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**// "Golding knows exactly what boys are like; he has a compelling imagination; and the vivid realism with which he describes the disintegration of their untried and precarious civilization under the pressure of raw nature carries the reader to the blody climax... a most absorbing and instructive tale."//  (The Times) **

//** “The journey of life is like a man riding a bicycle. ** // //** We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. ** // //** We know that at some point he will stop and get off. ** // //** We know that if he stops moving and does not get off he will fall off.” ** //
 * (William Golding) **

**Author Presentation**

__**Books**__  
 * **Born in Cornwall in 1911; **
 * **Schoolmaster, actor, musician, sailor, lecturer; **
 * **The author of over a dozen novels; **
 * **Joined the Royal Navy in 1940; **
 * **After the war - returned to teaching and began to write again (his first novel was "Lord of the Flies"); **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Died in 1993. **


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**//Lord of the Flies// - Nobel Prize**
 * //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**The Inheritors** //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**//The brass butterfly// (play)**
 * //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**The Spire** //
 * //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**The Pyramid** //
 * //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Darkness visible** //
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**//Rites of Passage// - Booker Prize**

<span style="background-color: #b5b9fa; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;">**Book Presentation**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #351d89; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">**__The Plot__**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**A group of English schoolboys are** **marooned on a jungle island;**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Ralph and Piggy find a conch;** [[image:to-read-or-not-to-read/lotf.jpg width="439" height="326" align="right"]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Ralph is elected as leader;**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**The boys set up rules;**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**The littluns’ are afraid of the “beastie”**
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The boys use Piggy's glasses to light a fire; **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Jack leaves the group;**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Most of the older boys join Jack’s tribe;**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Jack invites everyone to come to a feast;**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Simon is killed at the feast;**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Jack’s tribe steals Piggy’s glasses;**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Piggy is killed;**
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The tribe hunts Ralph. **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #351d89; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">__**Major Characters**__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**__Ralph__ - symbol of //common sense//**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**__Jack__ - symbol of //violence//**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**__Piggy__ - symbol of //knowledge//**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**__Simon__ - symbol of //spirituality//**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #351d89; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">__**Major Themes**__
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Civilization vs Savagery **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Loss of Innocence **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #351d89; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">**__Symbols__**




 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** The Conch **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Piggy's Glasses **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** The Fire **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** The Beast **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**The Lord of the Flies**

<span style="background-color: #b5b9fa; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;">**Book Trailer** media type="youtube" key="eYhUytwoWOA" height="315" width="420" align="center"

<span style="background-color: #b5b9fa; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;"> **QUIZ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">How did the boys arrive on the island? **
 * 2) **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Who is the Lord of the Flies? **
 * 3) **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">What role does the conch have in the novel? **
 * 4) **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Why did the boys light a fire at the top of the mountain? **
 * 5) **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Explain one major theme of the novel. **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Maria:
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">made the presentation about the plot, themes, symbols
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">searched for quotes in the book and music for the trailer
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">put together the music, movie scenes and quotes in order to make the trailer
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">chose the questions for the activity

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Alina:
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">made the presentation about the author and the characters
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">searched for quotes in the book and music for the trailer
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">suggested some scenes from the movie which have been used for the trailer
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">chose the quotes for the activity