Lord of the Flies Chapter Summary : Chapter 9

Prediction

We think that Ralph is going to try to retain his leadership over the group by standing up to Jack's ideology of having fun on the island instead of getting rescued. He will make Jack's tribe understand how serious their situation is and how important it is that they work as a team to get rescued.

Lord of the Flies

Chapter 9 Summary

By: Amrit Sohi & Jessy Hughes

Class Question

do you think that Ralph and Piggy are going to end up joining Jack's tribe? Or will they stick it out on their own and try to get rescued instead of joining Jack?

Literary Devices Continued

Simile- “The clouds opened up and let the rain down like a waterfall” (page 169)

This line is showing just how intense the storm was getting; it was raining so hard on the island that it felt like a waterfall.

Literary Devices

Imagery – “Nothing prospered but the flies who blackened their lord and made the spilt guts look like a heap of glistening coal.” (Page 160)

This line is giving the reader a mental image of what the “lord” looks like. The pigs head is blackened by the amount of flies that consume their lord. It also says that the flies are the only ones prospering which shows what the cloudy day did to the island. The island lost its vibrant colours and prosperous looks.

Thank you!

Main Plot Continued

• Jack orders his tribe to do their ritual around the fire that imitates how Jack killed the pig.

• Simon comes through the bushes and the litluns scream at him thinking he is the beast. Jacks tribe then attacks Simon thinking that he is the beast.
• Simon is trying to explain his discoveries but nobody is listening except for Ralph who understands what he is saying.

Characters

• Simon is beaten to death by Jacks tribe and is then thrown into the ocean to be carried away by the current.

Symbolism

Ralph

When Simon regains consciousness after fainting, he is faced with a very gloomy and depressing setting. He is face to face with the dead pig head being eaten by flies and then meets death again when he discovers the dead pilot. All around him is the image of sadness and death. All of these elements are symbolizing Simon's eminent death.

Simon

Piggy

Main Plot

Simon is the main

character in this chapter.

He learns the truth about

the beast and tries to tell

the group.

Ralph enters the chapter near the end, but he plays a significant role in helping Simon.

Piggy is not a major

character in this

chapter, but we learn

he is a loyal friend to

Ralph.

• Simon wakes up in his special spot after fainting from the pigs head. The sky is dark with clouds and an incoming storm is approaching. As he gets up and walks around he notices a blue parachute flapping in the wind

• He investigates and realizes that there is no beast, it was the fighter pilot that been involved with the battle above the island.

• Simon notices that the boys had made a fire on the beach and begins to descend back to the beach through the jungle.

• Ralph and Piggy head over to Jacks feast that is being prepared for his tribe. Jack offers them some food and they gladly accept it.

• An argument between Jack and Ralph soon breaks out about who is still the chief.

Jack & his tribe are responsible for a very unfortunate event ending the chapter.

Jack & His Tribe