Chapter 8: Gift for the Darkness

Once back at the camp everybody is trying to figure out what to do. Jack calls an assembly and states that the Beast is a threat and should be hunted. Ralph then calls his hunters cowards and infuriates Jack. Jack then asks if anybody things Ralph shouldn't be chief but nobody says anything. He then asks for anyone to go with him and runs off crying. They now think that the Beast is blocking their signal fire so they choose to move the fire down to the beach. Once there they realize everyone left with Jack except for Ralph, Samneric, Piggy and Simon. Jacks tribe then finds a sow and some baby piglets. They kill the sow and place its head on a stick. Jack then realizes that they will need fire to cook the meat, so they go to the beach and steal some of Ralph’s fire. Jack and his tribe then invite them to join. Simon then comes across the pigs head and start to talk to it. For the most part it is all in his mind but flies on top of the pigs head gives it the name “The Lord of the Flies”. Simon talks more with “The Lord of the Flies” and learns that if he tries to talk to anyone about the Beast then he will end up being killed. After learning this he feels very faint and passes out.

Supplementary Task V

An important part in these chapters were when the fighter pilot was hanging from the tree by his parachute, which scared the boys. We found the situation very sad and weird. Especially when the kids are the only ones on the island. This probably means that there was war going on and the whole reason why the boys are stranded on the island is because their plane got shot down. There is a lot of tribal dancing and the boys are starting to lose their civilized manner and are being more and more like animals or beasts. The dances are not only to raise the morale of the group more starting to become more like a dress rehearsal for the real thing, such as hitting the boy that is acting as the pig. The groups conflict escalated to a point where Jack started his own tribe and most of the older boys left with him leaving Ralph alone with Simon and Piggy. When Simon goes sit next to the pig mother's head he starts to have imaginations about the pig talking. The Lord Of The Flies states that if he were to tell the boys that the beast doesn't exist, then he will only be killed by Jack, but Ralph and Piggy too. After hearing all this he goes unconscious.

Supplementary Task IV

Some events that happened in the book are easy to relate to real life.
In chapter four where they kill the pig for food, and how the pig was not enough for all of the guys, reminded us of how people live in Africa. The everyday problems that they go through. The food shortage that they have, and how some die do to that food shortage. Seeing the boys struggle on the island shows how harsh life could be without parents, food, or anything that we have in our lives. Sometimes it makes us wonder how we would've felt or acted if we were stuck on an island like them.

Supplementary task VI

In the1960's version of Lord of the Flies the director is very loyal to the book. Every little detail was squeezed in the portion of movie we were able to view. The first six chapters of the book was shown to us on the movie but seemed to quick and cheesy. All the children also seemed younger than expected and changed the mood of the story. The children in the book seemed slightly older ( dealing with height and size). The movie makes the children also take adult responsibilities when the actors themselves don't seem to have the capacity and the willingness to actually complete the tasks at hand. So the book compared to the movie have little to do with. This gives that effect of children who at first have no clue but matured in seconds this is due mostly to the speed of the movie, screenwriter, and director.

