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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

"A View to Death"


In the chapter " A View to Death", Simon wakes up and realizes what just happened with the pig. He heads back down the mountain to tell them that there isnt a beast, its a dead man. Ralph and Piggy are down in the bathing pool talking about the rain, and how some of the littluns went on to Jacks feast because they were hungry. Piggy suggests that they go too, just to make sur everythign is alright. As they approach the feast they hear everyone laughing and chanting. Jack offers everyone as much food as they can eat, and then he asks who will join his tribe. Ralph and Jack argue about who is chief and the conch. Jack and his group start chanting and playing the hunting game. At the time Simon is still coming down the mountain to tell them what he seen. Simon runs right into their hunting game and Jack and the others think its the beast so they start really stabbing and hurting him. Simon dies. In the end of the chapter the parachute and the dead man float in the air down into the water and gently turned away.

"Gift for the Darkness"


In the chapter "Gift for the Darkness" Ralph and Jack and the other boys come down the mountain to tell Piggy that they seen the beast. At first Piggy didnt believe it but then he just wondered what they were going to do. Jack got very angry when Ralph said that he would probably hide from the beat and that his hunters were only boys with sticks. This is when Jack decides to depart from everyone else and go to another part of the island. Maurice, Robert, and Bill join him. After they leave Piggy and Ralph discuss what theyre going to do about the fire and how theyre going to keep it going. Then they decide to have the fire down on the island instead of on top of the mountain. Later, Simon goes up the mountain to sit in a woven mat. Far along the beach Jack and his group talk about hunting. He says that they are going to forget the beast. Then they go hunting right away. They kill a pig and stick its head on a stick with two sharpened ends. Roger asks how they are going to get a fire, and thats when Jack gets the clever idea to steal from Ralph and his group. They left the pig head on the stick as a gift for the beast. Simon sees the pig and hallucinates that the pig, known as the lord of the flies, talks to him. Down the mountain Jack arrives to Ralph and explains that theyre going to have feast and anyone who wants to visit may. As Jack leaves Ralph and Piggy discuss going to the feast and the littluns let their mouths water over the sound of meat. Simon wakes up to the Lord of the Flies talking to him. He says that they're going to have fun on the island.


Thursday, December 3, 2009

"Shadows and Tall Trees"


In chapter seven "Shadows and Tall Trees" Ralph discovers how dirty he is and how cruddy his hair, nails, and cloths are. Simon tells Ralph that he thinks he will get back alright, which Ralph does not understand what Simon is talking about. Later, up the mountain, they see a bore and try to kill it. Ralph jabs his spear into the pig but it got away. Along with this Jack gets cut by the bore's tucks. As they are still talking about the bore and all, they act as if Robert is a pig. They actualy poked him and hurt his "bum". Later, Simon volunteers to go back down the mountain to tell Piggy that they will not be back until later that night or in the morning. Some of the others boys back down too because they are frightened. The only boys left looking for the beast are Ralph, Jack, and Roger. They sneek up on some trees and see the beast. Ralph stands up so he can better see. All of the boys get really scared and start running back down the mountain. Once they reach the platform the immediately start telling everyone about the beast they seen.

"Beast from Air"


In chapter seven "Beast from Air" the boys are all asleep at night while a parachute is ejected from a plane in the sky. There is a pilot attached to the parachute and it lands in the trees somewhere on the island. The pilot is all burned up and dead. The next day Samneric go to tend the fire when they see the pilot and the parachute in the tree. They claim its the beast because they do not know what it really is. They run down the mountain to tell Ralph, Piggy, Jack, and the others. As they are panicked and frightened while telling the story, the littluns become frightened too. At first the biguns didnt believe them two , but this signals jack to go hunt "the beast". Piggy stays back on the island, taking care of the littluns. While they are up on the mountain Jack starts building a fort on the rocks, and Ralph gets really mad about this.

"Beast from Water"


In the chapter "Beast from Water" Ralph signals another meeting to talk about everyone getting a little out of control. Ralph tells them that they need to use the bathroom in a certain place and not near where they stay and interact. He also tells them that they need to take food up the mountain if they need to cook it, and lastly he tells them to always keep the fire going in case a rescue signal is needed. The aseembly starts talking about the beast, and everyone, especially the littluns become frightened. This is when a little boy named Percival comes up to tell about the beast. He says he seen the beast and he starts to cry. Everyone laughs at him because they do not belive he has seen the beast. After this Jack takes the boys for a "hunting game" while Ralph, Piggy, and Simon remain at the platform. Ralph starts talking about giving up being the chief. Simon and Piggy stronlgy disagree. At the end of the chapter they talk about how they wish there were grownups to tell them what to do.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

"Painted Faces and Long Hair"


In the chapter "Painted Faces and Long Hair" the first few pharagraphs talk about the characteristics of the sea, island, and mountain. It also explains the eating habits of the littluns and what they do. At beach-level the littuns play and build sand castles. Three were playing in the sand then: Henry, Percival, and Johnny. Roger and Maurice came out of the forest from fire duty to take a swim. As they ran to the sea they kicked sand in the littluns eyes. Rogert felt a little bad about this happening. As they swim they realize the transparencies in the water. Jack sees Roger and explains that putting clay on his face is for "hunting". He calls the two boys, samneric, and roger to follow him to the pigs. The others were forming a line so they can kill the pig. Meantime, Ralph and Piggy and some of the others are still swimming when a ship approaches and they see thats there is no smoke for signal. The ship ends up not seein them because the fire was let out. Ralph is VERY upset about this! All of the boys who killed the pig come back to where Ralph and his crew are ,shouting and hollering with the joy of their hunt. Ralph and Jack have a confrontation about who let the fire out, and Jack apologizes. At the end of the chapter Ralph goes back down the mountain in dismay.

"Huts on the Beach"


In the third chapter "Huts on the Beach" Jack goes hunting for a pig, but does not get one. As he goes back down to the island he sees Ralph and Simon as they work on bulding a shelter. The first thing he ask for was water. As they continue to talk, Jack and Ralph bicker about who has done what and how pointless it has been to have meetings. Ralph says that they have been needing shelters but all Jack is worried about is hunting. They start to argue over who has done what and how the littluns always just run off after fine minutes of help. They also talk about how the littluns have become fightened and that may be some of the reasoning for them taking off on the island. As they continue, they realize Simon is gone so they assume he is bathing. Simon is really taking of through the scar on the island.