Lord of the Flies

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Before You Read

In your group, discuss the following statements. Do you AGREE or DISAGREE?

1. A good leader leads by setting an example.

2. Rules are created to ensure that everyone is treated equally.

3. Children by nature are not moral. They need adults to teach and reinforce moral behavior.

4. In difficult situations, people will usually choose to do what is right for the majority.

5. One should never question those in a position of authority.

6. In the absence of laws and social structures, human beings will slip into a state of cruel savagery.

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Chapter One - The Sound of the Shell

Term	Definition	Page
clambering	climbing or moving with effort or difficulty, typically using both hands and feet	7
proffer	to put before a person for acceptance; offer	9
efflorescence	the action or process of developing and unfolding as if coming into flower	12
effulgence	radiant splendor : BRILLIANCE	14
enmity	a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity	14
decorous	in keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained	15
fulcrum	the point on which a lever rests or is supported and on which it pivots	16
muddled	in a state of bewildered or bewildering confusion or disorder	19
pallidly	in a manner lacking interest or vitality	22
Indignation	a feeling of righteous anger	25
askew	turned or twisted to one side	26
immured	lock up or confine, in or as in a jail	27
bastion	a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle	29
contemptuously	without respect; in a disdainful manner	30
hiatus	an interruption in the intensity or amount of something	31