By William GoldingBy William Golding

In your notes:

Look at the cover What do you think this story will be about? (If you

know, please don’t share). Analyze the title

What do you think about the title? What do you think it means?

Quick Write

Cover:• The story takes place on an island. A group of boys

crash landed when their plane was shot down during a war. There are no adult survivors.

Title:• Lord of the Flies is literally translated from

“Beelzebub,” an alternate name for Lucifer or Satan.• Turn and talk: If the author titled his book after the

devil, what do you suppose you should look for while you read? What can you expect will happen? (2 min)

Background Check

Allegory - A story with a double meaning: a primary or surface

meaning and a secondary or under-the-surface meaning.

Symbol - An object, animate or inanimate, which represents or ‘stands for’ something else.

Flashback - A term which probably derives from the cinema, and which is now also used to describe any scene or episode in a play, novel, story or poem which is inserted to show events that happened at an earlier time.

Microcosm - A representation of ideas and activities present in larger society

Foreshadowing - Technique of arranging events and information in a narrative in such a way that later events are prepared for or shadowed forth beforehand. This gives structural and thematic unity.

Theme - The central idea which may be stated directly or indirectly by the author

Literary Terms

Allegory

• Look for religious connections within the text. Symbol

• Look for objects that represent more than their literal representation (characters count, too).

Flashback • Look for places that give the reader more context about

characters prior to the current setting Foreshadowing

• Look for moments/descriptions that could suggest later problems

Microcosm• Connect the basic story to larger world issues.

Theme• Follow recurring messages the author embeds throughout

the text.

Literary Terms – What to look for

William Golding

Born September 19, 1911 Cornwall, England Studied science but switched to

English Lit in college Became a teacher WWII entered the Royal Navy

Discovered the innate evil of man

Success with LOTF, but not much else

Returned to teaching and writing

Author Background

For this unit, you will be required to keep closereading notes to demonstrate your understanding and higher level thinking skills of the novel.

You will do this for all chapters You will be assigned a focus question for

each set of chapters. Keep detailed notes for your focus question in addition to your close reading notes

You must write down page numbers of important information

Close Reading