They ( Piggy & Ralph) discovered a shell and made it into a calling to find the other boys
Why is chapter 1 entitled "The Sound of the Shell?"
He is offhand and uninterested
What is Ralph's attitude toward Piggy in the first chapter?
He's unfit and the expedition would be too much w...
Lord of the Flies- Study Questions and
answers
They ( Piggy & Ralph) discovered a shell and made it into a calling to find the other boys -
answer Why is chapter 1 entitled "The Sound of the Shell?"
He is offhand and uninterested - answer What is Ralph's attitude toward Piggy in the first
chapter?
He's unfit and the expedition would be too much work - answer What is the significance of
Piggy's plea to join the expedition?
He is a natural born leader - answer Why is Ralph elected chief?
Where the plane landed and crashed - answer What is the "scar" that is repeatedly mentioned?
He can't bring himself to kill it - answer Why is Jack unable to kill the pig?
They are all outcast
-Piggy is fat and has asthma
-Simon faints
-the littlun has the giant birthmark on his face - answer What do Piggy, Simon, and the little with
the birthmark have in common?
Tall, arrogant, cocky leader, but he can't get along with anybody - answer How is Jack presented
to the reader?
They represent innocence and their proper - answer Why did Golding use British school boys?
, He is smart and mature - answer How is Piggy revealed as most closely tied to the world of
adults?
He can't do it because he has asthma, but he is the one who gave Ralph the directions - answer
How is Piggy indirectly responsible for the blowing of the conch?
He asked what they were going to do about the snake thing or the "beastie" - answer What
question does the littlun with the birthmark raise?
There is no beastie - answer How do Ralph and jack answer the littlun a question about the
beast?
They created a fire at the top of the mountain to try to get attention if a ship would happen to
come close - answer What is the significance of chapter 2 title "Fire on the Mountain"?
They use Piggy's glasses - answer How do they start a fire?
Simon and Ralph create huts on the beach to act as a home and protection from the beastie -
answer What is the significance of chapter 3 title "Huts on the Beach"?
Ralph was tired of Jack not helping out and coming up empty handed from hunting - answer
Why does Ralph reproach Jack?
1.) older children-led by Jack (hunters)
2.) choir boys-led by Ralph - answer What two groups with differing goals are emerging?
Simon goes to his bower because he wants to relax and escape the reality of the drama on the
island - answer Why does Simon go to his Bower?
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