LOTF chp 11&12 Theme

In the last chapters of the Lord Of The Flies you can really start to see how bad the children are getting. Piggy has died due to Roger pushing a bolder over his head. The boys kidnapped Sam/And/Eric and are now trying to kill Ralph. The big message here that you get is that no matter how long you try to keep things in order after being out in the wild for so long you start to turn wild. And thats what the boys did. They turned wild until reality came and hit them in the heart.

LOTF Chp 5&6 Plot

Lord of the flies took place on an uninhabited island that a group of English
boys crashed onto. The boys selected a main leader named Ralph and a leader of the hunters named Jack. From the beginning it all went down him finding out that the boys wasn't keeping the signal fire alive to all the boys fighting. In the end a Navy Officer found the boys and gave them the rescue that they have forgotten about.

Shakespeare

I don't have much past experiences with Shakespeare except for Romeo and Juliet. Growing up I always thought Romeo and Juliet was so amazing, but I was disappointed when I actually read it. I honestly thought it was kind of stupid. I thought it was supposed to be one of the greatest, most tragic, love stories of all time but after I read it my mind totally changed. I didn't like the movie or the book. I think Shakespeare is hard to understand, but very talented.

Shakespeare Thoughts

Dylan Massey
6th Period

          There are many things I enjoyed about Shakespeare and his work.  Mainly, I enjoyed the flow of his writing, and the fact that word after word it felt like there was a rhythm to his writing.  I liked the main ideas and plot of his writings, it seemed as if he experienced these situations himself.  However, there are some things I disliked about his work.  At times, it seemed that the story would drag on and never end.  His use of "Old English" wording in his stories were a little hard to understand at times, but nothing too difficult to get.  My past experiences with Shakespeare were only from last year with Mr. Alvarez.  We studied Romeo and Juliet, and we had many activities to fully understand the story.  All in all, Shakespeare is a pretty good topic to read and study.

Previous Shakespeare Experiences

I haven't had many experiences at all with Shakespeare other than just mentioning him. My only real experience with his work was last year in my English class and in my 8th grade English class. In 8th grade, we read a Shakespeare piece called "The Tell-Tale Heart." I thought it was good and I enjoyed it. Last year we studied Shakespeare a lot and even watched a documentary.

My Thoughts on Shakespeare

I have only had one past experience with Shakespeare. Last year in English class, Mr. Alvarez read through Romeo and Juliet with us and tried to make sense of the story. We also acted parts of it out in groups. Afterwards we watched the movie on it.

I enjoyed reading through the play; however, it was hard to understand. His diction was surrounded more around that time period, and differs with how we speak now. Although it took longer, his style of writing and interesting themes made it enjoyable.

Shakespere Thoughts

My thoughts about Shakespeare is he is a good writer. The thing I like about hi writing is that he makes interesting stories and plays. The thing I dislike about his writing is that he makes the passages that are difficult to read so you have to search things up to understand it. Overall he is a good writer.

Thoughts on Shakespeare

In my opinion, I don't particularly like Shakespeare because the way he puts his words together, just makes it hard for me to understand them and it makes it hard to understand what point he is trying to get across.  Although, I do like Shakespeare because when he writes for example, love stories like Romeo and Juliet, the way the story flows and the way he words the story just makes it interesting to read, and his storylines are amazing.  The only experience I have had with Shakespeare is I read Romeo and Juliet my freshman year in my English class.

Shakespeare?- Erika Webb 2017

     If I'm being completely honest, I don't know a lot about the guy. I've heard and learned a few things but nothing has really stuck with me. I'm excited to start learning about him in this class.
     We read Romeo and Juliet last year and it was a pretty good story. I was going through some things back then and I related to the story in some aspects. I enjoyed it a lot.

     The only thing that I didn't like about it was that it was a bit hard to understand. The language was very hard to comprehend. We ended up breaking the story down to make it easier to understand. It took us forever to get through it.

