Summer Reading Journal For Lord Of The Flies
Summer Reading Journal
“Lord of the Flies.” by William Golding
Chapter 1
Summary- The boys find themselves on an island and introduce their selves to each other. The two boys talk about the crash and the possibility of there being no adults, and wondering if there are any other boys that were on the plane with them. They find a conch shell after swimming in the beach water and Piggy tells a story about a man and how he blew on the shell to make a noise. Therefore, the boys decide to try to find others by using the shell, once they starting blowing on it the other boys start coming out of the jungle. They held a short “meeting” and decided three of them were going to go on an expedition to scout out their surroundings.
Response- I believe the boys are going to be disappointed to find out their on an island and begin to loose hope. I also think that there is going to be trouble later on with the whole group of boys. They are probably going to become uncivilized and slowly loose sanity.
Chapter 2
Summary- When the expedition is over Ralph called another meeting and tells the boys the …show more content…
The group starts to get bad visions as they nap or sleep. The little ones are mostly eating fruit and playing all day. The fruit begins to cause stomach ailments. The older boys start to torment the little ones by ruining sand castles and throwing rocks but making sure to miss. Jack obsessed with killing a pig brings some boys into the woods and goes for a hunt. A ship is coming up on the horizon when Ralph looks for the signal fire that the hunters were suppose to keep up and its not there. He becomes enraged, and when the hunters return they are covered in blood and rejoicing. Piggy was whining about the fire when Jack slapped him so roughly that one of the lenses of his glasses shattered. Ralph scolds them again and Jack apologizes to Ralph but to Piggy. The boys eat and Ralph calls a meeting on the
“Lord of the Flies.” by William Golding
Chapter 1
Summary- The boys find themselves on an island and introduce their selves to each other. The two boys talk about the crash and the possibility of there being no adults, and wondering if there are any other boys that were on the plane with them. They find a conch shell after swimming in the beach water and Piggy tells a story about a man and how he blew on the shell to make a noise. Therefore, the boys decide to try to find others by using the shell, once they starting blowing on it the other boys start coming out of the jungle. They held a short “meeting” and decided three of them were going to go on an expedition to scout out their surroundings.
Response- I believe the boys are going to be disappointed to find out their on an island and begin to loose hope. I also think that there is going to be trouble later on with the whole group of boys. They are probably going to become uncivilized and slowly loose sanity.
Chapter 2
Summary- When the expedition is over Ralph called another meeting and tells the boys the …show more content…
The group starts to get bad visions as they nap or sleep. The little ones are mostly eating fruit and playing all day. The fruit begins to cause stomach ailments. The older boys start to torment the little ones by ruining sand castles and throwing rocks but making sure to miss. Jack obsessed with killing a pig brings some boys into the woods and goes for a hunt. A ship is coming up on the horizon when Ralph looks for the signal fire that the hunters were suppose to keep up and its not there. He becomes enraged, and when the hunters return they are covered in blood and rejoicing. Piggy was whining about the fire when Jack slapped him so roughly that one of the lenses of his glasses shattered. Ralph scolds them again and Jack apologizes to Ralph but to Piggy. The boys eat and Ralph calls a meeting on the