Fire on the Mountain

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Fire on the Mountain

• Chapter 2

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The CONCH

• Remember--- THE CONCH is our 1st symbol in Lord
  of the Flies.
• Chapter 2 brings back the CONCH.
• What does it symbolize?

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The CONCH

• Based on the following text, what can you
  determine about the CONCH?
• Piggy, partly recovered, pointed to the conch
  in Ralphs hands, and Jack and Simon fell silent.
  Ralph went on.

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What does this mean?

• Page 32
• The afternoon sun slanted in from the other
  side of the platform and most of the children,
  feeling too late the smart of sunburn, had put
  their clothes on.

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What non-verbal message is Jack sending?

• Page 33
• Jack slammed his knife into a trunk and
  looked round challenginly.

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Can you figure out what this word means?

• Page 34
• While were waiting we can have a good time on
  this island.
• He gesticulated widely.
• Its like in a book.

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The SNAKE-THING

• Page 35
• Golding starts to foreshadow that there might be
  trouble on the island in the future.
• Tell us about the snake-thing.
• Now he says it was a beastie.
• Beastie?
• A snake-thing. Ever so big. He saw it.

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Vocabulary--- GRAVE (adj)

• Page 36
• 1) How many times does Golding use the word
  GRAVE on this page?
• 2) Why does he keep using the same word?
• 3) What tone is he trying to establish?

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Is RALPH a good leader?

• Page 37
• He paused, with the point made. The assembly
  was lifted toward safety by his words. They
  liked and now respected him. Spontaneously they
  began to clap and presently the platform was loud
  with applause. Ralph flushed, looking sideways
  at Piggys open admiration, and then the other
  way at Jack who was smirking and showing that he
  too knew how to clap.

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THE CONCH

• Page 38
• How many times does Golding mention the CONCH on
  this page?
• Who forgets about the CONCH?
• Who caressed the shell respectfully?

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What is the MOOD/TONE of this fire gathering
scene?

• Page 39 Read the whole paragraph, leading up
  to
• Once more, amid the breeze, the shouting, the
  slanting sunlight on the high mountain, was shed
  that glamour, the strange invisible light of
  friendship, adventure, content.

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Hey city kids. Have YOU ever sat by a bonfire?

• Page 40
• A different side of Jack?
• (Piggy)
• Here let me go! His voice rose to a shriek
  of terror as Jack snatched the glasses off his
  face. Mind out! Give em back! I can hardly see!
  Youll break the conch!

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Can you find the SIMILIE?

• Page 41 (the great fire is dying out.)
• The beard of flame diminished quickly then the
  pile fell inwards with a soft, cindery sound, and
  sent a great tree of sparks upwards that leaned
  away and drifted downwind.
• The boys lay, panting like dogs.

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What are we learning about Jack?

• Page 42
• They assented. Piggy opened his mouth to
  speak, caught Jacks eye and shut it again. Jack
  held out his hands for the conch and stood up,
  holding the delicate thing carefully in his sooty
  hands.

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Is Piggy whining or making a good point?

• Page 43
• (Piggys speaking)
• You said you wanted a small fire and you been
  and built like a hayrick. If I say anything,
  cried Piggy, with bitter realism, you say shut
  up but if Jack or Maurice or Simon---

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Can you find the SIMILIE?

• Page 44 (the crazy fire they built)
• At the sight of the flames and the
  irresistible course of the fire, the boys broke
  into shrill, excited cheering. The flames, as
  though they were a kind of wild fire, crept as a
  jaguar creeps on its belly toward a line of
  birch-like saplings that fledged an outcrop of
  the pink rock.

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A contrast between characters!

• Page 44
• (Ralph) The knowledge and the awe made him
  savage.
• Oh, shut up!
• I got the conch said Piggy, in a hurt voice.
  I got a right to speak.

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Your challenge for this page..

• Page 45
• Evaluate Piggy. Is he intelligent?
• What is your evidence from this page?

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Strong statement

• Page 46
• The crowd was as
• silent as death.

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Personification

• Page 47
• Beneath them, on the unfriendly side of the
  mountain, the drum-roll continued.