How is Jack described in Lord of the Flies Chapter 9?
Jack sits like a king on a throne, his face painted like a savage, languidly issuing commands, and waited on by boys acting as his servants. After the large meal, Jack extends an invitation to all of Ralph’s followers to join his tribe. Most of them accept, despite Ralph’s attempts to dissuade them.
Why do the boys follow Jack in Chapter 9?
Ralph explains the boys defection to Jack as follows: “They’re having fun.” He pits this “fun” against the responsible needs of their community, which means tending to the fire: The fire’s the most important thing. Without the fire we can’t be rescued.
Who kills Piggy?
Roger
Roger, the character least able to understand the civilizing impulse, crushes the conch shell as he looses the boulder and kills Piggy, the character least able to understand the savage impulse.
What do Ralph and Jack argue about in Chapter 9?
Ralph and Jack get into an argument about who should be chief. What tragic mistake is made in the frenzy and excitement of the hunting dance? They kill Simon. Do you think the boys are aware of what they have done when they kill Simon?
What does Simon’s death symbolize?
The death of Simon is a turning point in “Lord of the Flies”. It represents the completion of their degeneration from civilization to savagery. Golding uses the death of Simon in the novel to represent the boy’s completion of their degeneration from civilization to social breakdown.
How does Jack explain Simon’s death?
Jack is essentially ensuring that the boys will always remain fearful and under his control. Instead of feeling guilty and upset about murdering Simon like the rest of his followers, Jack uses Simon’s death to perpetuate the belief in the “beast.”
What color would piggy be?
Piggy is associated with the color pink.
What is Simon’s function in Lord of the Flies?
Simon is a sort of religious mystic, a prophet, and a figure for Christ in the novel. He is the only boy who realises, instinctively, that the beast is “only us”, that it is the “darkness of man’s heart” that the boys are afraid of and which constitutes the “beast”.
What happened in chapter 10 of Lord of the Flies?
Ralph sleeps fitfully, plagued by nightmares. They are awakened by howling and shrieking and are suddenly attacked by a group of Jack’s hunters. The hunters badly beat Ralph and his companions, who do not even know why they were assaulted, for they gladly would have shared the fire with the other boys.
Why is Simon’s fate ironic?
In the novel Lord of the Flies, Simon’s death is ironic because he was attempting to tell the other boys that the beast did not exist, but the boys mistook him for the beast. This is a classic example of dramatic irony because the audience is aware of Simon’s knowledge, while the characters are not.
How does Simon lose his innocence?
Simon is also brutally murdered by the other boys, who mistake him for the beast. Simon’s death symbolically represents the end of innocence and hope for civility on the island. Simon is innocent in that although he does not have the gift of speech that both Ralph and Jack possess, he understands life more profoundly.