Answer to Question #285429 in English for Kelsey Jand

Question

Lord of the Flies Study Guide Questions

Direction: Your answers need to be thorough, and where possible, quote the text (with citation).

Chapter 8

Conflict: Describe how the meeting ends. What reminds the reader that the story is about young boys? How is the decline of Jack and his followers to savagery physically displayed? What is Jack’s plan after naming himself “Chief”? What is his plan regarding the beast? When Jack and the savages surprise Ralph, Piggy, and the others, Ralph runs to the fire, and Piggy runs to the conch. Interpret the symbolism.

Answer 1

The meeting with everyone doing doing his own thing as they were not able to answer Simon's question of what else they could do.

The reader gets reminded that the story is about young boys where the writer mentions that the choirboys-turned-hunters prepared unknowingly to commit cruelty against their former friends and group members and they joined Jack.

Savagery is displayed through the bursting on the scene by the boys as demonic figures with faces of white, red, and green where Jack is stark naked save for the paint.

Jack by calling himself as Chief is planning to go hunting.

Jack plans to leave an offering of a pig for the beast to make peace it and this will prevent it from attacking.

The symbolism of Ralph running to the fire is to protect the only connection to the outside and their only hope of signaling for rescue.