Chapter 9: A View to a Death

CHAPTER 9 QUESTIONS and ONE STRONG BODY PARAGRAPH
Number your page #1-9 and answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. In Simon’s secret place, which source of food do the flies prefer?
2. Where does Simon decide to go?
3. What does Simon do to the figure on the mountainside?
4. Who suggests Ralph and Piggy should go to the party?
5. How is it that Ralph and Piggy’s awkward presence at the party is accepted?
6. What does Jack declare about the conch to Ralph?
7. What is the weather like toward the end of the party?
8. What chant do the boys sing as they dance?
9. Who emerges from the jungle with the secret of the beast?

#10 Write a STRONG BODY PARAGRAPH about who is responsible for Simon’s
death and why.

CLAIM: [1st Sentence: Your claim needs to take a strong stand accusing an individual, the group, the Lord of the Flies, or evil in general (whatever you believe) for causing Simon’s death.]
CONCRETE DETAILS: [2nd & 4th Sentences: Provide at least two pieces of evidence from the chapter that support your claim. These pieces of evidence should be direct quotes or contain specific details from pages in the novel.]

COMMENTARY: [3rd & 5th Sentences: Here is where you explain why the concrete details you have chosen prove your claim. Explain your reasoning. Why does this quote or specific detail prove your major claim about who is responsible for Simon’s murder?]

CONCLUSION: [6th Sentence: Summarize your paragraph and clearly restate your major claim about who is responsible for Simon’s murder. Make your reader think, question or connect Simon’s murder to a larger theme in the novel or commentary on human nature, in general]