Lord Of The Flies Essay Questions
1. When Ralph was chosen to be the leader because of the conch obviously Jack was jealous but he did get to be the leader of the hunters. This would later lead to tension in the group. However, everything was going well they were happy.
2. Jack has an opportunity to kill a pig but he hesitates and doesn't go through with the kill. This would shortly lead to an obsession with him wanting to kill a pig and to feast. As this would happen Jack would start to become selfish and only care about his killing of the pig. This made Jack go crazy and only care about the pig.
3. When the boy with a birthmark first mentions the beast there was a lot of commotion in the group and rumors that led to the fear in the littluns and also the rest of the group. …show more content…
This demonstrates how they have evolved from innocent little boys to monsters. They stole the glasses for their own selfish needs when the fire was first used for rescue. This shows how since there were no rules on the island, the boys started to do what they wanted, which was a bad thing.
8.When Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric confront Jack and his band of hunters at castle rock to retrieve Piggy’s stolen glasses, something terrible happens. Roger, one of Jack’s hunters launched a boulder at Piggy which hit him in the head and launched him off a cliff 40 feet to his death. This is portraying the hunters as murderers, as they killed Piggy for trying to retrieve something that had belonged to him. This shows that the boys evolved into savages, murderers, and thieves because they did whatever they wanted to since there were no rules on the island.
9.When Ralph was crying at the end of the novel, this showed off the fall of civilization and what beasts that these boys turned into for the duration that they were on this island for. Ralph cried for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart because he knew that he and the other boys had evolved so much and want it to end, and he even cries out for his friend that he lost
2. Jack has an opportunity to kill a pig but he hesitates and doesn't go through with the kill. This would shortly lead to an obsession with him wanting to kill a pig and to feast. As this would happen Jack would start to become selfish and only care about his killing of the pig. This made Jack go crazy and only care about the pig.
3. When the boy with a birthmark first mentions the beast there was a lot of commotion in the group and rumors that led to the fear in the littluns and also the rest of the group. …show more content…
This demonstrates how they have evolved from innocent little boys to monsters. They stole the glasses for their own selfish needs when the fire was first used for rescue. This shows how since there were no rules on the island, the boys started to do what they wanted, which was a bad thing.
8.When Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric confront Jack and his band of hunters at castle rock to retrieve Piggy’s stolen glasses, something terrible happens. Roger, one of Jack’s hunters launched a boulder at Piggy which hit him in the head and launched him off a cliff 40 feet to his death. This is portraying the hunters as murderers, as they killed Piggy for trying to retrieve something that had belonged to him. This shows that the boys evolved into savages, murderers, and thieves because they did whatever they wanted to since there were no rules on the island.
9.When Ralph was crying at the end of the novel, this showed off the fall of civilization and what beasts that these boys turned into for the duration that they were on this island for. Ralph cried for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart because he knew that he and the other boys had evolved so much and want it to end, and he even cries out for his friend that he lost