Lord of the Flies LESSON 3: POINT OF VIEW THURSDAY, JULY 23

Lord of the Flies LESSON 3: POINT OF VIEW THURSDAY, JULY 23

Summary: Chapter 4 Addi%onal descrip%on of the island Morning good Strange things happened at midday (p. 63) Mirages in late a?ernoon Darkness prompts fear Descrip%on of the libluns and their behaviours Around 6 years old Live separately lives are basically ea%ng and having upset stomachs, making sandcastles Introduc%on of cruelty/misbehavior/evil Roger and Maurice destroy the sandcastles Roger teases Henry Roger throws stones at Henry inten%onally misses

Summary: Chapter 4 Introduc%on of the masks Boys paint faces (camo against pigs) Creates change in behavior (savagery) First killing of the pig Kill the pig, Cut her throat. Spill her blood Group effort Ralph spots ship Kids have let the signal fire go out Ralph is so angry - irresponsibility Jack punches Piggy when Piggy confronts him. Simon has to step in The kids roast the pig Brings group together Ralph envious Introduc%on of pig ritual

Summary: Chapter 5 Ralph holds big mee%ng First mee%ng he has rehearsed for (shows importance) Tries to discuss serious mabers (bathroom, fire, shelters)/is ignored Mee%ng gets out of hand when the topic of the beast is brought up Jack calls boys out for being babies Says he has been all over the island and hasn t see any beast Piggy tells group that there is no reason for fear Uses science and logic to calm the boys down LiBleuns don t calm down Percival claims that the beast comes from the water

Summary: Chapter 5 Chaos ensues when Maurice admits he doesn t know whether the beast is real or not. Simon introduces the idea that the beast may be us. Piggy and Jack fight over conch Ralph has irra%onal belief in power of common sense. Ralph loses control Jack takes over and boys start dancing, chan%ng, etc. Piggy, Ralph, and Simon wish there were grownups there. Fear ins%lled in even the strongest boys when Percival starts wailing in the night.

Chapter 6: Summary Boys sleep while air bable goes on over their heads. Dead parachu%st ejected from explosion Sam and Eric responsible for fire Asleep so they don t see what has happened Sam and Eric see dead parachu%st Freak out and run to wake up Ralph Jack increasingly gains control ends the policy of the conch Ralph doubts existence of beast, as does Simon Ralph and Jack lead Explore new rocky area of island Argument between Ralph and the boys about building a fire

Chapter 7: Summary Search for the beast has created a sense of urgency and tension Boys con%nue looking Pig is spobed Ralph throws spear hits pig, but pig escapes Jack berates Ralph Pig ritual performed Gets too real Knife held to Robert s throat Ralph gets caught up with the thirst for blood Sugges%on to use a libleun as a pig the next %me

Chapter 7: Summary Boys disagree about con%nuing Ralph asks Jack Why do you hate me Jack goes on alone up mountain Sees shape of parachu%st Boys go together to see Run away terrified

Discussion QuesPons 1. In the opening scene of Chapter Three, Jack is bent double.... his nose only a few inches from the humid earth (p. 48/52). Analyze the impact of Golding s characteriza%on and imagery here. 2. Piggy s glasses are used to start the fire. What might be their symbolic significance? How does the significance of the glasses change or deepen a?er Jack breaks them (p. 71/78)? 3. What order of business is most significant to Ralph? What is most important to Jack? What does Piggy believe to be most pressing? How might these different mo%va%ons affect their future interac%ons? 4. What does the conch represent and why is it so important to Piggy? 5. Describe Ralph s state of mind at the beginning of Chapter Five. Explain his insight when he asks himself, If faces were different when lit from above or below what was a face? What was anything? (p.78/85). What does this insight reveal about the changes that he is undergoing?

Discussion QuesPons 6. How does Piggy defend his view that there is no beast? Summarize his argument. 7. Ralph says of Piggy, Simon, and himself, Fat lot of good we are. Three Blind Mice (p. 93). Explain his reference. How are the boys blind? 8. What is the sign that comes down from the world of grownups? (p. 95). Analyze its literal as well as figura%ve meanings. 9. When the hunters let the fire go out, Ralph asks, Hasn t anyone got any sense? We ve got to relight that fire. Or don t any of you want to be rescued? (p. 102). Do the boys want to be rescued? What reasons might there be to reject civilized society? 10. What might be Golding s purpose in including the mock hun%ng scene where Robert is surrounded by the other boys?

