At the beginning of class today, we looked at the portrayal of the jungle in Lord of the Flies since this is one of the places where the beast lives and a place where Simon spends a lot of time in connection with the beast. To look at the portrayal of the jungle we compared it to the portrayal of the jungle as it is represented in the Guns n' Roses song "Welcome to the Jungle."After everyone had a chance to listen to the song, we looked at what jungles represent in this song and the book with the following handout: Welcome to the Jungle(s).
Next, we returned to our work with the beast. Last class, we finished looking at the different representations of the beast in the novel. Today, we were focused on bringing those representations together into one solid explanation by responding to a letter from a little 'un thirty years after the childrens' rescue from the island. To read the letter and see the rubric for the response see:
Letter from Percival Madison
Everyone had the rest of the period to work on writing this response.
Homework:
If you did not finish your response to Percival about the beast in class, do so for homework.
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