Chapter 6: ~Beast from Air~

In the darkness late during that night, Ralph and Simon carry a Lil Luns back to the shelter before going to sleep. As the boys sleep, military airplanes battle fiercely above the island. None of the boys see the explosions and flashes in the clouds because the twins Sam and Eric, who were supposed to watch the signal fire, have fallen asleep. During the battle, a parachutist drifts down from the sky onto the island, dead. His chute becomes tangled in some rocks and flaps in the wind, while his shape casts fearful shadows on the ground. His head seems to rise and fall as the wind blows.
When Sam and Eric wake up, they tend to the fire to make the flames brighter. In the flickering firelight, they see the twisted form of the dead parachutist and mistake the shadowy image for the figure of the dreaded beast. They rush back to the camp, wake Ralph, and tell him what they have seen. Ralph immediately calls for a meeting, at which the twins reiterate their claim that a monster assaulted them. The boys, electrified and horrified by the twins’ claims, organize an expedition to search the island for monsters. They set out, armed with wooden spears, and only Piggy and the Lil Luns remain behind.
Ralph allows Jack to lead the search as the group sets out. The boys soon reach a part of the island that none of them has ever explored before—a thin walkway that leads to a hill dotted with small caves. The boys are afraid to go across the walkway and around the ledge of the hill, so Ralph goes to investigate alone. He finds that, although he was frightened when with the other boys, he quickly regains his confidence when he explores on his own. Soon, Jack joins Ralph in the cave.
The group climbs the hill, and Ralph and Jack feel the old bond between them. The other boys begin to play games, pushing rocks into the sea, and many of them lose sight of the purpose of their situation. Ralph angrily reminds them that they are looking for the beast and says that they must return to the other mountain so that they can rebuild the signal fire. The other boys, lost in whimsical plans to build a fort and do other things on the new hill, are displeased by Ralph’s commands but unwillingly obey.

The Conch

The conch from the start was used a toy and accidentally turned into a calling device to get all the boys to come. If it wasn't for the conch shell then not all the boys might not would be found. After this the conch shell was used to call the boys and get them together for an assembly. When at the assembly the conch shell would be used for talking. Whoever had the conch shell would be the one that talks and no one shall interrupt that person unless it's Ralph.

When Piggy and Ralph first discovered the conch shell they treated it as a toy. After Piggy told Ralph that the shell can make a sound, tried to blow into it and it created a low emitting sound like a fart sound. "Ralph pursed her lips and squirted air into the shell, which emitted a low, farting noise. This amused the boys so much that Ralph went on squirting for some minutes, between bouts of laughter."(Golding , 12). After so many blows, Ralph got the technique of conch blowing down and when he blew again he got a sound that was an octave higher and was a lot louder."The note boomed again: and then at his firmer pressure, the note, fluking up an octave, became a strident blare more penetrating than before."( Golding, 13). After this blow by Ralph, the conch has become the calling of the group members then just a toy. "Ralph found his breath and blew a series of short blasts. Piggy exclaimed: "There's one!"(Golding, 13). Later on in the story after all the group members have been found, Ralph makes a rule that if anybody is gonna talk then they will need the conch shell to do so. The person with the conch shell shall be interrupted unless it is by Ralph and only Ralph. "I'll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he's speaking. And he won't be interrupted. Except for me." (Golding, 31). In chapter 3 when the boys are starting to build their shelter Ralph complains that no one but him and Simon are working while the others just go hunting or wander away.He's saying that if he uses the conch for a meeting they all come but they don't pay any attention after the meeting is over. "I bet if i blew the conch this minute, they'd come running. When the meeting was over they'd work for five minutes then wander off or go hunting."(Golding, 51). In chapter four Ralph is upset when they noticed a ship and told everybody to go up to the mountain and then noticed that the fire hasn't been maintained by Jack and the hunters. At the same time the hunters return and made Ralph even more angry than before. The conch shell is used for a meeting as usual, but this time Ralph isn't planning for fun and games. "'I'm calling an assembly.'One by one, they halted, and stood watching him. 'With the conch. I'm calling a meeting even if we have to go on into the dark. Down on the platform. When I blow it. Now.'"(Golding, 80). In chapter five, the assembly starts by Ralph talking about how each assembly before has just been a joke and that needs to change. The meetings needs to be more serious and the decisions that are made in the meeting needs to be done. Ralph finally realizes as the meeting goes on that Piggy is actually intelligent and contributes more than the rest of the group."Assembly after assembly had broken up in laughter when someone had leaned too far back and the log had whipped and thrown half a dozen boys backwards into the grass." (Golding, 82). In chapter six the conch shell is used to discuss about the beastie that samneric saw one night when they woke up. After telling Ralph, he and Jack go off to hunt the beastie. "'Ralph! Wake up!' The leaves were roaring like the sea. 'Ralph, wake up!' 'What's the matter?' 'We saw-' '-the beast' '-plain!' 'Who are you? The twins?' 'We saw the beast-' (Golding, 107).

