Lord of the Flies Review Questions

Lord of the Flies Review Questions How are Ralph and Piggy different? ️️Ralph is described as the fair boy with fair hair, and has a good build. Piggy is described as the fat boy, and it is said that he is short, pale, wears glasses, has a button nose, and has asthma. How the language in the first few paragraphs hint at the strangeness and terror of the island? ️️Ralph is surrounded by creeper things and he sees visions of red and yellow, and he hears witch like cries, these are all things of something very terrible and strange What hints are we given about what has happened to the boys? ️️The boys start to talk about the pilot and the cockpit, and a passenger cabin, these are all things that have to do with a plane and then Ralph says he sees red and yellow coming out of the plane, so this probably means they were in some sort of plane crash What is the 'scar' that is often mentioned at the beginning of the chapter? ️️the wreckage and damage done to the boys on the island and the island from the plane crash Who makes the first leadership decisions and what are they? ️️Ralph makes the first leadership decisions by blowing the conch, forming all the boys together and making an assembly, he also makes the decisions to have rules and a leader Between Ralph and Piggy, who is cleverer? Explain your answer. ️️Although Piggy is weak, he is smarter than Ralph. Piggy is the one who comes up with the idea of using the conch. When someone blows into the conch it serves as a microphone that can be heard for miles. Why doesn't Piggy ask for the names of the choirboys? ️️He didn't ask their names because he was intimidated by the other boys because he is fat and all the other boys are fair. What are Jack's reasons for why he should be chief? ️️Jack thought that since he was the leader of the choir, and can sing a C sharp that he should be chief. Why is Piggy not considered to be chief? ️️Piggy was very smart, he had lots of ideas that all had been credited to Ralph. But, the boys didn't want a fat, short boy to be chief. What reasons are given for why Ralph is voted chief? ️️Ralph is still and calm, he is a fair boy with a good build, and he is powerful because of the conch Which word tells us that although Piggy voted for Ralph, he didn't really want to? Why might this be? ️️When the boys were voting it is stated that everyone raised their hands immediately when Ralph's name was called, except for Piggy's, but then is says that he too raised his hand grudgingly in the air. How does Ralph show leadership skills once he has been made chief? ️️Ralph has the idea to make sure wherever they are is an island on an journey around the place, he takes Jack and Simon. Why is Jack unable to stab the piglet at the end of the chapter? ️️Jack claims that he was looking for a place to stab it and the pig got away too fast How does Ralph try to maintain order and a sense of society amongst the boys? ️️Ralph tells all of the boys what they saw, about the uninhabited island, and the pigs, and how they need to hunt the pigs, and they were going to use the hands-up method when you want to talk, because they all can't talk at once. He is trying to keep everyone calm and not panicked. When the boy with the mulberry-colored birthmark talks about the 'beastie', how do Jack and Ralph react? ️️Ralph is trying to convince the other boys that there is no beastie and they are only found in other countries and that the little boy was dreaming. Jack says that if there is a snake thing, then they would hunt and kill it. What does this tell us about their different leadership styles? ️️This tells us that Ralph is more focused on calming everybody down, and getting them off of the island in the quickest way possible, but Jack is just looking for something to hunt. What is Ralph's plan for rescue? ️️Ralph thinks that they should start a fire, and if someone is living nearby, they might see the smoke and rescue them. How do they boys start the fire? ️️They get some wood for the fire but it wasn't doing anything, so Jack gets Piggy's glasses and Ralph uses them to light the fire. When the fire gets out of control on the island, how do the boys react? ️️Piggy is lecturing the boys that they should have used the wood as shelter not to build a bigger fire that has now turned into a wild fire. Piggy and the rest of the boys are scared because they can't find the boy with the birthmark. Piggy is clearly intelligent and has good ideas. Why don't the boys look to him as a leader? ️️Piggy is very smart, and the boys are just starting to realize that. But they still don't look up to him or see him as any threat because of his appearance. What happens at the end of the chapter that is particularly horrifying? ️️The boy with the mulberry-coloured birthmark goes missing when the wild fire starts and he is not seen for the rest of the novel Explain how we see Jack and Ralph's differing priorities in this chapter. ️️Ralph thinks that building shelter, and the fire should be the main priority, but Jack thinks that hunting and finding food should be the boy's main priority. Fear is starting to creep in amongst the boys. How do we know this and of what are they afraid? ️️"Jack had to think for a moment before he could remember what rescue was." The boys, especially Jack, is giving up hope that they will ever be rescued. They are forgetting what rescue even is. The beast starting to get to them. Why is Ralph frustrated with the other boys? ️️The boys are all helping Jack, looking for the pigs and hunting them. Ralph is more focused on getting rescued and is mad because he thinks they should all be focused on being rescued with him. Describe the character of SImon. ️️Simon is helpful, but also suspicious, he goes into the forest at the end of the chapter. Slim, skinny, a little darker in color. Why did Simon venture into the forest at the end of the chapter? ️️Simon just wanted to get away from the others to think about plans and the island Describe the daily pattern of life on the island. ️️When the sun rose, t