Group Discussion Day 2

Chapter Summary 4:

Some of the boys begin to see strange images, Piggy considers them to be a mirage due to the hot temperatures on the island. The younger boys who are considered to be in their own world spent their days eating fruit and playing together. But in the night they are troubles by frightening dreams and visions. Although the littluns do not spend all of there time with the older boys they are sometimes tormented by them. In one instance two older boys Maurice and Roger kick down the younger boys sandcastles and Roger even throws a rock at one of them. Jack becomes obsessed with killing a pig for meat so he camouflages himself and goes into he jungle with the hunters looking for a pig. On the beach Ralph spots a ship in the ocean but he also sees that the signal fire went out. Him, piggy and a few other boys race to the top of the hill in hopes of rekindling the fire. When they lose sight of the ship Ralph becomes angry because it was the hunters responsibility to keep the fire going. When Jack and the hunters return from the jungle, covered in blood and chanting a weird song, they are to occupied with the fact that they had finally caught a pig that they failed to listen to Ralph. Piggy complains that the hunters weren't where they were supposed to be and Jack slaps him, breaking his glasses. After a heated conversation Jack feels resentment towards Ralph before they start a new fire and roast the pig

Chapter Summary 5:

Ralph Calls a meeting on the beach and as he walks there he gets caught up in his own deep thoughts. He thinks about how a majority of the time people walk they look at their feet. During the meeting Ralph highlights that most of the boys have done nothing asked of them. He restates the importance of the signal fire and attempts to allay the groups fear of the "monsters" on the island. One of the younger boys says that he has seen a monster during the night. When other boys ask where it hides during the day he suggests that it hides in the water of the ocean. Jack attempts to assure the boys that if there is a monster him and the hunters will kill it. Jack runs away from the meeting and some boys follow him. Piggy urges Ralph to blow the conch to bring them back but Ralph fears that they would ignore it then there vestige of order will disintegrate. Piggy assures Ralph that the boys need his guidance than they go to sleep.

Chapter Summary 6:

As the boys sleep military planes fight furiously overhead. All the boys, including the two watching the fire, fall asleep so don't see the planes. During the fight a dead parachutist gets stuck on the branch of a tree. When the boys wake up they find the dead parachutist and mistake the shadow for the monster. They immediately tell Ralph who calls a meeting at which the boys reiterate their claim. Frightened by the story, the boys agree to go out and look for the monster. The older boys, aside from piggy begin searching the island. The boys reach a part of the island that none of them have explored. Jack and Ralph find themselves in a cave.

Questions:

- What two acts of kindness does Simon show toward Piggy?

- What has Jack done to elevate himself in power?

- What do the boys keep chanting after capturing and killing the pig?

- What does Ralph think about his hair?

- Where does Percival say the beast comes from at night?

- Everyone wants to be rescued, so why do the other boys not work harder at it?

- As the boys sleep, what is going on in the sky above the island? Why don't any of the boys notice the event in the sky?