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An exploration of Chapter 3 of ‘Lord of the Flies’
Task A: Home versus hunting
This is what the Oak pupils said. Compare your ideas with theirs.
Golding is showing us everyone has their own ideas about a situation and
nobody ever really listens to each other. And that creates resentment and
divisions.
Izzy
He is also saying that playing is always more appealing than working. Jack likes
hunting so that is his version of play. How can you build a society if people are so
selfish?
Alex
Task B: At home in the forest
You might have said:
There is tension between Ralph and Jack because they have different priorities. Ralph is
focused on providing shelter for the boys and trying to get them rescued. Jack, on the other
hand, is obsessed with hunting. Ralph resents the hunting and sees it as Jack enjoying
himself though Jack insists that he is doing it because they need meat. At one point, the rift
is so wide that they can not communicate properly and are talking at cross purposes.
Jack and Simon both separate themselves from the group, but for different reasons. They
both immerse themselves in the forest, but Simon seems to be hiding himself away from the
others and to enjoy the sense of being enclosed by the vines. There is the suggestion that he
finds comfort in the forest. Jack, on the other hand, goes into the forest to hunt and, in turn,
the forest seems to strengthen his desire to kill an animal.
There are many differences between the three boys, so it seems as if Golding is keen to
emphasise how difficult it is for people to get along with each other. But we know that the
boys need each other for survival. So the fact that they don’t or can’t agree or have started
avoiding each other is very worrying.
Reflect on your response by:
comparing your ideas with the examples
borrowing ideas you feel would strengthen your ideas
challenging any ideas you feel are not valid
identifying any words/phrases that made the explanation clear
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