My Shakesperiance

I personally have had minimal experience with Shakespeare. From what I have read, I enjoy his work. His plays from what ive seen are always fantastic and always have something that leaves a lasting imprint on you. An example of this would be in Romeo and Juliet, the inception of Romeo and Juliet's deaths. That's one reason I enjoy Shakespeare. One reason I don't like Shakespeare is because of the type of English he uses and the wording. It can leave me blanked if I don't really follow and think about it. Of course this is a slight bit biased, I have only read some of Romeo and Juliet.

Lord of the Flies: Chapter 11 & 12 Response

Theme

 

The last two chapters of the book is the point where it is clear savagery has taken over. Piggy’s death symbolizes utter eradication of civilization upon the island. And the moment when Ralph retrieves the stick that the pig’s head was on to use as a spear, signals his descent as he is overtaken by savagery and violence. By the end scene everything on the island is in ruins. The author says that Ralph wept for the end of innocence and the darkness of man's heart; this is used to show the darkness and savagery that society has.

On page 202 it says, “And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy."

Shakespeare

     I have had many past experience with Shakespeare. The most recent of which was last year in Mr.Turner's class. We read through and studied Romeo and Juliet. I liked the message that the story conveyed, and the history that is behind each story. The stories always contain a vivid narrative, but there are small details that are sometimes hard to spot. The only thing that a dislike about Shakespeare is the language. I know it is the truest form of English, we which slowly lost, but its hard to read sometimes. I feel though that through time, I will probably come to better read it.

Shakespeare Likes / Dislikes

Well I'll start with my dislikes about Shakespeare I feel like its just another Romeo and Juliet play except for Shakespeare creates his and such another dislike is that some of his plays are created into movies and acted completely different. Now my likes about Shakespeare is the man himself I believe falls in love in one of his movies they created which won Best Pictures. I mean that's all I can really say about liking him and not liking him at the same time.

Likes and dislikes of Shakespheare

"Oh Romeo, Oh Romeo, where for art thou Romeo?"

My favorite part of Shakespeare was last year with my favorite teacher, Ms. Doss. We acted Romeo and Juliet out in class and you already know I got the lead role of Romeo. It was all fun and games until Ms. Doss got triggered one day.

We had to write paragraphs on what we had read and she said "A paragraph should be like a skirt, short enough to keep it interesting, and long enough to cover the subject." At the time she wore very short skirts, so I decided to ask if that's why she wears skirts too short for her. She took offense to this well crafted joke and gave me lunch detention for it. I personally see nothing wrong with it, but apparently she did.

Thoughts on Shakespeare

   Although I have only been taught/read one play from Shakespeare, I really like his work. I think Romeo and Juliet was a story that no one else would have come up with. It takes true creativity and brilliance to create such an intricate story. His work, to me, is timeless and brilliant. I found Romeo and Juliet to be very interesting and the story is revolutionary. My favorite musical, 'West Side Story' is based off Romeo and Juliet and put into more modern times.
   The only trouble about Shakespeare is that when reading it, it's hard for me to comprehend. Because the plays and stories are so old, I don't understand some of the phrases and vocabulary used. I think it would be much more enjoyable to read if I could understand it. Also, when reading aloud, the words are sometimes hard to pronounce and I don't always get the full story. This is because a lot of the tale gets lost in translation. If his plays were put into modern day speech, I think I would be more comfortable with it.
   In spite of Shakespeare's work being hard for me to comprehend and put into my own words, I would rather have difficulty with it than not read it at all.  It would be a shame to miss out on great works of literature just because understanding it doesn't come easy. I'm excited to begin reading 'A Midsummer Nights Dream'. I look forward to reading another piece written by Shakespeare.

         I don't really like Shakespeare. It's hard for me to understand, and I hate when teachers make us read it out loud. There really isn't anything I like about Shakespeare, expect for Romeo and Juliet. I love their love story, even though it was hard to fully understand what had happened until we watched the movie. I am, however, excited to see if Shakespeare goes better this year, and to see if I can understand what is happening throughout the story without having to wait to watch movie to understand everything that had happened.
         With that being said, last year my teacher was very unorganized and not very good at explaining what had happened, or at explaining the grammar in Shakespeare. Besides that, I have no other past experiences with Shakespeare.

