Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Ralph overrode them. "And another thing. We nearly set the whole island on fire. And we waste time, rolling rocks and making little cooking fires. Now I say this and make it a rule, because I’m chief: We won’t have a fire anywhere but on the mountain. Ever.” There was a row immediately. Boys stood up and shouted and Ralph shouted back. "Because if you want a fire to cook fish or crab, you can jolly well go up the mountain. That way we’ll be certain.” Hands were reaching for the conch in the light of the setting sun. He held on and leapt on the trunk. "All this I meant to say. Now I’ve said it. You voted me for chief. Now you do what I say.” They quieted, slowly, and at last were seated again. What is the universal theme of this passage?
Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding. They set off again, the hunters bunched a little by fear of the mentioned beast, while Jack quested ahead. . . . Ralph leaned against a tree and at once the daydreams started swarming up. Jack was in charge of the hunt and there would be time to get to the mountain— Once, following his father from Chatham to Devonport, they had lived in a cottage on the edge of the moors. . . . When you went to bed there was a bowl of cornflakes with sugar and cream. And the books—they stood on the shelf by the bed, leaning together with always two or three laid flat on top because he had not bothered to put them back properly. They were dog-eared and scratched. There was the bright, shining one about Topsy and Mopsy that he never read because it was about two girls; there was the one about the magician, which you read with a kind of tied-down terror, skipping page twenty-seven with the awful picture of the spider; there was a book about people who had dug things up, Egyptian things; there was The Boy’s Book of Trains , The Boy’s Book of Ships . Vividly they came before him; he could have reached up and touched them, could feel the weight and slow slide with which The Mammoth Book for Boys would come out and slither down . . . Everything was all right; everything was good-humored and friendly. In this passage, how does Golding use description to develop the universal theme of the loss of innocence?
Read the passages from Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Passage 1 "The fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don’t keep a fire going? Is a fire too much for us to make?” He flung out an arm. "Look at us! How many are we? And yet we can’t keep a fire going to make smoke. Don’t you understand? Can’t you see we ought to—ought to die before we let the fire out?” There was a self-conscious giggling among the hunters. Ralph turned on them passionately. "You hunters! You can laugh! But I tell you the smoke is more important than the pig, however often you kill one. Do all of you see?” He spread his arms wide and turned to the whole triangle. "We’ve got to make smoke up there—or die.” Passage 2 "The rules!” shouted Ralph. "You’re breaking the rules!” "Who cares?” Ralph summoned his wits. "Because the rules are the only thing we’ve got!” But Jack was shouting against him. "Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong—we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat—!” He gave a wild whoop and leapt down to the pale sand. At once the platform was full of noise and excitement, scramblings, screams, and laughter. The assembly shredded away and became a discursive and random scatter from the palms to the water and away along the beach, beyond night-sight. Ralph found his cheek touching the conch and took it from Piggy. The universal theme of Passage 1 is the tension between freedom and responsibility, and the universal theme of Passage 2 is the conflict between an individual’s desires and the community’s needs. How do these universal themes relate to each other?
Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding. "You got to be tough now. Make 'em do what you want.” Ralph answered in the cautious voice of one who rehearses a theorem. "If I blow the conch and they don’t come back, then we’ve had it. We shan’t keep the fire going. We’ll be like animals. We’ll never be rescued.” "If you don’t blow, we’ll soon be animals anyway. I can’t see what they’re doing but I can hear.” The dispersed figures had come together on the sand and were a dense black mass that revolved. They were chanting something and littluns that had had enough were staggering away, howling. Ralph raised the conch to his lips and then lowered it. How does this passage use conflict to develop the universal theme of the importance of hope to human happiness?
Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding. "I’m scared of him,” said Piggy, "and that’s why I know him. If you’re scared of someone you hate him but you can’t stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he’s all right really, an’ then when you see him again, it’s like asthma an’ you can’t breathe. I tell you what. He hates you too, Ralph—” "Me? Why me?” "I dunno. You got him over the fire; an’ you’re chief an’ he isn’t.” "But he’s, he’s, Jack Merridew!” "I been in bed so much I done some thinking. I know about people. I know about me. And him. He can’t hurt you: but if you stand out of the way he’d hurt the next thing. And that’s me.” How are the universal themes "the wisdom gained from experience” and "the relationship between violence and human nature” best developed in this passage?
Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The sound of mock hunting, hysterical laughter, and real terror came from the beach. "Blow the conch, Ralph.” Piggy was so close that Ralph could see the glint of his one glass. "There’s the fire. Can’t they see?” "You got to be tough now. Make 'em do what you want.” Ralph answered in the cautious voice of one who rehearses a theorem. "If I blow the conch and they don’t come back, then we’ve had it. We shan’t keep the fire going. We’ll be like animals. We’ll never be rescued.” "If you don’t blow, we’ll soon be animals anyway. I can’t see what they’re doing but I can hear.” The dispersed figures had come together on the sand and were a dense black mass that revolved. They were chanting something and littluns that had had enough were staggering away, howling. Ralph raised the conch to his lips and then lowered it. How are the universal themes "the importance of hope to human happiness” and "the conflict between an individual’s desires and the community’s needs” best developed in this passage?
Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Ralph dropped down and spoke in his ordinary voice. "So remember. The rocks for a lavatory. Keep the fire going and smoke showing as a signal. Don’t take fire from the mountain. Take your food up there.” Jack stood up, scowling in the gloom, and held out his hands. "I haven’t finished yet.” "But you’ve talked and talked!” "I’ve got the conch.” Jack sat down, grumbling. How is the universal theme of society’s dependence on authority developed in this passage?
Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding. "Jack! Jack! You haven’t got the conch! Let him speak.” Jack’s face swam near him. "And you shut up! Who are you, anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can’t hunt, you can’t sing—” "I’m chief. I was chosen.” "Why should choosing make any difference? Just giving orders that don’t make any sense—” "Piggy’s got the conch.” "That’s right—favor Piggy as you always do—” "Jack!” Jack’s voice sounded in bitter mimicry. "Jack! Jack!” "The rules!” shouted Ralph. You’re breaking the rules!” "Who cares?” Ralph summoned his wits. "Because the rules are the only thing we’ve got!” But Jack was shouting against him. "Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong—we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat—!” How are the universal themes "society’s dependence on authority” and "the conflict between an individual’s desires and the community’s needs” best developed in this passage?
Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Jack quested ahead. They went more slowly than Ralph had bargained for; yet in a way he was glad to loiter, cradling his spear. Jack came up against some emergency of his craft and soon the procession stopped. Ralph leaned against a tree and at once the daydreams started swarming up. Jack was in charge of the hunt and there would be time to get to the mountain— Once, following his father from Chatham to Devonport, they had lived in a cottage on the edge of the moors. . . . When you went to bed there was a bowl of cornflakes with sugar and cream. And the books—they stood on the shelf by the bed, leaning together with always two or three laid flat on top because he had not bothered to put them back properly. They were dog-eared and scratched. There was the bright, shining one about Topsy and Mopsy that he never read because it was about two girls; there was the one about the magician, which you read with a kind of tied-down terror, skipping page twenty-seven with the awful picture of the spider; there was a book about people who had dug things up, Egyptian things; there was The Boy’s Book of Trains , The Boy’s Book of Ships . Vividly they came before him; he could have reached up and touched them, could feel the weight and slow slide with which The Mammoth Book for Boys would come out and slither down . . . Everything was all right; everything was good-humored and friendly. How are the universal themes "the loss of innocence” and "the relationship between civilization and nature” best developed in this passage?
Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding. "The rules!” shouted Ralph. "You’re breaking the rules!” "Who cares?” Ralph summoned his wits. "Because the rules are the only thing we’ve got!” But Jack was shouting against him. "Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong—we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat—!” He gave a wild whoop and leapt down to the pale sand. At once the platform was full of noise and excitement, scramblings, screams, and laughter. The assembly shredded away and became a discursive and random scatter from the palms to the water and away along the beach, beyond night-sight. Ralph found his cheek touching the conch and took it from Piggy. "What’s grownups going to say?” cried Piggy again. "Look at 'em! How is the universal theme of the conflict between an individual’s desires and the community’s needs developed in this passage?
Read the passages from Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Passage 1 Simon poked his head out carefully. "You’re chief. You tell ’em off.” Ralph lay flat and looked up at the palm trees and the sky. "Meetings. Don’t we love meetings? Every day. Twice a day. We talk.” He got on one elbow. "I bet if I blew the conch this minute, they’d come running. Then we’d be, you know, very solemn, and someone would say we ought to build a jet, or a submarine, or a TV set. When the meeting was over they’d work for five minutes, then wander off or go hunting.” Jack flushed. "We want meat.” "Well, we haven’t got any yet. And we want shelters. Besides, the rest of your hunters came back hours ago. They’ve been swimming.” Passage 2 "Jack! Jack! You haven’t got the conch! Let him speak.” Jack’s face swam near him. "And you shut up! Who are you, anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can’t hunt, you can’t sing—” "I’m chief. I was chosen.” "Why should choosing make any difference? Just giving orders that don’t make any sense—” "Piggy’s got the conch.” "That’s right—favor Piggy as you always do—” "Jack!” Jack’s voice sounded in bitter mimicry. "Jack! Jack!” The universal theme of Passage 1 is the tension between freedom and responsibility, and the universal theme of Passage 2 is society’s dependence on authority. How do these universal themes relate to each other?
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