Chapter 7 Summary "Shadows and Tall trees"

In the beginning of chapter 7 the group of boys are convinced that there is a pig on the mountain and a hunting raid begins. Before this Ralph was thinking about how good his life was before all this happened and is missing all the luxuries he had. Some of the boys give him comfort by telling him that he'll be back to where he came from. The group of boys soon spot the pig and the pursuit continues. Ralph gets a jab on the pig with the spear, but the pig still manages to get away. The group of boys on the mountain do a pig slaying ritual to reenact the killing of a pig. When night falls only Ralph, Jack, and Roger are on the mountain as the others are fall back because of fear. They finally reach the point where they see the beast that some of the Lil Luns are talking about, which turns out to be the pilot of the plane that crashed. When the boys saw this they ran back to camp where everybody else in fear.

Chapter 2: ~Fire On The Mountain~

When the explorers return, Ralph plays the sound of the conch shell, telling the boys to come for another meeting on the beach. He tells the group that there are no adults on the island and that they need to organize a few things to look after themselves. Jack reminds Ralph of the pig they found trapped in in the jungle, and Ralph agrees that they will need hunters to kill animals for meat. Ralph declares that, at meetings, the conch shell will be used to determine which boy has the right to speak. Whoever holds the conch shell will speak, and the others will listen silently until they receive the shell in their turn. Jack agrees with this idea. Piggy yells about the fact that no one knows they have crashed on the island and that they could be stuck there for a long time. The idea of being stranded for a long period is too harsh for the boys, and the entire group becomes silent and scared. Thinking about the possibility of rescue, Ralph proposes that the group build a large signal fire on top of the island’s central mountain, so that any passing ships might see the fire and know that someone is trapped on the island. Excited by the thought, the boys rush off to the mountain, while Ralph and Piggy lag behind. Piggy continues to whine about the childishness and stupidity of the group. The boys collect a bunch of dead wood and use the lenses from Piggy’s glasses to focus the sunlight and set the wood on fire. They manage to get a large fire going, but it quickly goes out. Piggy angrily says that the boys need to act smarter if they want to get off the island, but his words didn't go far. Jack volunteers his group of hunters to be responsible for keeping the signal fire going. In their disorganized efforts to get the fire going, the boys set a swath of trees ablaze. Enraged at the group’s reckless disorganization, Piggy tells that one of the littlest boys the same boy who told them about the snake beast was playing over by the fire and now is missing. The boys were shocked, and Ralph is stuck with shame.

They all pretend that nothing has happened.

Chapter 5 Summary

Ralph calls for an assembly by blowing on the conch to summon the other group members. Piggy gets recognition for being intelligent and insightful with his comments. Ralph gives him respect. Ralph is telling everybody that the rules set in place aren't being followed very strictly, he's worried about what's going to happen to the group if things keep on going like this. The shelters were built by Ralph and Simon only and the coconut shells that were supposed to be filled up with water to be drunk later are all empty. The bathrooms that were set in place aren't being used, while the Lil Luns are basically going whenever and wherever they want. Most importantly the fire isn't being kept lit by the hunters even though Ralph insists that the fire is more important then having food.

The assembly gets sidetracked after one of the Lil Luns states that he has nightmares of a big and terrifying monster. The big Luns guarantee that there are no monsters on the island. Jack states that if there is a monster then he stall go hunting for this beast.

Jack is starting to rebel the rules that are being set in place and it is becoming more clear that there are two groups being developed. The group that follows Ralph's ideas to keep thing democratic and the other group following Jack's anarchy.

