Answer to Question #285434 in English for Kelsey Jand

Question

Lord of the Flies Study Guide Questions

Direction: Your answers need to be thorough, and where possible, quote the text (with citation).

Chapter 9-10

Foreshadowing: Re-read the first two paragraphs of this chapter, and explain what the title might foreshadow. Why? What happens to Simon? How does the Lord of the Flies foreshadow this (revisit Ch. 8)? When the boys are on the beach dancing, what two statements or phrases seem to foreshadow that there will be trouble before the night ends?

Answer 1

The title foreshadows that death for the boys is inevitable on the island.

The boys fell on Simon violently and killed him.

The death is foreshadowed in chapter 8 as it his murder is an almost inevitable outcome. During the confrontation in the previous chapter, the Lord of the Flies foreshadows Simon's death by promising to have some fun with him.

What two statements foreshadowing trouble before the night ends are said by Piggy as follows;  "Come away. There's going to be trouble" and "the center of the ring yawned emptily."