Find an element or technique in passage 8, 9, 10 on
your green slip of paper. Mark as many times as you see that technique,
as well as others and code the text with symbols, markings, colors.
etc.
Then, write a paragraph identifying the technique and explaining its
effect. Your paragraph should be at least 7 sentences in length. Post paragraphs before class on Monday, February 4th!
“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.
