1. Ralph's group decides they must go up to Jack and his tribe and demand that he give back Piggy's specs so they could make a fire so they could have a signal in order to get rescued.
2. The twins are "seeing Ralph for the first time" because they think that Ralph is forgetting what they want to do. He is becoming more like Jack in that he is more demanding and is a bit more viscous when talking to the other boys. He isn't the boy that they elected chief at the beginning of the book.
3. They boys' plan to retrieve Piggy's glasses is bound to fail because they didn't really think their plan through. They sort of just said we are going to go up them and tell them to give us the glasses so we could make our fire to signal and be rescued. They didn't think what they other boys could do or what they would do if they decided to attack when they tell them their plan.
4. Roger pushes the rock off the cliff because he wants to be part of the action and wants to show what he can do and the power he has.
5. The destruction of the conch is symbolically significant because the conch represented order and was a sign of civilization. By destroying the conch, they are moving farther away from being civilized. They have now gotten rid of the only source they had to keep order among themselves and I think that they will all lose the side of themselves that is still attached to their civilization.
6. Most of the boys want a chief because they want someone to follow. A chief tells them what to do and what should be done. Many of the boys might not know what they would need to do because they don't feel comfortable making their own decisions on what they have to do in order to survive.
7. "Jack, why do you resort to violence all the time?"
"Do you not want to be with Ralph because you want to act like a madman and hunt and kill all day long?"
8. Diary Entry:
Life on the island is not the same as it was at the beginning like when everyone had first gotten there. The island is not the paradise place like it was at first. In fact, now it might be the worst place I've ever heard of. Jack keeps on telling Ralph that he has to stay on his 'side' of the island. The beach where we were settle at first is Ralph's and anyone who decided to stay on his side while Castle Rock is Jack and his tribes'.However, everyone is free to travel around the island as long as they don't attack one another like Jack did to Ralph at night because that creates trouble.
The relationships that everyone has with each other isn't that good either. There is always tension in the air. Jack is very aggressive now and is resorting to violence. His savage side is taking over his civilized side. He and his tribe are all savages, they even paint their faces and enjoy violence. Ralph is kind of losing it too. He isn't remembering what the top priorities are and seems to be into the activities that Jack and his tribe do. As of now, Simon and Piggy are dead. They were the ones that understood everything and sort of tried explaining how they should live and what they should do to keep sane while they were on the island. Overall, everything is chaos on the island.
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