Chapter Four: Painted Faces and Long Hair

Most of the kids were playing on the sand not giving a care in the world just having fun and trying to find more fruit to eat. Ralph and Piggy were talking about creating some sundials from sticks and pieces of wood without chunks of metal. Jack and the choir were trying to hunt a pig without anyone noticing they left the fire.
Jack having the confidence of a leader coloured his face with charcoal. This helped give confidence to his men to continue with him to find a pig and bring it back to the group to feast on.
Ralph was relaxing from the onslaught from Piggy's ideas and saw a tiny ship in the distance and started screaming and showing everyone where the ship was. He lead them to the top of their fire mountain to get to make the fire bigger to attract the ship's crew to rescue them. When they arrived there they found no Jack or choir, just smoke and wood. Ralph was furious and started searching atop the mountain for Jack and his crew. In the distance he found them carrying a pig with grins on their faces.
Ralph and his crew ran towards Jack and the choir and started questioning why they weren't at the fire trying to keep it alive while they bring a dead pig and ship deserts them. Jack was getting angry for being blamed and was trying to defend himself with giving the story to them about how he killed the pig and the blood rushing out. Ralph wasn't pleased at all and made an assembly occur and told them all that the assembly will go into the night until everyone knows where the must be at all times.

Supplementary Task 1

With the incidents in the first three chapters some are relevant to the world around us such as the plane crashing and killing animals to survive.

The chaos between the group for order is kind of like a riot and the government. Some governments do not allow people to have equal rights which create riots and have people fighting for rights. This sometimes leads to death or confusion that could have serious implication such as the kids on the island. If no order on land with government with lots of supplies and the people having supplies which in the end people get hurt but not many people die for recklessness. On the island if order isn't brought people die and no one can help if they are dying with the technology that people have with their supplies.

Roasting the pig on a fire can be related to people roasting marshmallows or barbecuing meat to their delight. People roast meat like pork and steak with spices but for the Ralph and the others they get pork straight with no spices which really kills it and no utensils.

The Conch in the book can also be compared to a school bell of some sort or a bell to start an official sport. The sounds coming from the conch and bell from the school means rules will no be in place. Order is brought from the conch and bell. Though the sounds are completely different they mean the same and have different effects on magnitude. A school bell means that people are going to talk to teach students about the world and who to do specific math equations with specialized formulas. The conch means that people will find out what was happened since the last time the conch has been blown.

Another point with the conch is that is represents who is speaking at the moment. Such as mic in a conference. The man or woman speaking in the mic is the person who everyone listens to and has most of the control over words being exchanged. When the conch is being held then the holder has full control over words being said and says their int of view on the situation on the island and how to cope with it. The mic and conch also allow other people to point fingers since the person talking has control and can be questioned without reason. Sometimes a conference can go awry but most of the time is doesn't. The kids on the island have no order whatsoever and talk out of place when certain characters hold the power of words.

The students finding each other on the island is related to new employees meeting co-workers. At first you judge since by looking at someone you tend to tell how one is and how they are treated in life. Other are better off with their clothing or their choice of words when they speak.

The fear of the 'beastie' can referred to animals in the jungle during the night. People who have no clue what is in the jungle will be frightened for whats in the jungle and their safety. People in war torn areas are usually in fear since they have no clue when they might die or be injured with loss of limbs. This is all brought from the unknown facts of your whereabouts. In the book the kid with the mulberry birthmark saw a 'beastie' and was never found again. No one knows he escaped or was eaten. Even so, just being on the island puts fear in the kids since they have no clue what to expect and with no help whatsoever. If one person gets hurt no one has the education to help the healing process of the body or help stave off disease that may be in the fruit they ingest or meat from the animal they feed on.

So most incidents that occur in the story can be related to real situations.

Supplementary Task II

Chapter1:
We felt bad for piggy during the first chapter. How he said that everyone back at home called him piggy and after everyone starts calling him piggy was mean. Also in chapter one there were parts where they said that piggy was fat. Also by calling someone "Piggy" we thought that it gives a bad expression about the person's characteristic because we judge pigs as people that eat a lot.

