LOTF Ch. 12

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LOTF ch 12: Cry of the Hunters

In this chapter, William Golding suddendly becomes obsessed with the word "ululation." You will read it 100 times today (that might be an exaggeration, but it's a lot).

"Ululation" is just a loud, high-pitched noise made with your mouth. It's how Jack's tribe calls to one another.

A random pre-reading note

Read page 183

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Multiple Choice

The narrator tells us that “The breaking of the conch and the deaths of Piggy and Simon lay over the island like a vapor.” 

Which literary device is most present in this line?

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Read pages 184-185

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Multiple Choice

When Ralph attacks the “Lord of the Flies,” the skull breaks into two pieces, revealing the hollow nature of this “beast.” 

What could this symbolize?

• Symbolizes how the boys' have stopped using their logic

• Symbolizes that there never was a beast to begin with-- it was just their inner evil

• Symbolizes that Ralph now has no one left in his tribe

• Symbolizes that no one has come to rescue them

Read pages 185-187

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Multiple Choice

Why does Golding refer to SamnEric's loyalty as "shameful"?

• Because they are embarrassed of how Jack treats them

• Because they joined Jack's tribe based on their unconscious desire

• Because they are plotting to betray Jack and start their own tribe

• Because they have abandoned Ralph

Read pages 187-188

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Multiple Choice

Who specifically are SamnEric referring to as being a violent instigator when they say that it wasn’t Jack?

• Robert

• Billy

• Roger

• Maurice

Read pages 188-191

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Multiple Choice

What other event in previous chapters of the book involved a “sharpened stick at both ends”?

• When Jack's tribe put the pig head on a stick in ch. 8

• When Ralph went hunting with Jack in ch. 7

• When Jack first tried to hunt a pig in ch. 1

• When Simon investigated the parachutist's body in ch. 9

Read pages 191-192

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Multiple Choice

SamnEric have sold out Ralph. 

Explain what this event shows us about Ralph’s character.

• Ralph is unlikeable

• Ralph is too trusting

• Ralph is disingenuous

• Ralph is not meant to be a leader

Read pages 192-195

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Multiple Choice

The narrator tells us that “He passed his tongue tentatively over his teeth and lips and heard far off the ululation of the pursuers.” 

Which literary device is most present in this line?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• symbolism

• alliteration

Read pages 195-197

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Multiple Choice

The narrator tells us that “The sunlight in every patch blinked at him.” 

Which literary device is most present in this line?

• personification

• irony

• juxtaposition

• repetition

Read pages 197-200

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Multiple Choice

All along, Ralph has been trying to get the group to keep up a signal fire so they are able to get rescued. In the end, it is the fire Jack’s tribe sets to try to smoke Ralph out of hiding and kill him that attracts a boat and brings naval officers to rescue them. 

Which literary device would best describe this?

• understatement

• simile

• irony

• personification

Read 200-201

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Multiple Choice

In the beginning of the novel, the littlun Percival interrupted an assembly by giving his name and home address before starting to cry.

In these final pages, Golding chose to have Percival go up to the naval officer and attempt to say his name; however, he can’t. 

Why is it significant that Percival cannot even remember his name?

• Shows how long the boys have been on the island

• Illustrates how desperate the boys are to get home

• Represents how forgotten the littluns were throughout the book

• Mirrors how far removed the boys are from society & civilized behavior

Read pages 201-202 (finish this darn book!)

After reading, there are 3 final questions that follow. Respond with speed and accuracy!

Multiple Choice

Coral Island is a 1858 novel where 3 boys are stranded on an island and attempt to create a hierarchy (sounds familiar...).

With this in mind, which literary device is demonstrated when the naval officer mentions Coral Island?

• allusion

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Multiple Choice

When the naval officer asks "Who's boss here?" Ralph loudly says, "I am." Who is Golding referring to when he follows this moment with the description of "A little boy... started forward, then changed his mind and stood still" (201)?

• Percival

• Roger

• Jack

• The boy with the mulberry birthmark

Multiple Choice

What is a syntax move Golding makes on these final pages to help develop a shocked, distressed, and astounded tone of both Ralph and the naval officer?

• dashes in their dialogue to show interruption and lost for words

• descriptive imagery to show the chaos of the island

• long run-on sentences to show they are just rambling

• parentheses to show their inner thoughts juxtaposed with what they're actually saying

You have survived reading LOTF ;)

We will discuss & finish the film next class. See you then!