Chapter 7-
Predictions- Hopefully the boys will find the beastie, and the parachutist in this chapter. Clarifications- I know that Ralph hit the pig with his spear on the pigs nose. So did the pig die? Why else would they be cheering and chanting if they didn't kill a pig? Questions- Why would Ralph poke Robert with a spear when they were chanting? I thought he was supposed to be nice. Is he turning mean, like Jack? Connections- This chapter kind of reminds me of myself. The boys seemed kind of scared when they saw the beast, and they rushed to tell the others. This reminds me of how I used to watch scary movies in the dark, and after, I would always take "giant strides" to tell my family members about how scared I was. Summary- I think that this chapter helped us realize something very important. Ralph struck the pig in the nose with his spear, and he got the thrill, and the adrenaline rush of hurting something. The boys chant, and put Robert -who acts like a pig- in the center of their circle, and they poke at him and actually hurt him. Ralph pokes him with his spear, so to say that Ralph isn't changing at least a little would be a false statement. Jack goes in the night atop the mountain and sees the beast. He tells Roger and Ralph to have a look. They realize it is true and run down the mountain. |
Chapter 8-
Predictions- I think the boys will tell the others about what they found that night. That being said, they all will probably try to find a way to deal with the problem. Clarifications- I am not understanding why Jack is saying that Ralph said things that he clearly did not. Why is he doing this? Questions- How come nobody wanted to go with Jack in his group? Connections- When I hear of Jack's idea to leave some of their kill for the beast, in hopes that the beats won't bother them. This reminds me of how I was when I was younger. I used to be so afraid that there was monsters in my closet that I set up all of my favorite stuffed animals in there. I thought that the monster would love them as much as I had, and they wouldn't come out at night and try to hurt me. Summary- Jack is angry at Ralph for many reasons, and he tries to break up Ralph from everyone else by making up accusations. This doesn't work, and, humiliated, Jack runs off crying. Later on, more people join in Jack's group and they find a pig, and gruesomely kill it. They attach the head of it to a spear and leave it for the beast. Later, Simon must have been hallucinating and was conversing with the pig. He called it the Lord of the Flies. The pig head laughed at how they thought that the beast was something that they could hunt and kill, he asked Simon, "You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you?" This shows that Simon's theory was right. |
Chapter 9-
Predictions- I think that in chapter nine the boys will find some way to come back together again. Perhaps they will get rescued. Clarifications- I am not sure why everyone is joining Jack's group and not Ralph's. What is Ralph and Piggy's goal of their group? What advantage do they have over the other group? Questions- Why did they kill Simon without asking who he was first? Why didn't Ralph or Piggy stop this massacre if they didn't like it? Connections- I honestly cannot connect this chapter to anything else that has happened to me in my life. I have no idea why or how someone could be so messed up to kill a person, even when they knew who the person. It seemed as if Jack knew it was Simon. I mean, how couldn't he? Sure, Simon was stumbling, crawling, and you probably couldn't see his face that well, but he had to have known somehow that it was Simon and not the beastie. He never even asked Simon if he was Simon. So he had to have known. He just is a savage now, and I don't think anything will change Jack to how he was before. Summary- Ralph and Piggy realize that everyone has went to Jack's group. Curious and hungry, they go there too. They have a meal, and then Simon stumbles out, on a mission to inform everyone that the beastie is dead. I don't know what Jack was thinking, but he told everyone to do their dance. They ended up killing Simon. Ralph and Piggy clearly felt guilty after, because Piggy was trying to convince Ralph that he was on the outside, and had no part of it. The chapter ended with Simon's body being washed out to sea. |