Response
Questions to Lord of the Flies Response
Questions to Lord of the Flies Chapter One:
1. How have Ralph and Piggy arrived on the island?
2. In an attempt to create order, what do the boys do?
Chapter Two:
1. How are the children on the island divided? Look at their roles and behavior amongst each other and respond to this question.
Chapter Three:
1. Why are Jack's motives for hunting disturbing?
2. How might his behavior foreshadow what is to come in the novel?
3. Compare Jack and Simon's different views of the island. Explain which view
you tend to accept with reasons why you feel this way.
Chapter Four:
1. Consider the projects the boys work on in
Chapter 4:
Ralph: rescue
Jack: food
Piggy: technology
Littluns: food gathering and games
Write a progress report that describes what each of them has done on their project in this chapter.
Chapter 5:
1. In Chapter 5, Jack usurps Ralph's leadership by invoking anarchy and fear. The boys' fear is first explained by concrete actions, but then they lead to more abstract ideas.
In a few paragraphs, explain these actions and ideas and how they are significant to the novel's theme.
Chapter 7:
Golding continues to portray the descent of the
boys into animalistic behavior.
1. How does the line between the boys and the animals become blurred in this
chapter? Consider the scene of the hunting
chant.
2. How does this foreshadow what is to come?
3. When it comes to a mindset about killing, how has Jack changed?