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1. How was Piggy's death foreshadowed? Identify at least two ways.

2. Why do you think the author chose to have Roger kill Piggy and not Jack? -Nick Roger was hurling rocks at the boys below and purposely missed. Maybe something went through Roger's mind that he should be like Jack, and be respected through fear. Jack also just wanted the fire and didn't want anyone else to die. They also wanted Ralph and Piggy to stay on their side of the island.

3. When SamnEric are forcefully captured they "protest out of the heart of civilization". Explain what you think that means.-Bryan They are trying to make the tribe realize that what they are doing is savage for the sake of regaining a bit of civilization. 4. What is symbolic in Ralph blowing the conch one last time in front of Jack and the others. Do you believe that Ralph thought he could get Jack to comply to his wishes for the return of Piggy's specs and enough people to keep the fire going? Why?-Bryan I think Ralph may have been testing whether or not he was still chief. Obviously he is not and his request for Piggy's specs was useless because just about everyone had turned against him. He may have also been trying to bring back a sense of reality that they used to have during assemblies. 5. Why do you think Jack decided not to challenge Ralph at the end of the book when the officer asks them who was in charge? -Jesse Jack did not challenge Ralph because he did not want to show the naval officer that they were disorganized and feuding, because the officer says "I would have expected more from British boys" 6. What is ironic about how Ralph was saved? Think fire and smoke. -Jesse It is ironic that he is saved by the forest fire attracting the naval officer because in the beginning of the book there was a forest fire and he got really mad that they let it get out of control. 7. Why do you think the author chose to have the characters be all boys? How might it have been different if the characters had been all girls? -Kodi I believe that the time that this story was written explains a lot why all the characters were boys. Obviously, this book has a strong relation to the fears of war in Europe, and in the book, the author shares his opinions of the events by using the boys. Men were the causes and leaders of war, so he used all boys, desperately trying to express his opinion of the control of men. If it were all girl characters, most of his opinions would have not made sense, and questioned by the reader.

8. Compare the boys fears from the start of the book to the end? In what ways did they change? What is the author trying to say about fear/terror/horror? -Kodi The boys were originally scared of the presence of no adults, but quickly changed to the presence of the beast. Through out the book the boys started to realize the true beast was themselves. The author is trying to explain that the true beasts that scare us, is the person in the mirror.