Evaluation Of The Lord Of The Flies

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the use of Piggy's glasses. After Jack goes off to hunt and
comes back, Ralph discusses the problems of people not working with Jack. Simon
goes into the jungle alone and contemplates. The boys become used to the daily
tasks on the island. The small children play all the time while the older ones
do most of the work. The first flash of Jack's future warrior/hunter position as
leader is shown as he comes back to camp with his face painted. A ship is
spotted, but they find that the signal fire on the mountain has gone out, and
the ship passes them by. Jack finally kills a pig, but Piggy criticizes him. In
return, Jack slaps Piggy and breaks one of the lenses on his glasses. Ralph
warns Jack to stop this destructive behaviour. Jack starts roasting the pig he
had killed earlier. Jack does not initially give Ralph any food, but he does
finally get some. Ralph calls an assembly after the feast. He verbally attacks
all the boys for their neglect for the daily tasks that must be completed ...

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calm and helps Ralph regroup
after Jack leaves. Jack hunts and kills a pig, and leaves its bloody skull on a
pole as sacrifice. This skull is the symbolic Lord of the Flies in the novel.
Jack holds another pig-feast. Ralph and Piggy at first do not attend but are
eventually drawn to it mostly by hunger, but also in a fleeting attempt to
regain some control over the boys. Almost all of the boys have join Jack's tribe
by this point. Simon has an extremely symbolic hallucinatory experience in the
jungle as he starts to believe that the head is speaking to him as an
incarnation of Satan, the Lord of the Flies. He eventually faints from terror.
He eventually revives himself and attempts to go ...

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