1. What makes this passage key?
2. Which lit. terms are important in this passage and why? Does the passage contain a motif, symbolism, important characterization, an important external conflict, an important internal conflict, etc?
3. Which specific topics (such as savagery vs. civilization, survival, instinct, loss of innocence, law and order, anonymity, etc) are illuminated in this passage? Are there new topics we see in the passage?
4. How is the passage relevant to previous passages? How do the boys or the actions of the boys in this passage remind you of something from previous passages?
5. Which character is the “star” of the passage? Why?
6. What are the key phrases in the passages?
7. What are the key words?