Likes/Dislikes on Shakespeare

     I haven't read much Shakespeare, but my 9th grade year  I did read Romeo and Juliet. In earlier years, we would go over some other plays and his history. I'm really excited to read Shakespeare's work and will continue to read more about him.

     The main thing that troubles me with Shakespeare is understanding it due to the way it's written. Since his writing time was in the past, the way it is written out is much different. I really have to analyze everything so it usually takes me a lot longer to read.

     I do really like all of his messages. I think his plays and stories are really complex and epic. I like the plot twists he seems to always have and I always love the characters he creates. He is a very popular and well known author. He makes people fall in love with what he does and he has a way of moving people. I'm really excited to read "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and I hope to read more Shakespeare in the future.

Thoughts On Shakespeare

I've only gone over Shakespeare twice but through these two times I have learned plenty. I don't like  the old style of writing and language that is used but the stories are phenomenal. Romeo and Juliet is one of the more commonly known works and conveys a story of "Two star-crossed lovers" who die because of their love. They were separated by a deep rivalry against their two houses so their love had to remain a secret. This however is the only work I have went over but still a very enjoyable one at that.

Likes: So far, the only work of Shakespeare I have went over was very enjoyable. I've seen multiple takes on it (West Side Story and a Modernized version) and I've enjoyed them all. With every different take it seems new and refreshing with an enjoyable and emotional story.

Dislikes: I don't like the "Old English" style of language but other than that I find it quite enjoyable.

Past Experiences With Shakespeare

I have only had one other experience with Shakespeare and it was terrible. The class was disrespectful and they would never shut up. I didn't find that specific work interesting, it was Romeo and Juliet, I'm not interested in very many of Shakespeare's work. I don't like the style that it is written in and I have trouble reading the words how they are written, I always find myself trying to correct the words to where they are written normal in my mind. To be honest I'm quite nervous to read Shakespeare because of this.

Lord of the Flies: Chapter 6

Plot

Chapter 6, Beast from Air, is the chapter when the pilot falls to the island. The boys mistake it for the beast because the breeze inflates the parachute occasionally causing it to seem like the rise and fall of the beast’s breath.

And Ralph prompts an expedition to the far side of the island, Castle Rock. Piggy and the littluns stay on the beach while the other boys go explore. After discovering that there is no beast there the boys stay to play for a while. Finally Ralph says that they boys need to go back to check on the fire.

On pages 102 and 103 it says, “ ‘There’s only- but of course! You remember? The tailend part, where the rocks are all piled up. I’ve been near there. The rock makes a sort of bridge. There’s only one way up.’ ‘And the thing might live there.’ All the assembly talked at once. ‘Quite! All right. That’s where we’ll look. If the beast isn’t there we’ll go up the mountain and look; and light the fire.’ “

Chapter 12

His voice was thick. His throat was hurting him now though it had received no wound.
"I came to see you two----"
Words could not express the dull pain of these things.
He fell silent, while the vivid stars were split and danced all ways.
Sam shifted uneasily.
"Honest, Ralph, you'd better go."
Ralph looked up again.
"You two aren't painted, How can you--? If it were light--" ( Pg. 188 )

The reason why I picked this quote out was because Sam was telling Ralph to leave that he better go I believe Sam was trying to tell him that he wasn't safe there and that he was just unwanted. I'm glad I picked this quote because it show's that Ralph need's to stand up towards Jack and his tribe.

LOTF Setting

So, this little summary of the setting isn’t just about a particular chapter, but it is just Lord of the Flies itself.  Lord of the Flies takes place on an island in the pacific.  These british schoolboys are stranded on an island that is deserted, with no adults on it.  This island is tropical and has a jungle, beaches and mountains.  Throughout the book, the setting is on different parts of the island.  Each chapter is in a different place on the island.

