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Vocabulary
Chapter 8
rebuke - to express sharp strong disapproval of

Chapter 10
Reds - communists / colour of the flag / associated with blood

Chapter 11
myopia - near sightedness
multitudinous - comprising of many items propitiating - appeasing, conciliating
truculently - fierce, cruel, savagely brutal
inscrutably - incapable of being understood
cessation - stopping
parried - a defence movement
talisman - an object of power

Chapter 12
fronds - leafs of fern
acrid - sharp or biting taste or smell
inimical - hostile, harmful
ululation - utterance of howling sounds
ravenously - in extreme hunger

The pig's head has deep religious connotations: the phrase, "lord of the flies" is a translation of the Hebrew word, "Ba'alzevuv" or its Greek equivalent, Beelzebub. The pig's head is thus a symbol of Satan, but the devil is not an external force, but rather an internal evil created by the boys themselves.



In a 5 paragraph essay format, topic sentence, thesis statement, write your thoughts now about whether man is naturally savage. You are not restricted to examples from the novel.