Chapter 8: Gift for the Darkness
Predictions: 1)They will finally get to see the beast.
2) There is going to be fights between Ralph and Jack.
Questions: 1)Why did the boys run off with Jack’s group at night?
2) Why is Jack becoming into a very violent killer with the pigs?
3) Why did the pigs head start talking to Simon?
4) Was the pig really talking or was Simon having an issue?
Connections: 1)I have gotten into an argument before with a friend that made us go our own separate ways.
2)I’m like Simon, I like to wonder off to places and just sit there and look at the place and think.
Clarifications: I understand this chapter. I understand that Jack got feed up with Ralph and how he really wasn’t really taking control of things. He just want to be in control for once because he felt as if he was a much better off being the leader of the group.
Summary: The boys go back to the beach, and since Piggy was not there he was really surprised of what the other boys were saying about the beast. Jack then grabbed the conch and called for an assembly. During the meeting Jack goes on talking about how there is a beast up in the mountains. And how Ralph should be removed from the leadership role. But the rest of the boys refused to remove him from being a leader. Jack is very mad and leaves and he also says that if anyone wants to leave that they can come with him. Piggy is glad that Jack left the group but Simon still thinks that they should all return to the mountains to see the beast. Ralph becomes very upset and Piggy tries to make him happy by telling him that they will built a new rescue fire here on the beach instead of the mountains. All the boys start to work on it but during the night the rest of the boys to off with Jack. Jack becomes leader of his group and they kill a sow and leave his head on a stick for the beast. Simon sneaks out and goes back to that beautiful place he had gone to but this time he saw the pigs head and the pigs head started to speak to him as the Lord of the Flies and started saying that he was going to have fun with him. Simon was so terrified that he fainted.
Predictions: 1)They will finally get to see the beast.
2) There is going to be fights between Ralph and Jack.
Questions: 1)Why did the boys run off with Jack’s group at night?
2) Why is Jack becoming into a very violent killer with the pigs?
3) Why did the pigs head start talking to Simon?
4) Was the pig really talking or was Simon having an issue?
Connections: 1)I have gotten into an argument before with a friend that made us go our own separate ways.
2)I’m like Simon, I like to wonder off to places and just sit there and look at the place and think.
Clarifications: I understand this chapter. I understand that Jack got feed up with Ralph and how he really wasn’t really taking control of things. He just want to be in control for once because he felt as if he was a much better off being the leader of the group.
Summary: The boys go back to the beach, and since Piggy was not there he was really surprised of what the other boys were saying about the beast. Jack then grabbed the conch and called for an assembly. During the meeting Jack goes on talking about how there is a beast up in the mountains. And how Ralph should be removed from the leadership role. But the rest of the boys refused to remove him from being a leader. Jack is very mad and leaves and he also says that if anyone wants to leave that they can come with him. Piggy is glad that Jack left the group but Simon still thinks that they should all return to the mountains to see the beast. Ralph becomes very upset and Piggy tries to make him happy by telling him that they will built a new rescue fire here on the beach instead of the mountains. All the boys start to work on it but during the night the rest of the boys to off with Jack. Jack becomes leader of his group and they kill a sow and leave his head on a stick for the beast. Simon sneaks out and goes back to that beautiful place he had gone to but this time he saw the pigs head and the pigs head started to speak to him as the Lord of the Flies and started saying that he was going to have fun with him. Simon was so terrified that he fainted.