“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.”

LOTF Ch 11&12 Response: Themes

"The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. "


Intelligence, reason, and civil order are destroyed in Chapter 11 of Lord of the Flies. Not only does the character that represents intelligence and reason get killed, the symbol or civil law and order is shattered. The thing that destroys both these things simultaneously is someone that doesn't abide by the laws of society, Roger the psychopath. Psychopaths don't abide by the rules of society and in this case are the force that destroys the last remnants of society.

Savagery is the new law of the land and there is only one boy left to oppose it, Ralph, and he's not in the best position to overthrow it at the moment seeing as he is the only civilized person left.

Simon: Rest is Spaghetti, Never Forgetti

Simon's untimely death in Chapter 9 of Lord of The Flies is a classic example of subverting expectations, a classic literary trope. You're set up to believe that Simon will tell the other boys the true nature of the beast and then it all comes crashing down, just like Simon does off a cliff. Your empathy makes you hope that everything works out fine, the boys solve their differences and get rescued. Meanwhile on the other hand your cynicism that has been built up over the events of the book tells you other wise. You know something bad is going to happen deep down, especially after The Lord of the Flies's ominous message, but you don't know exactly what and you aren't really expecting it.

It's the crucible in which the rest of the story is forged by. The spiritual figure is betrayed after coming down from a meeting with a deity on a mountain. Sound familiar? He wasn't crucified and I doubt that Simon will return three days later but it does draw about several biblical comparisons.

Response to chapter 3 LOTF

The plot of chapter 3 LOTF was on the beach. Ralph and Simon are building huts. Ralph is frustrated because only he and Simon are working on the huts, which are falling apart. He complains to Jack that everyone else is off playing or hunting.

Lord of the Flies: Chapter 9 Response

Setting

In chapter nine, the author discretely uses his description of the setting to empower the situation. In the opening of the scene of Simon’s death it is raining and lightening extremely hard, with the loud thunder scaring the littluns, and says that they are experiencing intense winds. The author is using this description of the setting to express how each of the characters is acting; the “savage” weather to explain the savage behavior each of the boys have.

On page 151 and 152 it says, “The hunters were looking uneasily at the sky, flinching from the stroke of the drops. A wave of restlessness set the boys swaying and moving aim- lessly. The flickering light became brighter and the blows of the thunder were only just bearable. The littluns began to run about, screaming. Jack leapt onto the sand. ‘Do our dance! Come on! Dance!’ .... Ralph, under the threat of the sky, found themselves eager to take a place in this demented but partly secure society.”

As the weather gets worse on the island, the mood becomes more serious, and the situation gets worse.

Chapter 11 Response: Piggy's Symbolism

     Piggy through out the book has been a great symbol of intelligence, and order. When the boys come to castle rock to retrieve Piggy's glasses, many things happen. The whole time through out the book, piggy has been more sensible then anyone else. When the beast arose, Piggy did not believe it, and figured it was something else. He stays the least savage of anyone.

Piggy's death was very gruesome, but was a well written ending to the humanity and intelligence on the island. Piggy had just wanted to get his glasses, and was still smart and sensible in the situation. After his death, there was no intelligence to hold back savagery, so it settled in and controlled the island.

"The booing rose and died again as Piggy lifted the white, magic shell.

“Which is better –to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is?”


A great clamor rose among the savages. Piggy shouted again.
“Which is better –to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?”"

Response to chapter 5

Everyone gathers and listens to Ralph. He explains that the meeting is about setting things straight, not fun. He points out all the things they said they'd do, but didn't: store water, build shelters, keep the signal fire going. He says the fire is the most important thing on the island.

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Chapter 11 & 12

"See? See? That's what you'll get! I meant that! There isn't a tribe for you anymore! The conch is gone" He ran forward stooping "I'm chief!"

