1. Group Questions Bielec 10H
“Beware of the Dog”
Group Questions
Bielec
10H

2. Discuss the six elements of plot for this story.
What conflicts are present?

3. What three clues cause the narrator to come to his final realization?
How does the narrator react to his findings? Find specific examples from the text.
Why do you think the author chose a "Beware of the Dog" sign as the one the pilot sees?
At what point did you become aware of what was happening?

4. Find the three instances where the fly appears on pages 150 and 151.
What does the fly symbolize?
What does it mean that the fly was “a black speck upon a sea of gray?

5. Why does Dahl shift his use of pronouns from “he” to “the pilot” (149) and from “he” to “the man” (156)?

6. Reactions?