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Day 11
Jack calls for an election because he thinks that Ralph is a bad chief and a coward. Jack wants to be chief, but his efforts are unsuccessful. After his failure, he breaks off and forms his own tribe. Jack's leaving the group is significant because he forms his own tribe that conflicts with Ralph's group (124-127).
Ralph, Jack, and Simon came back and called an assembly. Ralph mentions rescue and the need for a signal fire, the boys all scatter before Ralph finishes the assembly. They use Piggy's glasses to light the fire, and they are careless and set some of the island on fire. A boy with a mulberry-colored birthmark first mentions the beast at the assembly. After the fire no one sees him (38-47).
This event is significant because it will help them get rescued, even though most of the boys are just concerned about building a fire.
Next morning, Piggy and Ralph meet and discuss the dance, Simon's death, and going home. Piggy and Ralph agree that they never did or saw anything. If they ignore it, it never happened, and everything can go back to normal (155-158).
Ralph and Jack are fighting, when Piggy starts talking to the tribe. During his speech, Roger pushes a boulder down the mountain. The boulder crushes Piggy and pushes him into the sea. The conch in Piggy's hands shatters. Piggy and the Conch's death is important because the symbols of authority and logic/adults are crushed by nature (180-181).
A group of 30 schoolboys rides a plane and it crashes on an uncharted island. All adults on board have died in the crash, but all children have survived. Because of that, the children were on their own to live on the island. (7-8)
Samneric are in charge of the signal fire overnight. Because they do everything together, they were asleep and the fire went out. When they see a billowing figure (the parachute from the soldier) and because they don't know what it is, they rush down to tell Ralph that the beast is up on the mountain (95-100).
This is significant because it gives physical representation of their fears. It also puts more focus on finding the beast rather than getting rescued.
When Ralph runs into the Officer, the other boys follow him. The Officer says that he saw the smoke and asks about the game they are playing ("'having a war or something?'" (201). He also asks about any dead bodies, and takes Ralph's answer seriously about the two who died. This event is important because they are going home and the manhunt for Ralph ends (200-202).
Ralph blows the conch and calls the first assembly. They elect a leader for the group, who is Ralph. Ralph puts Jack in charge of the choir since Jack lost the election. (22-24)
After building shelters, Ralph, Maurice, and Piggy see a ship on the horizon. The boys rush to the signal fire, but it is out.Jack and the hunters come back with a pig and Ralph chastises Jack for letting their chance of rescue slip away. Jack isn't really upset though, because he killed a pig (65-71).
This event is significant because they could have been rescued but were not because Jack values hunting more than rescue.
Simon finds the clearing and has a hallucinatory conversation with the Lord of the Flies. After Simon doesn't go join the others, the Lord of the Flies warns that they will have fun on this island or else. This warning is momentous because is foreshadows Simon's death (143-144).
After Ralph attacks and breaks through the cordon, he runs to the beach. At the beach, he literally runs into an adult, who is a Navy Officer. Ralph's escape to the beach is important because if he had not run into the Navy Officer he would have been caught and killed by Jack (200-202).
Jack, Ralph, and Roger go up the mountain to investigate the beast and possibly relight the fire. Jack goes first, and comes back with a report that something is up there. When they all go up, Ralph freezes while Roger and Jack continue. They all rush down the mountain after a few moments, terrified. Ralph's reaction is significant because Ralph never actually sees the beast, but Jack and Roger do.
Ralph, Samneric, Piggy go to Castle Rock to get Piggy's glasses. They bring the conch with them because it is a symbol of authority and society. The tribe returns from hunting as they are trying to get into the Castle Rock. This is the start of the climax of the novel, and sets up Piggy's death and Samneric's kidnapping (173-177).
August 1944
Late at night Jack and his tribe go to Ralph's shelters to steal Piggy's glasses. They first scare the boys then leave Piggy blind. In the morning, Piggy asks that they go get them back. Stealing Piggy's glasses is significant because it makes Ralph's group confront Jack's tribe (166-173).
After Jack names himself chief, his strategy for the beast is as follows: "'And about the beast. When we kill we'll leave some of the kill for it. Then it won"t bother us, maybe'" (133). After they hunt and kill a pig, they sharpen a stick at both ends and put the head on the stick. This event is significant because it for shadows what Jack is going to do to Ralph (136-138).
After Ralph runs away from the tribe, after Samneric are kidnapped, and after Piggy's death, he goes into a clearing in the forest. There he finds a pig's skull, a.k.a the Lord of the Flies, on a stick sharpened at both ends. After looking at the skull, Ralph breaks it into two pieces. This event is important because the Lord of the Flies had had a conversation with Simon and he died, so if Ralph were to have a conversation with it, he would have died (185-186).
Jack investigates the island with Simon and Ralph. On the way back, they find a piglet. Jack raises his knife to kill it but can't. This is the only time he does not kill anything (31).
Ralph calls an assembly after the pig feast to discuss how things are going wrong. He discusses 5 things to improve: water, shelters, lavatory, fire/rescue, and fear. They also discuss the possibility of the beast. They decide that the beast is a ghost.
This is significant because they are discussing the beast for the first time as a group. They are addressing the fear and wildness of the island for the first time.
After the tribe's first plan of crushing Ralph failed, they set fire to the island. Ralph has three options during the manhunt: break the line, climb a tree, or hide so well they doon't see him. Ralph decides to hide because hiding is better than climbing a tree because there is a chance of breaking the line if he is discovered. This fire and Ralph's decision are important because they could get rescued and Ralph could escape to the beach (195-197).
While Jack and his hunters go searching for meat the other boys make shelters out of palm trees/leaves. The plan was for all to work together, but only Simon and Ralph work on the shelters. The first two shelters are not very sturdy and pretty rickety. The third shelter collapses because no one is helping (50-51).
This is significant because only Simon and Ralph work on the shelters even though they planned on everyone working together.
Ralph, Jack, and the Choir/Hunters go to search for the beast. They discover Castle Rock, which is the headquarters for Jack later in the story. Jack and Ralph also have a lot of conflict as they both want to be in charge. Ralph is still chief but Jack doesn't think that Ralph should be chief. Ralph tries to stay in control by going first at Castle Rock, and Jack tries to gain control by going first up the mountain (104-108, 116-120).
Jack and Ralph's battle for control foreshadows the eventual split of the group.
Jack is trying to recruit boys to join his tribe. As the storm reaches full power, the littluns run around, and Jack starts the circle dance. Coming from the mountain, Simon stumbles into the circle. In their frenzy, the boys think he is the beast and kill him. This event is important because Simon's death is the first time that anyone has killed anyone else on purpose (151-153).
Ralph and Piggy find a shell, which is known as a "conch". They blow into the conch, and it makes a noise. They use the conch to call assemblies, and it is a symbol of authority. (15-18)
At Castle Rock, Jack orders that Samneric are kidnapped. At first, the tribe is wary but they apprehend the twins excitedly. This event is important because Jack knows that Ralph would attempt a rescue and be killed in the attempt (179).
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Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Penguin, 1954. Print.