In chapter 11 and 12 the plot is back and forth. It's suspenseful and they are full of irony. The kids are all trying to kill Ralph, he is the only kid left who hasn't joined the tribe or died. They run out onto the beach and there is a naval officer there and he asks them how a group of British boys  could have  lost all reverence for the rules of civilization in so short a time. This implies that they have all only been there for a week or maybe a month. They tried to have rules but it failed and they all but a select few turned to savagery. It is also strange that at the end the naval officer keeps saying that they were interesting to watch, and that it was a good experiment. Which almost implies that their plane crashed on purpose so that their actions could be studied. 

Pg. 8

The fat boy looked startled.
"There was that pilot. But he wasn't in the passenger cabin, he was up in the front."
The fair boy was peering at the reef through the screwed-up  eyes.
"All of them other kids," the fay boy went on. "Some of them must have got out, They must have, mustn't they?"
The fair boy began to pick his way as casually as possible toward the water. He tried to be offhand and not too obviously uninterested, but the fat boy hurried after him (P. 8).

The reason why I picked this quote was because the "Fat Boy" seemed so confused and seemed so caring because the pilot could've been and was probably the only adult there but he obviously disappeared during this crash. The "Fair Boy" was trying to figure out where everyone else went when he was getting close to the water and as the "Fat Boy" followed behind him.

Lord of The Flies Theme

Through out the novel Lord of The Flies Ralph and Jack argue over their authority over the rest of the group on the island.

Ralph uses his authority to establish rules to protect the good of the group and enforce punishment for those who break them. Jack is interested in having more power over the group so that they will gratify powerful impulses. Jacks thrive for power suggests that savagery does not resemble anarchy.

Jacks initial desire is to kill pigs and demonstrate his bravery, when Jack fails to recognize the validity of the society and rejects Ralph's that the dangerous aspects of his characters.

The theme of "Lord of the Flies"

Throughout the book, multiple things pop out as possible themes, but there are only a few mani themes. One of those main themes  in "Lord of the Flies" is the Loss of innocence.

In the beginning of the book, everyone was very friendly towards each other and worked together to get stuff done. By the time the book starts picking up, everyone has gotten much more hostile towards each other and have one thing on their mind a lot. And that thing was to kill. And finally, by the end of the book, multiple pigs and 2 kids were killed, and many others were tortured.

That showed that everyone let their hostile side show throughout the book. All of those kid's innocence was lost the second they crash landed on that island.

Chapter 8

Piggy looked up miserably from the dawn-pale beach to the dark mountain.
"Are you sure? Really sure, I mean?"
"I told you a dozen times now," said Ralph, "we saw it."
"D'you think we're safe down here?"
"How the hell should I know?"
Ralph jerked away from him and walked a few paces along the beach.
Jack was kneeling and drawing a circular pattern un the sand with his forefingers. Piggy's voice came to them, hushed. ( Page 124 )

Theme in LOTF

Dylan Massey
6th Period

           “What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?”  Savagery or Primitivity happened to be the main theme in my eyes for Lord of the Flies.  To think that a group of well mannered boys can turn into savages with each other astonishes me.  The book starts out with a group of boys who had moral values and were respectful for each other.  However, throughout the book you find that over a small period of time the boys begin to change into something ugly.  Anger, jealousy, envy, and hatred begin to take over their thoughts and acts.  They lose all respect for each other and kill without true reason.  If there is one thing I would have liked to see, is what would have gone differently if there were females on the island too.  Maybe less division, maybe more.  There are many outcomes that might have been altered if females were in this story.

LOTF Ch 5&6 Response: Plot

"There was a sudden bright explosion and corkscrew tail across the sky;then darkness again and stars. There was a speck above the island, a figure dropping swiftly beneath a parachute, a figure that hung with dangling limbs".

The boys were sent off from England to escape from an unnamed nuclear war but that war has not entirely left them behind. The world of men still gives them signs, one of them being the dead pilot that parachutes down from the battle a ten miles height. The boys do not take this sign well and interpret the entangled figure bellowing in the wind as The Beast.

