Current Year 11 Thread: Mark II

I think I'd certainly get more work done without the boys, but it wouldn't be quite as fun.

Wow, that is SUCH a cool question! I couldn't resist having a jot down of ideas.
Why Lord of the Flies?

Book originally titled “The Stranger Within” – you may want to comment on that - which shows Golding’s theme of man’s innate capacity for evil, the inner beast etc.
Simon’s confrontation with the Lord of the Flies – Golding explores the idea of the inner beast/dark heart through Simon’s hallucination and the LotF’s voice. It is in this convo this first is expressed, so it is key to the novel’s understanding. (talk about language)

Humans like flies at the mercy of the devil/forces of evil. As much as we try, we cannot escape our savage side (ie even Ralph kills Simon). Talk about historical context – Nazis and Jews, Stalin etc. Could see characters polarised – Simon = good, Jack = bad – but I’d be tempted to err away from that, seems a little oversimplified.

Bulk of the essay probably going to be about Golding’s message – so really go for it. Where does Golding show man is innately evil and how? Simon’s murder (close lang analysis here, I love that section for analysis), killing of the sow, re-enactment of the hunt, chasing Ralph etc etc. Maybe you have a point you really like for this savage/sadistic bit?

Religious symbolism – Lord of the Flies means Beelzebub. Beelzebub is a Xn name for Satan. So literally means evil. Boys = flies. Devil = Lord. See “we’re going to have fun”, implies it is the innate beast which rules. If you want (and it is by no means necessary to put this in, I’ve just thought of this and my teacher hasn’t told me so I might be completely off the wall) you can read the book as modern story of the garden of Eden. At beginning = island like paradise (language analysis of first exploration of Island), boys innocent of evil. Tempted by Beelzebub (Lord of the Flies, Satan) and fall – at end the island is burning, like hell, it is the “end of innocence”. Golding shows devil not outside as in Xnity but “close, close, close”. Also, Beelzebub was (so Paradise Lost tells me) a fallen angel – perhaps you could see the airman falling to the island as hinting at that? Also, in Paradise Lost, Beelzebub is actually the demon who firsts suggests Satan tempts Eve into sin.

If you want to skip that as it is fairly random (I'm just into my theology and milton) – then I would talk about the Lord of the Flies itself a bit more. How do the boys react to the beast? What does the beast symbolise etc?

You could also see Ralph & Jack as the Lords and the other boys as flies. You could tie in the presentation of the littluns, seeing Jack as idol.

Also - the fact there is no "the" in "Lord of the Flies" arguably makes it more universal - an archetype.

The great thing about this question is you can literally bring in anything you fancy. It’s very open to interpretation – about what YOU think, rather than concrete fact. Just make sure you pull in some language analysis and show you understand Golding’s message. Now, I’m not saying you need to put all of that in (and I might even think of some stuff to add) – you should tailor the response to what you think. I could easily turn the above to a 5,000 word essay, but this is an exam. Be selective and clever.

I hope that helped you have some ideas a bit.


Wonderful!

Lol yeah probably, unless it me of course!
By the way, who should I vote for in the TSR elections?

Wow thanks you have some great ideas!
I'm guessing you aren't too stressed about the english exams you seem to have it all covered
which exams are you most worried/will spend longest revising for?

I voted Labour because I think I would probably just about vote Labour in the real elections. It was a very close toss up between Lib Dems & Labour for me, and I expected to probably go for the former, but I have been impressed by Labour in threads and I was more convinced on their manifesto and I paddy.power (their leader) a lot. I love the Lib Dems for wanting Trident Abolishment, but not to sure on the relaxation of drug laws/devolution of NHS, thought Labour were a "safer" option in that respect. Last year I voted Socialist - but I am a more moderate now, even if that short space. I just found the idea of a socialist party enticing as obviously there isn't normally one
But decide for yourself, really. If you cba to look at old threads, read the para summaries. Anything but Tory/UKIP and I'll be happy

Hello hello hello people!!

Well, I found out some results today! In my Chemistry and Biology I got an A*! Same with my French Reading, my two Science courseworks! The week's getting better for me! Tomorrow is results day! I will find out if I got into my college of preference. Also I have swapped Sociology for English Literature because it's seen as a soft subject so why not?!


I voted Conservative BTW.


They were the only ones on that thread that made sense and had policies that appealed to me.

OMG OMG OMG! Well done!

Not too much Although a small part of me *really* wants to not drop any raw marks across the whole GCSE, which adds pressure. But the rest tells me to be silly! I'm most worried about Maths (I was 3 marks off A* on the mock), and Latin (don't even ask). I got my target grades in all the others in the mocks, with no revision - but I am quite worried about triple science due to the lack of teaching time generally.

Thank yooou!
I'm hoping tomorrow is as good as today, I've been so nervous I've came home for dinner everyday to see if any letters had arrived!

Haha in both english gcses I'll be so happy if I get an a*
Same for maths - really need to get revising! Are you doing the Edexcel linear one?
Sciences are my least worry I only have the multiple choice papers left (AQA) but English and History are my main concerns

Hello hello hello people!!

Well, I found out some results today! In my Chemistry and Biology I got an A*! Same with my French Reading, my two Science courseworks! The week's getting better for me! Tomorrow is results day! I will find out if I got into my college of preference. Also I have swapped Sociology for English Literature because it's seen as a soft subject so why not?!


I voted Conservative BTW.


They were the only ones on that thread that made sense and had policies that appealed to me.

Lol np Wow you joined in April and in 7 days you have 245 posts

Yep, I am Multiple choice? Wow..!

That is brilliant!! Well done Also, awesome that you're doing Lit
Okay. I won't get into a politics debate now - at the end of the day, it's your choice

I've only been active these past weeks



Thank you
Lol I get the "pun"

And no please, do go ahead.

I'd read earlier you're doing the linear course for everything. It all makes sense now. Are you doing science as a linear GCSE as well? Good Luck with your revision, I hope to follow in your footsteps and do as many hours each day.

huh?

Yes, all three are linear. It calls for a substantial amount of revision. Actually the sciences are easily A*s with night-before cramming, as I did in the mocks, but I don't want to risk dropping a single mark too many in any subject, so overwork I shall.

Huh what?