What are the words Jack and Ralph use to describe how crazy the Littluns are to be afraid of the “beastie”? …
He is secretly afraid.
How do Ralph and Jack treat the Littluns differently?
They are both natural leaders, but in different ways.
Ralph is respectful and somewhat gentle with the littleuns
, and is willing to listen to them at meetings. Jack treats them differently. He is not respectful or polite to them, and doesn’t take them seriously at all.
What are some of the different words Ralph and Jack use to describe how crazy the Littluns are to be afraid of a beastie?
What are the words Jack and Ralph use to describe how crazy the Littluns are to be afraid of the “beastie”? …
He is secretly afraid.
What do Ralph and Jack say to the little uns about the Beastie?
He tells the little boy he was just dreaming, and then he repeatedly says,
“But there isn’t a beastie.
” Jack agrees with Ralph, but goes further, promising to hunt and kill the thing “if there was a snake.” Making empty promises is unethical; Ralph won’t do that, but Jack does.
What are Ralph and Jack’s responses to this?
At this, Ralph shouts that
there isn’t a snake
and Jack asserts that they will make sure when they go hunting. Ralph is annoyed and has no idea of how to respond. The only thing he can do is to, once again, deny its existence.
Why does Jack yell at Simon?
Jack is furious, and yells at Simon to
“Eat! Damn you!
” He basically realizes he has no power over the boys unless they eat the meat he got for them all. The hunters describe their kill again in gory detail, and continue their chant of “Kill the pig.
What feeling does Jack have when he is alone in the forest?
Jack feels the urge to stalk and hunt so strongly that it is
visceral
, much like a hunger in his gut.
What did Ralph desperately pray?
Before they were attacked, what did Ralph “desperately pray?” He prayed
that beast would prefer the littuns instead of him
.
How do they treat the Littluns quotes?
“Let’s be moving,” said Jack relentlessly, “we’re wasting time.” “No we’re not. What about the littluns?” “
Sucks to the littluns!
”
What or who saves Ralph in the end?
What or who saves Ralph in the end? Fleeing from the fire,
Jack, and his hunters
, Ralph makes it to the beach, and is met by a naval officer. Jack and his hunters stop trying to attack Ralph when they see the officer, so that is what ultimately saves him.
What has Ralph come to accept as normal?
Third,
he’s accepted that they will be divided, rather than a unified group
. This is a big change, as showing in his aborted comment “We were together then—” And then he can’t keep talking, because he realizes how much he has changed.
What does Ralph say is the most important thing on the island?
Ralph states: “
The fire
is the most important thing on the island.
Who does Simon think the best is?
After Simon discovers that
the beast
on top of the mountain is actually a dead paratrooper, the boys mistake Simon for the beast and savagely beat him to death. Simon appears to be the wisest amongst the boys, but his deeply sensitive/spiritual nature sees him treated like an outcast.
What is Piggy’s real name?
Piggy’s real name is
Peterkin (or at least just Peter)
. Lord of the Flies is clearly based on The Coral Island in which the three main characters are Ralph, Jack and Peterkin. Lord of the Flies has no character named Peterkin but it does have Piggy whose real name is never revealed.
Who defends Ralph?
Jack’s tribe is hostile to Ralph’s little group; Roger throws stones at the twins to scare them.
Jack
emerges from the forest where he had been hunting and tells Ralph to go back to his end of the island.
Who kills Piggy?
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.