The pilot is a sign of the greater setting of Lord of the Flies. In Chapter 1 Piggy mentions that their homeland was destroyed by an atomic bomb and that it was the crux for their departure. Now in Chapter 6 we know that the war has not left them entirely and that it is in fact a World War (why else would Britts be fighting in the south Pacific?)

LOTF Ch.12 Characters

The characters that are present during Chapter 12 of Lord of the Flies are:

• Ralph
• Jack
• Samneric
• Roger
• Percival
• The officer
• Piggy

In the final chapter of Lord of the Flies, the majority of the characters in the novel have been killed off.  Golding finishes his book off clearly and he wraps up his characters well.  The most important characters in this chapter were Ralph, Jack, Roger, Samneric and the littluns.  These characters showed remarkable growth in character in this chapter.

“The boys, their bodies streaked with colored clay, sharp sticks in their hands, were standing on the beach making no noise at all.”  

The Characters From lord of the flies.

     First character is Ralph, in the story he is pictured as the most powerful boy in the group. Piggy is pictured as the smartest boy but he is not bis the best physical shape. Jack is someone who loves to have power. Simon is pictured as a dreamy, dark haired boy, prone to fainting spells and occasional fits. Roger is pictured as a cruel and  sadistic boy, who brutalizes the littluns.       

      Suddenly, the boys see a shadowy figure creep out of the forest it is Simon. In their wild state, however, the boys do not recognize him. Shouting that he is the beast, the boys descend upon Simon and start to tear him apart with their bare hands and teeth. Simon tries desperately to explain what has happened and to remind them of who he is, but he trips and plunges over the rocks onto the beach. The boys fall on him violently and kill him. 

Simon

      In chapters eight and nine, the beast has become something real. Though it may truly be a pilot on the mountain, the boys think it is truly the beast. Jack and his hunters, along with Ralph have already come back from the mountain after seeing the beast. They begin to report there tale, and during this, an argument is struck between Jack and Ralph. This argument ends with the withdrawn of Jack and his hunters, who become there own tribe. This is where you witness the killing of the sow. After the hunters kill the sow, they place its head on a stake, as a gift for the "beast". Simon then finds this head, surrounded by flies, in the midst of his covert.

      Tired and thirsty and in the hot sun, Simon begins to talk to the "Lord of the Flies", which is truly the rotting pig head. He is told by the Lord that there is no beast, that the boys are the beast.
While this is happening, back on the beach, a feast is taking place. Jack tries to bring others to his tribe with food. This draws the others to him, where they eat and dance. The lord has told Simon to go to the mountain. Simon struggles to the summit, where he finds the pilot, and realizes there truly is no beast. He untangles the lines, ended the puppet like motion on the body. He the stumbles down to the beach, where he finds the boys in the dark, around the fire, in the middle of a storm. Its dark and stormy, and Simon traces out of the jungle, crawling out of the mud. This is where the boys mistake him for the beast, and kill him, while he shouts about the figure on the mountain. There was no noise but the sound of the beast that the boys had become. After the boys disperse, the figure from the mount floats away from the island, now free from the rock it was tangled in, and Simons lifeless body floats out to see, taken by the soft tide on the beach.

Ch. 5/6 Plot

In chapter 5, the responsible boys (Ralph, Piggy, and Simon) try to keep a grip on civilization with one more meeting. They discuss what needs to be improved with on the island. Immediately, things go downhill because of Jack and his little posse of misfits. In the end of the chapter, A lot of the kids followed Jack after they stampeded off of the platform to do their own thing.

In chapter 6, a dogfight takes place over the island. A pilot ejects and dies on impact right on top of the mountain next to the twins. The twins then panicked and ran down the mountain to report what they had just seen. A few of the other people decided to make an  exploration team to go look for the beast.

Both chapters were very intense an eye candy to read. These two chapters are still building up momentum started from chapters 3 and 4.

