Chapter 12 Journal

My reaction to the end of the novel was disappointment. I don't want to sound harsh, but I was hoping Roger and especially Jack would die. I think Ralph cries at the end of the novel because he is realizing what they have done since they first arrived there. I think he had already given up hope that they would be rescued. He believed Jack and the savages would kill him and being rescued saved him. I despise Jack the most. It was under his influence that Roger and the boys became even more savaged. I would absolutely recommend this novel to a friend. I have learned a lot from the novel and its been a while since I read a book that actually made me critically think.

Ch. 11 Questions

1. Ralph's group decides they need to keep the fire going. For that they must go to the savages and call an assembly.
2. The twins see Ralph for the first time because Ralph was always the strong, calm leader and now he seems hopeless and scared.
3. The boys attempt to get Piggy's specs and keep the fire going is bound to fail because the savages will not bargain to remain calm. Things are already tense and the boys going to the savages will be chaos.
4. I think Roger pushes the rock off the cliff because under Jack's influence, Roger has become even more of a savage. I think he also wants to impress Jack and seem like he has power too.
5. The destruction of the shell is symbolic because it is the end of civilization on the island.
6. Most of the boys want a chief because they feel like they have order and a mini civilization. A chief makes decisions for them so therefor they have someone to blame if things don't work out.
7. When you're out hunting and killing do you think about what your mom and family would think? Do you still want to be rescued?
8. Dear Diary,
             It feels like we've been on this island forever. Our thoughts of this being fun and full of freedom have vanished. We live in constant fear. Of ourselves, the "beast", not being rescued. I personally am afraid of Jack and the savages. They have killed Simon. Well we have killed Simon. It was a mistake, we were caught up in the moment and it happened. I feel guilt while it seems like everyone has brushed it off.
            I don't know if we will ever be rescued. The smoke has not worked and I'm starting to believe it was a silly idea. I miss home so much. Home, I forget what that word means now. All I have are these boys who I believed where my family. Now you can't trust any of them. I'm scared and I want to go "home."

LORD OF THE FLIES CH.10

1.Ralph feels guilty about what happened the previous night. He knows something is not right. "That was murder" (Golding 156).

Piggy knows it was Simon hutbut believes it was just a mistake or accident. "It was an accident," said Piggy stubbornly, "and that's that" (Golding 157)

Jack acts like nothing happened the night before. He says it was just the beast. "He came-disguised" (Golding 160).

2. Ralph recognized it was a murder and it was wrong. He knows it was Simon just like Jack knows it too. When Ralph says "It was dark. There was that- that bloody dance. There was lighting and thunder and rain. We was scared!" (Golding 156) we see how he feels guilty of what happened. On the other hand, Jack doesn't really care and keeps his story that it was the beast that came in disguise. "-and then, the beast might try to come in. You remember how he crawled-" (Golding 160).

3. Jack didn't give reason as to why he beat up Wilfred. "I don't know. He didn't say. He got angry and made us tie Wilfred up" (Golding 159). Even the hunters that tied up Wilfred didn't know why. In (Golding 159) it has a conversation between Roger and Robert:
"He's going to beat Wilfred."
"What for?"
Robert shook his head doubtfully.

4. Piggy: "My ssays who took em!"
Ralph: "Get your bloody hands off me. You ain't even got the conch, I'm still chief."
Jack: "Shut it! I am a hunter therefore I am the chief."
Roger: "Chief we ought to get back, we got our fire."
Sam: "We did them well Ralph-"
Eric: "-they won't be back soon."