Lord of the Flies, Chapter 1

Today, we started reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding. We annotated the first paragraph and learned a little about the setting and a character. After annotating, we continued to read a few pages into the novel.

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We discovered:

• So far, there are two boys on an island.
• One is a fat boy with asthma and glasses, named Piggy. The other boy is named Ralph. He has blonde hair and is initially dismissive of Piggy (which means he doesn't give Piggy a lot of attention).
• There are no adults.
• The boys are trying to figure out what happened. They were on a plane, then the plane crash-landed onto the island. Beyond that, they're not sure what happened.
• The biggest clue we have is that one of the boys overheard someone talking about an atom bomb. 
• So far, we are wondering: Are they alone on the island? Are there other kids or adults? Did an atom bomb go off somewhere? Why were they on a plane in the first place?

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