LOTF Response: Chapter 11 Plot

     In this chapter Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric are by themselves and the other savages are at Castle Rock. They had just been invaded the night before and Piggy's glasses were taken. Piggy desperately needed his glasses to see. They discuss their options and they knew they needed the fire to survive and be rescued.

     They headed to Castle Rock to take back the glasses. When the four got there, the savages treated them as foreigners. Piggy tried to talk sense to them. “Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?”
 Jack and Ralph argued about the glasses and fought each other. They used the butt-end of the spears to not cause serious damage. Ralph said that he would have let them use the glasses, but the savages did not want to share. Then, Jack ordered his hunters to tie up Samneric. This infuriated Ralph and he demanded that Jack give them back.

     Roger was above them and he released a large rock. The rock toppled on top of Piggy and the conch was broken into tiny pieces. Piggy was brutally crushed and the sea swept him away. Suddenly, Ralph was completely alone. He had no support and no one to that agreed with him. Why were they so against him? He didn't understand it. He ran away as fast as he could and the savages threw spears at him. They showed no remorse for their killing. They were monsters and they planned to hunt Ralph too. Simon was speaking to Ralph's consciousness. He felt Simon's presence and he helped guide Ralph.

Chapter 11/12 Response

In chapter 12 the plot is all wrapped up and the end is there. The whole theme of savagery is has been expressed in its full form and all things are terrible. In the previous chapter, Roger killed piggy with a rock trap they had set up. Now they are chasing Ralph through the forest trying to kill him and out his head on a stick like the pig. Ralph him self has even lost his sense his morality. This is shown by ralph stabbing a littlun.
 

Piggy's Death

"The rock stuck Piggy a glancing blow from the chin to the knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist."            

                Piggy had a tragic ending. Roger hit a rock and it landed onto Piggy. Piggy was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Roger saw him and Ralph standing there, and then rolled the rock down on to where the boys were standing. His head exploded and his body went into the ocean. The rock also broke the conch. 
       I think Ralph took Piggy for granted. Ralph realized how much he needed Piggy after he was gone. Piggy always had Ralph's back. He supported them from the very beginning, and throughout the whole book. Ralph tried to get Sam and Eric to help him, but they couldn't. They were scared of Jack . They had to survive, too.

         I think the theme of Piggy's Death and Ralph trying to hide is desperation. Ralph desperately need Sam and Eric's help, but Sam and Eric desperately couldn't help them for their survival. They had to put themselves before Ralph in order for them to survive. 

LOTF Chapter 7 and 8

The setting in chapter 7 and 8 is really the same. They are on the beach and in the forest and at castle rock. Jack has decided that he and the other savages are going to live beside castle rock because Ralph and Piggy don't want the in the tribe anymore. When Jack leaves the boys now have to decide who they are going to be ruled by. Half of them go with Jack and the other half stay with Ralph on the beach. Jack and the boys who went with him go hunting and kill a big sow, they then live right beside castle rock.

"Yes. The beast is a hunter. Only-- shut up! The next thing is that we couldn't kill it. And the next is that Ralph said my hunters are no good."

Chapter 11 response- setting by Erika Webb

                                              Castle Rock

     Chapter 11 describes castle rock basically like Jack's fortress. When Simon was murdered Jack began to fear the beast even more. He set guards out to patrol for any dangers. With the beast around they wanted protection so they took precautions in order to fulfil said protection. Jack and his tribe had places for torture. They'd taken Samneric to their place of torture so they could beat Ralph's location out of the twins. Cooking fires were set up and bones from their meals were scattered. I imagine castle rock was a scary place. 

      Aside from what Jack and his tribe had made castle rock into, it was much different from the rest of the island. The entire island has beautiful trees and other vegetations, but castle rock was a rock. It had big boulders that could be used to keep the other boys out. Jack saw it as a perfect place for his tribe to live and prosper.

