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Lord of the Flies - Review - DMHS

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  • Jack manipulates Ralph by asking if he is afraid in front of the other boys? Why? (Chapter 6)
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  • What does it show us that Maurice still feels prepared to make an excuse for why he kicked sand into someone's eyes? (Chapter 4)
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  • What does the term "beastie" tell us about these characters? (Chapter 2)
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  • What kind of leader does Jack seem to be? (Chapter 9)
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  • What does mugging Piggy for his glasses show about their civilization? (Chapter 2)
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  • How does Jack's set up appear? (Chapter 9)
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  • How is the beast being treated as a god? (Chapter 8)
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  • Why does Ralph make Jack and the choir boys the hunters? (Chapter 1)
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  • How do the older boys react to the younger boys? What does this show about the civilization? (Chapter 2)
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  • How does Simon differ from the other boys? What may he represent? (Chapter 3)
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  • What roles have been created so far? Have any been implied? (Chapter 1)
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  • How do the relationships between the boys start out? (Chapter 1)
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  • Whose body do the boys send out into the ocean and why? (Chapter 9)
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  • Is Ralph daydreaming about luxuries? (Chapter 7)
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  • What is the conch used for? (Chapter 1)
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  • What are Ralph's fears, especially regarding the conch? (Chapter 5)
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  • With the way the boys react to Ralph's orders, besides chief, what other role is Ralph playing? (Chapter 6)
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  • How is Ralph's role as a leader and his feelings about it evolving? (Chapter 3)
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  • Does Piggy make valid concerns with his points? Could this be foreshadowing? (Chapter 2)
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  • Why does Simon not want to talk about where he goes in the jungle? (Chapter 5)
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  • How does the relationship between Jack and Ralph shift in this chapter? (Chapter 3)
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  • Jack does not discredit the conch, but says they won't hear it and it doesn't count on his side of the island. Why are they still acting like the conch has power? (Chapter 9)
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  • What are the interactions among the boys like when Ralph and Piggy come to Jack's camp? (Chapter 9)
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  • Why does Ralph say the boys are "pretending to be a tribe" with Jack? (Chapter 9)
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  • Why might Piggy be less inclined to help? (Chapter 2)
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  • What does it tell us about Jack that he is so stuck on hunting down a pig? (Chapter 3)
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  • Why does the little kid state his name, address and phone number? (Chapter 5)
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  • Why is Piggy more mature? (Chapter 2)
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  • What kind of person or character does Piggy represent? What is he/his glasses a symbol of? (Chapter 1)
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  • Why do most of the hunters care about the fire going out, but not Jack? (Chapter 4)
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  • Why are the boys excited during planning, but not effective in doing? (Chapter 3)
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  • What kind of leader is Jack? How are the boys being treated? (Chapter 10)
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  • In a society, what would each boy/group represent? (Chapter 4)
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  • How do we see the diminishing of civilization in Chapter 5?
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  • Why might Piggy be the only one who has been this concerned so far? (Chapter 2)
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  • Why might Piggy suggest they join Jack's group? (Chapter 9)
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  • What does it say about civilization vs. savagery that Jack is overpowering Ralph? (Chapter 4)
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  • How do their types of leadership show thematic/allegorical elements? (Chapter 3)
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  • What is the importance of Ralph running an effective meeting? (Chapter 5)
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  • Are the other boys as fearless as Jack? (Chapter 10)
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  • How do Ralph and Jack's speeches differ? (Chapter 5)
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  • Why does Jack keep using a need/want for meat to justify hunting? (Chapter 4)
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  • What is the beast becoming? (Chapter 6)
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  • What tone does the thunder create? (Chapter 9)
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  • Why might the boys' choir and Jack be wearing black? What might this foreshadow? (Chapter 1)
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  • Why are the older boys mean to the littluns? What does this show/represent? (Chapter 4)
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  • Why does Ralph want to call a meeting and use the conch? (Chapter 4)
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  • Why might they struggle to work effectively together? (Chapter 2)
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  • What role does Piggy play for Ralph? (Chapter 2)
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  • Why does Simon think the parachute man is alive? (Chapter 9)
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  • Why do the boys pretend nothing has happened to the missing little boy? Haw may this type of decision making affect them going forward? Do they show remorse? (Chapter 2)
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  • What may Ralph, Simon, and Piggy represent? (Chapter 5)
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  • Why are the boys mean to Piggy? (Chapter 1)
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  • Why might The Lord of the Flies be referred o as a "he" when it is a female pig's head? (Chapter 9)
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  • What is the relationship between Jack and Ralph? What do they have in common? (Chapter 2)
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  • Why might Golding have left out the detail about the plane crash? Why is it inferred instead? (Chapter 1)
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  • Why do Piggy's word's hold so little weight? Why do the boys value Ralph's voice more (despite saying the same thing)? (Chapter 2)
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  • What does Ralph want from Jack? Why does Jack not provide that? (Chapter 3)
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  • How do we see Jack continue to develop into a savage further? (Chapter 5)
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  • How does the "blame game" come into effect? (Chapter 3)
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  • Why do the boys see fear as only a negative? How could it be a positive? (Chapter 5)
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  • Why couldn't Jack kill the pig? What does this show about him? What does it show that he vows to kill it next time? (Chapter 1)
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  • How do the boys feel about being on an uncivilized island? (Chapter 1)
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  • What's up with Jack's mask? How does he act with it? (Chapter 4)
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  • How does Jack's memory of killing Simon different from Ralph and Piggy's? Why? (Chapter 10)
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  • Why is Ralph so concerned about Simon now? (Chapter 10)
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  • Why does Roger throw stones, but avoid hitting kids? (Chapter 4)
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  • Why are they dirty "not like boys..."? (Chapter 7)
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  • Why does the Lord of the Flies say it is the beast, but it is not something that can be killed? (Chapter 8)
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  • Why do Jack and his boys agree to forget the beast? (Chapter 8)
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  • Jack mocks that there is no need for the conch because they know when to talk and when not to. Is this accurate? (Chapter 6)
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  • How have Ralph's feelings about being a leader shifted? (Chapter 10)
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  • How do the boys react to the "beast?" (Chapter 9)
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  • Why do the boys feel the need to elect a leader? Why do they choose Ralph? (Chapter 1)
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  • What kind of character does Jack seem to be? What predictions can you make about him? (Chapter 1)
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  • How are the boys starting to feel about the island? (Chapter 4)
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  • How does fear and the unknown affect this chapter? Does it matter if the beast is truly real or not? (Chapter 5)
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  • Why does Piggy try to keep him from talking about it? (Chapter 10)
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  • What might it show that Jack suggests an offering of food to the beast for its approval? (Chapter 8)
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  • What are the pros and cons of still dreaming of boats and escapes? (Chapter 10)
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  • Why might Piggy be willing to stand up to Ralph in the water? (Chapter 9)
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  • What do the boys seem to value more: strength and power or intelligence? (Chapter 2)
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  • What does it show that they eat pig and so do beasts? (Chapter 5)
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  • Why does Piggy try to excuse Simon's death? (Chapter 10)
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  • How have their hopes of being rescued changed? (Chapter 7)
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