Ralph's group decides that they must approach Jack's tribe of savages and try to get Piggy's specs back. They also decide that Ralph is still the chief, so he still has authority over Jack and his group.
2. In what ways are the twins "seeing Ralph for the first time" before going to Castle Rock?
SamnEric are seeing Ralph acting like a true leader for the first time before going to Castle Rock. Ralph says that he is still the chief and Piggy reinforces it by saying that he elected Ralph as chief and gave him the conch. Ralph allows the twins to carry spears, but says that he won't because he's the chief and that Jack should listen to him.
3. Why is the boy's attempt to get back Piggy's specs and get the other boys to maintain a signal fire bound to fail?
The boy's plan to get the specs back and maintain the signal fire will fail because Jack and his tribe threw out the idea of "order" and "civilization" a long time ago due to their instincts to become savages. Ralph and Piggy's idea of Ralph being chief won't reach Jack or any of his hunters at this point.
4. Why do you think Roger pushes the rock off the cliff?
Roger pushes the rock off of the cliff in order to intimidate and scare Ralph and his group. Because he feels that he is a "savage," he wants to show how terrifying and powerful he really is.
5. How is the destruction of the conch symbolically significant?
By Jack destroying the conch within Piggy's hand, it symbolically represents that the idea of order, structure, and civilization have been "completely shattered" within the island. Now, there will only be chaos among the boys.
6. For most of the boys, what re the reasons they want a chief? What does a chief do for them?
The boys want a chief be cause a chief is able to lead the boys, discipline them, and show them comfort. A chief is almost like a parent to the boys, hence why they elected Ralph. A parent show how they care for their children, but they also discipline them. A chief is supposed to set the guidelines and rules for the boys (aka- the conch), but now the conch is shattered.
7. Come up with two ORIGINAL questions you would ask Jack if you could.
- How do you plan to live out the rest of your life? Waiting to be rescued or dying out on this island with the rest of your hunters?
- What will happen to you and your hunters if chaos breaks out among the boys of YOUR tribe?
8. In a minimum of two solid paragraphs, write a diary entry on the state of the island and the boys at this point in the book.
Dear Diary,
The boys among Jack and his group have been nothing but violent and a bunch of bloody thieves. First they commit theft by stealing Piggy's glasses, leaving him practically blind. Sure, they have a fire, but it won't do them any good with such a minuscule size - only for cooking meals. Ralph's been trying to restore order, with Piggy's and SamnEric's help, but now that the conch was broken by Jack, there's almost no hope whatsoever in trying to reestablish a structure on the island. Simon and the kid with the birth mark have already died, some of the forest within the island has already been burnt to a crisp, and there's been nothing but fighting among the two groups and their leaders.
At first, the island seemed quite pleasant and refreshing because it was a new environment to the boys and the boys still had their sense of humanity with them. Yet now, the state of the island is in utter chaos because of disagreements and violence between the two chiefs - Jack and Ralph. Jack has no plans of changing his instinctual savage ways. Ralph on the other hand, is trying to get things back to the way things were before. At this rate, the whole entire island and sense of civilization among the boys will deteriorate because there is absolutely no structure.
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