Chapter 5 Plot

           In chapter 5 Ralph calls a meeting on the beach. He holds on to the conch when he speaks. He tells them that they had not done what they were asked. They didn't work on building shelters, gathering drinking water, they also neglect the signal fire. He tries to explain the importance about keeping the signal fire but everyone is worried about the beast. Ralph and Jack try to tell them there is no beast on the island but the littluns don't believe what Ralph and Jack were saying. Jack was trying to tell everyone there was no beast. Piggy seconds Ralph's opinion about his clam.      

           

Rest In Pieces Piggy

Marisa Montgomery
Chapter Eleven Response
Period 6
Plot

   

“I just take the conch to say this. I can’t see no more and I got to get my glasses back. Awful things has been done on this island. I voted for you for chief. He’s the only one who ever got anything done. So now you speak, Ralph, and tell us what. Or else –”

This is the falling point of the plot. Piggy's death symbolizes the death of all rational thinking on the island. Piggy was the thinker, the person who came up with the logical solutions. From the very beginning, Piggy was the one to focus on getting rescued rather than having fun. Now, the most important principle is shattered, along with the couch and Piggy's head. Now, nothing is stopping them from having 'fun'. There is no voice of reason on their shoulder, and they have killed their conscience.
    Along with Roger smashing Piggy's head, the conch is also shattered. In this chapter, law and order is officially done away with. Jack and his boys will in now way listen to any voice of reason or rules. This is portrayed by the conch being shattered and Piggy being murdered. Sam and Eric have been restricted, and now there is only Ralph left that is not yet a savage.
    All of the boys except for Ralph, Sam, and Eric, are now painted. Soon, Sam and Eric will be too. Almost all of the boys have been covered with darkness and completely taken over by their inner beast. They show no remorse or sorrow for what happened to Piggy. They've entirely destroyed all of the wisdom, reason, authority, law, order, and goodness on this island. Their one and only priority is having fun, because that is all they have left. They don't even consider thinking about what could be done to be rescued. Meanwhile, Ralph is trying to stay alive, because that's all he has left.

Chapter 11/12

Symbolism: Castle Rock/ Cry of the Hunters

Quote: The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. Piggy, saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went. The rock bounded twice and was lost in the forest. Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea.

Analysis: Piggy's death and the breaking of the conch is the disestablishment of reason and law and order. The conch, which had been seen as a symbol for law and order, was shattered by the savages. This is the point of no return for Jack and his savages.

Piggy, who was a symbol for reason, was killed with the conch. Whether or not his death was intentional, it still happened. This further shows that there is no turning back now for the savages.

 

After the death of Piggy and the breaking of the conch, SamnEric are converted to the tribe and Ralph is being hunted. Ralph is forced into hiding hoping Samneric will pass him by without alerting the group due to their previous friendship.

chapter 9/10 response

The setting had a big connection in 9 specifically. In 9 there was a storm approaching and eventually upon the island. At this point simon was on top of the mountain and had loosened the "beast" which was really a dead pilot that was strung up. Simon starts to come down to where the boys are and tell them about the fact that the beast was just this dead pilot. The rain thickens and gets worse and simon comes out and they attack him. When they attack him the rain is pouring and they continue and eventually kill him.

LOTF Chapter 5&6 Response : Themes

     In chapter 5, Ralph brings the boys together to for a meeting, because the boys have already begun their decent into savagery. There are many different things that are discussed, but the biggest issue is the arise of the beast. Many of the littlun's believe that there is a beast roaming the island, and each child thinks its from somewhere different, whether its from the sea, the air or the jungle. Further in the book you learn more of this beast, and its theme. There is no beast as Piggy says many times. But only the imaginations of the children.

      They are the beast, but they do not know it yet. The beast represents the savagery that they are becoming. With each action the beast either grows, or shrinks. Even though there are many actions that can diminish the beast, the savage actions of the jack and his hunters, carry more weight, and cause the beast to swell and become something greater than a idea. Jack is the beast. The boys are the beast. The island is the beast. Humanity is the beast. Tearing apart what ever is in its way.