Winter's Night Blog

The Monday quiz has been moved to Tuesday 2nd. We will be reading chapters 3-5 for Wednesday, so don't be thrown by the change in dates.

If you are having trouble with your reading journals, look over your symbolism notes from today. The conch, Piggy's glasses, the scar, the fire, the main characters, and (later) the pigs are all very symbolic. Imagine what they could represent, then look for proof in the book. Copy these passages and write a comment for each. For example:

"[Jack's] mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness" (Golding 63).

Jack is slowly becoming more savage. The island (mud) is slowly covering any sense of civility he has. By becoming "liberated," he removes what he feels to be the shackles of civilization and reverts to a more primitive state, free of morality ("shame") and responsibility ("self-consciousness").

[Edit: Just in case you want to read ahead, the essay on Friday will be over chapters 1-8. Reading journals will also be due at that time.]

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