Chapter 2:
Fire on the mountain was a important part of this chapter for us. This part was the most important part because it showed how they treated Piggy and how disrespectful they were to him just because he was different from the rest of the guys by taking the lenses from his glasses and using it to make fire. It also shows why Piggy's behaviour was the way it was. While Piggy struggled to believe that someone would come and save them, Ralph was giving the other boys and telling them to cheer up and believe that his dad will come and save the.

Chapter3:
Jack is busy tracking a pig at the start of this chapter, when he arrives at the beach where Simon and Ralph are constructing huts. Ralph complains no other boys are helping them with their shelters, but Jack tries to argue that hunting is more important; this expands into yet another argument between Ralph and Jack. When Jack again brings up hunting, Ralph presses that keeping the signal fire is much more important than hunting. Jack disagrees, and they boys continue on their path of mutual dislike. We find it interesting how Ralph thinks that no one is helping them, but if he was all alone on the island he would most likely have problems doing most of the things that they're working on with each other. So we don't think he should blame others for not helping them because they are helping but not with the shelter.

SUPPLEMENTARY TASK III: Jack

At the beginning of the book Jack is less violent and savage and little is talked about him because it was all bottled up on the inside . He wanted to be the leader of the group at the beginning, but that didn't work out so Ralph became the leader. "I ought to be chief" pg 18. When he first got here he saw a pig and wanted to hunt it, but it escaped. In chapter 2 he insisted that the group needed to have a group dedicated to hunt for food. "All the same you need an army- for hunting. Hunting pigs-" pg 31. In chapter 3 Jack became more and more like a predator using hunting techniques to attempt to track down pigs to kill. "He lowered his chin and stared at the traces as though he would force them to speak to him. Then dog-like, uncomfortably on all fours yet unheeding his discomfort , he stole forward 5 yards and stopped" pg 48. In chapter 4 when Jack has got the technique of stalking his prey he has to have the camouflage to have the stealth. He does this by putting clay on his face. " For hunting. Like in the war. You know- dazzle paint. Like thing trying to look like something else-" pg 66. By chapter 5 the group has all have their roles, Jack being a hunter. The hunters are suggesting the meetings should be more serious and not just fun and games. Ralph has become more of a leader but not by a democratic way, but more by force and strong speeches. He even broke the rules, but nobody minded because he has the confidence to speak up. " Jack was the first to make himself heard. He had not got the conch and thus spoke against the rules; but nobody minded." pg 94. In chapter 6 Ralph is starting to over-throw Ralph and his rules. He's becoming more of a dictator while Ralph is trying to keep things democratic. "Conch!Conch!" shouted Jack, "We don't need the conch more. We know who ought to say things. What good did Simon do speaking, or Bill, or Walter? It's time some people knew they've got to keep quiet and leave deciding things to the rest of us-" pg 111.

Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach

At the beginning of the chapter 3 Ralph and others build huts to live in, while Jack is gone hunting for food which would be the pigs that are spotted on the island. Ralph and Jack start to argue about what needs to be done to survive on the island. Jack thinks that hunting is the only thing the group needs to do to survive, while Ralph thinks more about the future on the island then just the present.

Chapter 1: ~The Sound of The Shell~

Ralph and Piggy meet after having their plane crash/shot down near an island. The boys were the only ones on this island, there were no adults around, and the pilot of the plane was missing. They tried swimming, but piggy could not swim because of his Asthma. Ralph finds a conch shell, and piggy tells Ralph if he could use the shell to make noise. Piggy asks everyone their names, it was just something that piggy wanted to do every time he met someone. As time went by the boys met each other and got to know each other. Ralph insists that his father, a commander in the Navy, will come and rescue them. Both of Piggy's parents had already died. Piggy doubts that anybody will find them, and suggests that the boys should gather together.