Lord+of+the+Flies

Lord of the Flies A. Clark/AP

=Essay Prompts: You may choose one prompt from below OR you can choose a prompt from your Big Red books past AP prompts. If you choose from Big Red, please type on your paper next to your name "Big Red #_," filling in the number you chose. =     
 * 1) Examine the decline of the boys’ society by analyzing the __impact/consequences of the following four hunts:__ Hunt #1 (“enormity”), Hunt #3 (“first blood”), Hunt # 4 (“the sow”), and Hunt #6 (“Ralph as prey”). Show __specifically how each one thematically__ monitors and reveals the __degradation__ of the boys __both individually and as a society__.
 * 1) Conflict between two forces struggling for power is notoriously prevalent in our own history as humans. Examine and interpret the __escalating conflict between Jack and Ralph__ from its __beginning to its conclusion__ paraphrasing or summarizing at least __three__ specific events and/or conversations followed by __extensive analysis.__
 * 1) Golding extensively uses __Christian symbols/allusions__ in his novel; discuss the __island__ as a Christian symbol and the character of __Simon__ as a Christian allegorical figure. Discuss the relevance of the island and Simon in terms of how they reveal the meaning of the work as a whole (__theme__.)
 * 1) Golding said the “main motive power” (i.e. inspiration) behind writing //Lord of the Flies// was…”sheer grief.” Write an essay citing and interpreting __three events__ in the book that could __epitomize “sheer grief” regarding Golding’s view of the human condition.__