All about the Narrator Point- of- view is only referring to the narrator s point- of- view. You can only look at the narra%on to determine POV. Words in dialogue do not count.

Three points- of- view First person Second person Third person

First Person POV The narrator is in the story and refers to him/herself. Narrator will use words like I, me, we, us, our, my

First Person POV Example from Percy Jackson: Look, I didn t want to be a half blood. If you re reading this because you think you might be one, my advice is: close this book right now. Believe whatever lie your mom or dad told you about your birth, and try to lead a normal life. My name is Percy Jackson. I m 12 years old. Un%l a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York. Am I a troubled kid? Yeah. You could say that.

Second Person POV The second person is almost never used in literature. The second person is when the narrator says You and puts the reader directly into the story.

Second Person POV Example from Joeduncko.com There is darkness everywhere. A small amount of light is radia%ng from the halfmoon floa%ng in the sky overhead. There are no stars. It is cold and humid. You look around you and find your friends gone. You are completely alone.

Wait just a minute! But the narrator says you a lot in the Percy Jackson example. See: If you re reading this because you think you might be one, my advice is: close this book right now. Believe whatever lie your mom or dad told you about your birth, and try to lead a normal life. It s true, Percy does talk to the reader some%mes. But Percy is s%ll the one narra%ng the story, so it is s%ll in his first person perspec%ve.

Third Person POV The narrator is telling a story about other people. Narrator will use words like He, she, him, her, they, them, their, (and characters names). But wait! There s more!

There are 3 types of third person narrators. Omniscient Limited Objec%ve

Omniscient Narrator A narrator who knows everything that needs to be known about the characters and events in the story, and who has privileged access to a character's thoughts, feelings, and mobves. This narrator never needs to say maybe or perhaps a character feels something. They always know.

Limited Narrator A narrator who is confined to what is experienced, thought, or felt by a single character, or at most a limited number of characters. They do not seem to be sure of what every character is feeling.

ObjecPve Narrator This narrator can only tell you what can be seen or heard. They cannot know anyone s thoughts or feelings. We are all objec%ve observers. We can tell others what we see or hear, and we can guess at someone s thoughts, but we can not know what they are thinking unless they tell us.

Guess the Narrator Lilly shivered and sobbed while siqng alone under the tree. Jacob felt a pang of pity for her, and though he worried what the others might say, he walked to her, sat beside her, and offered her his jacket. Omniscient Limited ObjecBve

The Answer Is Limited

Guess the Narrator Lilly shivered and sobbed while siqng alone under the tree. Jacob gazed at her with a stare sugges%ve of pity, and his lips %ghtened as though he debated something of importance. He gave one %mid glance back at the others, and then walked boldly over to Lilly and sat beside her and offered her his Jacket. Omniscient Limited ObjecBve

The Answer Is Objec%ve

Guess the Narrator Lilly shivered and tried unsuccessfully not to sob while siqng alone under the tree. She was more embarrassed and miserable than she had ever been. Jacob felt a pang of pity for her, and though he worried what the others might say, he walked to her, sat beside her, and offered her his jacket. Omniscient Limited ObjecBve

The Answer Is Omniscient

Guess the Narrator Lilly shivered and sobbed while siqng alone under the tree. Jacob felt a pang of pity for her. He gave one %mid look back to the others. They were playing keep- away with the small boy s wallet. He could not tell if any of them were paying aben%on to him now. Regardless, he went to Lilly, sat beside her, and offered her his Jacket. Omniscient Limited ObjecBve

The Answer Is Limited

Lesson: Point of View 1. From what point of view is the story told? 2. How might the story be different if told from another perspec%ve?

Point of View: AcPvity Re- read pages 75-79 Re- write the scene in 1 st person from the point of view of Piggy, Jack, or Ralph.

What s the Point? When you write from the point of view of another character, you see the effects of the author s choices in more detail. You can answer the ques%on, Why did Golding write the story in 3 rd Person Omniscient? You can link this to, How does point of view develop allegory?