Friday, April 27, 2007

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.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well done for the summary except the part that was the Lord of the flies section. It seemed rough and wasn't explained thoroughly enough.

phillywilly said...

good job about summarizing the chapter but you need to be more detailed about the lord of the flie's part of the chapter at the end of the chapter.