Lord of the FliesLord of the Flies

Chapters 6-9Chapters 6-9

Chapter 6Chapter 6Beast from AirBeast from Air

• Summary:– Parachutist over by fire– Simon, Ralph, & Jack go searching for beast– Is there a beast?– “We can roll rocks”…”We have plenty of time”– New place to live…castle rock

Chapter 6Chapter 6Discussion PromptDiscussion Prompt

• Respond to one of the following:– Compare what the beast is to what the boys

believe. What do you think the phrase the beast means in this chapter?

– What is the significance of the title (Beast from Air)?

Chapter 7Chapter 7Shadows and Tall TreesShadows and Tall Trees

• Summary:– Ralph ponders the difference between being

on the island and home– Simon reassures Ralph that he will get home– Boys go after a wild boar…including Ralph– Robert is hurt in reenactment of pig run– Ralph, Roger, and Jack discover the beast

from air

Chapter 7Chapter 7Discussion PromptDiscussion Prompt

• Respond to one of the following: – Compare Ralph’s memory of playing back

home and the playing that happens on the island.

– What is the significance of the title (Shadows and Tall Trees)?

Chapter 8Chapter 8Gift for the DarknessGift for the Darkness

• Summary:– Jack secedes from the rest of the boys on the

island– A new signal fire is made– Rape scene p.134-135– The Pig’s Head speaks to Simon p.143-144

Chapter 8Chapter 8Discussion PromptDiscussion Prompt

• Respond to one of the following:– Compare the rape scene with Simon’s

interaction with the beast. Why are these two events in the same chapter? What connects the two?

– What is the significance of the title (Gift for the Darkness)?

Chapter 9Chapter 9A View to a DeathA View to a Death

• Summary:– Simon refrains…”What else is there to do?”

after the revelation of the beast– Piggy and Ralph join the “party” at Jack’s

camp– Argument over leadership between Jack and

Ralph: Jack = food Ralph = rescue– Killing of Simon: Simon = Christ figure

Chapter 9Chapter 9Discussion PromptDiscussion Prompt

• Respond to one of the following:– How is the message Simon tries to deliver

similar or different from the message he gives Ralph on p.111?

– What is the significance of the title (A View to a Death)?

Chapter 10Chapter 10The Shell and the GlassesThe Shell and the Glasses

• Piggy and Ralph discuss what happened to Simon– Piggy deems it an accident– Ralph is convinced to let it go; they were on

the outside and they “left early” (P, R, SnE)

• Jack’s tribe is torturing Wilfred– Jack wants his tribe protected from the others

(including the beast – pretends they killed the beast, not Simon)

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• Jack plans to steal the fire

• Ralph’s tribe of four is overwhelmed by the work to be rescued

• Jack steals the fire

• Ralph allows the fire to go out (too difficult to keep it going – 12 hours per pair of boys)