Lord of the Flies William Golding

Introduction & Chapter One

William Golding

(1911-1993)

• Oxford University

• English literature

• WW2 – Royal Navy

• 1954 Lord of the Flies

• 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature

• 1988 knighted

Lord of the Flies - Background

TASK 1:

The novel was published in 1954. Which events of that period might have influenced the author?

TASK 2:

Look at the following book covers. Write down the words that come to your mind when you see the pictures.

Lord of the Flies - Book Covers

Lord of the Flies - Book Covers

Lord of the Flies - Book Covers

Lord of the Flies - Book Covers

Lord of the Flies – chapter one

TASK 3:

Read pages 11-14 (up to ‘Them fruit.’)

• Who do we meet?

• Where are they?

• How did they get there?

Lord of the Flies – chapter one TASK 4:

Read up to page 24 (‘There’s one!’) and fill in the chart.

Ralph Piggy appearance

Family background

Attitude to the island

Attitude to the other boy

Personality

speech

Lord of the Flies – chapter one TASK 5:

How did the boys get to the island? What happened to the pilot? People in the airport? Read up to page 24 (‘There’s one!’) and take notes.

Watch the first part of the movie. How accurate is the film version?

Lord of the Flies – chapter one TASK 6:

Ralph or Piggy? Decide which of the characteristics in the box belongs more readily to which boy (LOF Ch1 pp 11-24)

athletic wealthy friendly courageous realistic wise short-sighted pessimistic asthmatic orphaned reckless intelligent confident prudent reserved casual malicious insensitive

Lord of the Flies – chapter one TASK 7: Take short notes about the appearance and character of the following boys:

JACK ROGER SIMON

Lord of the Flies – chapter one TASK 8: What makes a good leader? List the qualities you would seek in a good leader.

LEADER

Lord of the Flies – chapter one

TASK 9: Why was Ralph chosen as a chief? Look up and write down a few quotations explaining his election.

‘But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out.’ (p. 30)

‘…there was his size, and attractive appearance…’ (p. 30)

... and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch.’ (p. 30)

Lord of the Flies – chapter one TASK 10: Priorities. If you were elected chief what would your priorities be?

TASK 11: Draw a simple map of the island. Include: the mountain, the scar, the platform, the pool, the reef, the bastion.

Summary Quiz

Lord of the Flies – chapter one

‘We was attacked!’ (p 13)

‘I saw the other part of the plane. There were flames coming out of it.’ (p 13)

‘Not them. Didn’t you hear what the pilot said? About the atom bomb? They are all dead.’ (p 20)

‘Nobody don’t know we’re here. Your dad don’t know, nobody don’t know___’ (p 20)