"With dreary obedience the choir raised their hands." pg. 23 Abby VDT

"With dreary obedience the choir raised their hands." pg. 23 Abby VDT

"Then Piggy, too, raised his hand grudgingly into the air." pg. 23Bailey

The Vote

"About being called Piggy. I said I didn't care as long as they didn't call me piggy; an I said not to tell and then you went an said straight out--" (pg. 25)

Quinnn:)

Ralph, looking with more understanding at Piggy, saw that he was hurt and crushed. (pg.25) Estere

He hovered between the two courses of apology or further insult. pg.25 trevor

“Better Piggy than Fatty…”

A kind of glamour was spread over them and the scene and they were conscious of the glamour and made happy by it. (pg. 25)

Abby B

"What made this track?" p. 26Elliott

"Ralph peered into the darkness under the trees. The forest minutely vibrated." pg. 26 Bretteny

Immersed in these tangles, at perhaps their most difficult moment. Pg. 27 Morgan

,Ralph turned with shining eyes to the others.

"Again came the solemn communion of shining eyes in the gloom." PG. 27

Alexis

"There was no place for standing on one's head. This time Ralph expressed his intensity of emotion by pretending to knock Simon down." pg27

Kim

P. 28 boys roll rock size of car together

The coral was scribbled in the sea as though a giant hand bent down to reproduce the shape of the island in a flowing chalking line but tired before he had finished. pg 29

Plendl

"The three boys rushed forward and Jack drew his knife again with a flourish." Pg. 31

Daren

The pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be.

"I was going to," said Jack..."I was choosing a place. Next time!"p.s. (pg. 31)

Allison

"You cut a pig's throat to let the blood out," said Jack, "otherwise you can't eat the meat.""Why didn't you-?"

(pg.31) Schwaybs

"They knew why he hadn't: because of the enormity of the knife cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood." pg. 31

Lexe:)

"Next time there would be no mercy." Daniel

Next time there would be no mercy. He looked round fiercely, daring them to contradict. pg. 31 – Jenny

"He looked around fiercely, daring them to contradict." pg 31Steph

*** NOTES***

Theme (According to Golding)

• “The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the

defects of human nature.”

• Moral: the shape of society must depend on the individual and not any political

system however logical or respectable.

Allegorical Novel: main ideas and themes conveyed through symbolic characters and objects

• Piggy – scientific logic and intelligence• Roger – brutality & bloodlust to the extreme• Ralph – order, leadership, civilization• Jack – unbridled savagery & desire for power• Simon –natural human goodness (Christ figure)• Conch --

Homework

• Chapter 3 – Worksheet