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Breaking the LotF Code

Breaking the LotF Code. Conversation Patterns To Aid and Assist. Normally…. Conversation in a book looks like this: Johnny said, “Hey there, Bill!” Bill said, “Hey yourself! How are you?” “Good!” “What’s up?” “Nothing!”. New speakers’ words get a new line.

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Breaking the LotF Code

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  1. Breaking the LotF Code Conversation Patterns To Aid and Assist

  2. Normally… • Conversation in a book looks like this: • Johnny said, “Hey there, Bill!” • Bill said, “Hey yourself! How are you?” • “Good!” • “What’s up?” • “Nothing!” New speakers’ words get a new line. We can track back to the original lines to find out future lines.

  3. In Lord of the Flies • 2 main patterns • In normal conversation (that often turns into a group discussion) • With Sam and Eric (twins)

  4. Pattern 1 – Normal Conversation The boar’s note changed to a squeal and it swerved aside into the covert. The pig-run filled with shouting bots again, Jack came running back, and poked about in the undergrowth. “Through here----” “But he’d get us!” “Through here, I said----”

  5. But… • Many times the discussion pattern will get “crowded” • You WILL lose track of who is speaking. • Oftentimes it is NOT important who said what • Group situation • If it IS important, slow down and re-track the speakers

  6. Pattern 2 – Sam and Eric (Samneric) Presently Ralph rose to his feet, looking at the place where the savages had vanished. Samneric came, talking in an awed whisper. “I thought it was----” “-----and I was-----” “-----scared.” It follows the normal pattern of the paragraph leading in to first speaker. BUT…since these guys are twins, and get SO close and begin to finish each other’s sentences, you get a lot of dashes to show that finishing.

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