moral to immoral
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