Today, we started class with the question "What is the beast in Lord of the Flies" to answer this, we looked at the question more broadly as "What is a beast." We looked at several images of beasts that turned up in a Google image search and then everyone responded to the "What is a beast?" question in their writer's journal. We then shared out these responses and came up with:
an animal
hairy
aggressive
a predator
has sharp teeth/tusks
stays hidden most of the time
mean
like a werewolf
With this idea of a beast in mind, we then took a look at the Rolling Stones' song "Sympathy for the Devil" and looked at the qualities exhibited by the speaker of the song. After responding to and discussing these questions (questions I & II) we talked about similarities that exist between the speaker of the song in "Sympathy for the Devil" and the beast in Lord of the Flies.
We then started taking a look at representations of the beast in Lord of the Flies. Today we focused on the beast as it is addressed in the chapter "Beast from Water."
In class, I had hand outs of photocopied sections from the book.
If you are making this up from home, simply refer to the "Beast from Water" chapter.
Homework:
If you did not do so in class, finish analyzing the representation of the beast in the chapter "Beast from Water."
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