1.) Describe how jack is compared to an idol. 2.) Why does excluding Piggy unite the boys? 3.) Give examples of how setting/atmosphere will reveal what will happen next. 4.) What are the “boom beamed-bodied creatures with fiery eyes?”
1.) What was Samneric’s explanation for the previous night and why did they say that? 2.) Do you think that Jack is using “the beast” to maintain power or that he is sincerely fooled? Support. 3.) Why were the boys half-relieved and half daunted by the beast. 4.) Why is Jack “the chief now in truth?” 5.) What is the “curtain” in Ralph’s mind and what does it imply? 6.) What is Piggy’s explanation of Simon’s death, and why does he say that?