Tuesday 15 March 2011

Not tomorrow's exam question.

Because the beast is so important in the novel, a fact you will realise yet again as you read "Gift for the Darkness" this evening, I had thought of giving you the following question to answer tomorrow morning. However, since it took me almost 50 minutes to write my answer, I decided it might not be the best for an exam question. But you might like to share your ideas on it here.


Question:
In Lord of the Flies, Golding first introduces the beast in chapter 2, where the small, disfigured boy who speaks so fearfully of it is later consumed by the raging fire the boys let loose on the mountain. From that time on, the snake-thing, the beastie, or some other form of the beast is always present on the island; for example, in "Hut's on the Beach", Ralph tells Jack that as much as for protection in case of storms, they "need shelters because of the – ?" (Golding & Epstein, 1954, p. 50), which leads Jack to confess his own fears on the same topic.
Discuss how the beast is further developed by Golding in chapters 5 and 6, which are named in its honour. How does the beast evolve? How real is it? How do the boys react to it? 

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References
Golding, W., & Epstein, E. (1954). Lord of the Flies. New York: Perigee.
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  1. Peter.AUA15 March 2011 at 22:30

    It just took me 33 minutes to write an answer to the question I've now settled on, so I think it's reasonable to expect you to answer the same question in 50 minutes tomorrow.

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