Wednesday 2/8

What we did in class:
1. Page 1 Discussion
2. Writing about effects...
3. Partner practice with effects.
4. IB Learner profile

Homework:
Find an element or technique in the first key passage. Then, write a paragraph identifying the technique and explaining its effect. Your paragraph should be at least 7 sentences in length. Post the paragraphs on your blog before class starts tomorrow.

Remember:

• Embrace the fact that you have already read the entire book. Draw from other parts of the book to inform your analysis of the effect.
• Don't stop asking "what is the effect of this" until you absolutely can not dig any deeper. For example: Alliteration. What is the effect of this? Creates a rhythmic sound. What is the effect of this? Mirrors the sound of the ocean. What is the effect of this? Highlights the water locked setting. What is the effect of this? Associates the rhythmic consistency of the ocean to the programed nature of humans to follow a pattern. What is the effect of this? Creates an almost trance like mood. What is the effect of this? Develops the theme that human nature will always revert to a natural and instinctual pattern of behavior.

Here's an example from your academic tutor:

“Though he had taken off his school sweater and trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and his hair was plastered to his forehead. All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat. […] The naked crooks of his knees were plump, caught and scratched by thorns. He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat. He came forward, searching out safe lodgments for his feet, and then looked up through thick spectacles”

S – Alliteration:

C – Alliteration:

Th – Repetition:

Diction/tone – Adjectives that indicate disability/weakness:

All of the negative attitudes describing Piggy on the first page serve two purposes. First, it makes him unrelatable/unappealing to the reader. As Piggy will eventually progress to be the icon of the civilization we would like to hold as valuable, being described negatively makes that ideal more distant, demonstrating that our civilization isn’t as inherent as we would like it to be. Secondly, focusing on disabilities largely found in ‘developed’ societies, Golding identifies Piggy with all the weaknesses of the modern world. Being “plump” and having “thick spectacles” shows how Piggy is dependant on society to treat his shortcomings.