7. Answer the questions:

1. What different things does Ralph wish he had from home as he sits under the hot sun?

2. What does the large size of the ocean make Ralph realize?

3. What does Ralph daydream about?

4. When Jack asks Ralph if he is “coming” with him up the mountain, why is this word such a big deal?

5. What disturbing feelings does Ralph have when the boys are pretending to kill Robert?

6. Why does Jack call an assembly?

7. What is the assembly’s reaction when Jack asks whether Ralph should be chief or not?

8. When Simon arrives at his clearing, how is it different from the last time he was there?

9. How does Piggy know that Ralph is starting to accept him?

10. Why does Ralph’s group want to go to Jack’s campfire?

11. How have the boys’ appearances changed since arriving on the island?

12. What feelings do Ralph’s daydreams of home bring up?

13. How do Jack and his hunters act like savages when playing their games?

14. What is the Lord of the Flies trying to tell Simon?

8. Comment on the following sentences:

1. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering.

2. “You want a real pig”, said Robert … “because you’ve got to kill him”. “Use a littlun”, said Jack and everybody laughed.

3. Only Piggy could have the intellectual daring to suggest moving the fire from the mountain.

4. For the first time on the island, Piggy himself removed his one glass, knelt down and focused the sun on tinder.

5. … ages ago they had stood in two demure rows and their voices had been the song of angels.

6. The island was getting worse and worse!

9. Topics for discussion:

1. How does Simon reveal himself in the chapter? Pay attention to his dialogue with Ralph.

2. What for does W. Golding resort to Ralph’s reminiscences of his life at home?

3. In what way does the competition for leadership between Jack and Ralph develop?

4. How do you understand the title of the chapter?

5. Why was Ralph sure Jack would come back?

6. How did Piggy change when Jack left the boys?

7. What impression did the description of hunting the sow produce upon you? Does the fact the boys hunted the sow with piglets and killed her bear any significance?

8. Heat and thirst can sometimes make people imagine things. Do you think this is what happens with Simon and the Lord of the Flies? What do you think is going on in Simon’s head? What message is the Lord of the Flies trying to give Simon?

10. Give a written translation of the extract from “In front of them …” up to “… the ruin of a face”.

Assignment № 5 Chapter IX “a View to a Death” Chapter X “The Shell and the Glasses”

1. Read, copy out the new words, be ready to discuss the chapters.

2. Give the summary of the chapters.

3. Pronounce the following words properly, give the translation:

1. accompaniment,

2. composite

3. derision,

4. drearily,

5. fragile,

6. gesticulate,

7. gigantic,

8. mechanics,

9. obscene,

10. parody,

11. phosphorescence,

12. succulent,

13. sulphurous,

2. Give English equivalents to the following word combinations:

1. вести к чему-то,

2. вступать в чьё-либо племя,

3. выбраться из беды,

4. выражать предупреждение,

5. задать взбучку кому-либо;

6. намекать на что-то,

7. настоящий вождь,

8. он на это напросился,

9. отмахнуться от возражения,

10. поддерживать огонь,

11. показать, что по чём.

12. прокрасться тайком,

13. сменить тему,

14. тронуться умом,

2. Translate the following sentences into English using the vocabulary of the book:

1. Саймон понимал, что новость о том, что зверь не мог причинить вреда, нужно было сообщить как можно скорее. Он начал спускаться с горы, но ноги его подкосились.

2. «Это был несчастный случай», - сказал Хрюша. – Нечего ему было так выползать из темноты. Он был ненормальный. Сам напросился.

3. Джек спросил, кто хочет вступить в его племя. В его голосе звучало предупреждение.

4. Единственной надеждой для Ральфа и его друзей выбраться из беды – было поддерживать огонь.

5. Некоторые мальчики сомневались, что Ральф и его друзья попытаются тайком пробраться в Замок, но Джек отмахнулся от их возражений и сменил тему.

6. Ральф утверждал, что он задал неплохую взбучку одному из нападавших. Эрик согласился, что они им неплохо всыпали и те не скоро снова сунутся.

7. После удачного ночного нападения Джек чувствовал, что он – настоящий вождь.

8. Ральф мечтал о жизни в тихом городке, где не было места кровожадной жестокости.

2. Multiple choice: Circle the letter of the best answer to each question.

1. What is Simon anxious to tell the other boys about?

a. He wants to tell them about the Lord of the Flies.

b. He wants to tell them what the beast on the mountain actually is.

c. He wants to tell them that he needs help for his injuries.

2. When Ralph arrives at the party, what does Jack offer him?

a. meat

b. the conch

c. his seat on the log

3. When Jack’s group gets nervous about the thunderstorms, what does he do?

a. He yells for everyone to be quiet.

b. He orders everyone to dance.

c. He tells them to start making shelter before it begins to rain.

4. What do the boys do when they see the parachuted figure?

a. They run from it.

b. They attack it.

c. They try to follow where it goes.

5. What happens to Simon’s body?

a. It drifts out to sea.

b. The boys bury it.

c. It is left on the beach.

6. What does Ralph think about the way Simon died?

a. He thinks it was an accident.

b. He tells himself he wasn’t there.

c. He thinks it was murder.

7. What does Jack plan to take from Ralph’s group?

a. their fire

b. their shelters

c. their food

8. What other purpose besides a rescue signal does the fire serve for Ralph’s group?

a. to cook meat

b. to give light

c. to be a hearth for comfort

9. What does Ralph do every night before he goes to sleep?

a. He plays a game of “supposing.”

b. He prays to be rescued.

c. He thinks of ways to get off the island.

10. When Piggy gets frightened that the hunters start whispering his name outside of the tent, what happens?

a. He runs away from the shelter.

b. He faints.

c. He has an asthma attack.