Why Did Piggy Shares His Reference To Ralph In Lord Of The Flies

1. What was Ralph’s attitude towards Piggy in chapter 1? When Ralph first encounter Piggy, he has no interest in him, and tries to walk away. He is much rather to be on his own, although Piggy does like to hang around him. Piggy finds topic to talk to Ralph.

2. Why did Piggy shares his nickname to Ralph? Ralph is the first person Piggy encounters. He feels a connection with Ralph that they can become good friends. Piggy always gets bullied but he believe that Ralph will treat him nicely.

3. What does the conch first represents as? The conch represents the sense of power, civilization and order. In the beginning, Ralph becomes the chief because he has the the conch, he has the power to gather everyone therefore he should be eligible

Jack acts like an arrogance boy as he has the ability to be the chief because he is the “chapter chorister and head boy” of his choir. After Ralph gets elected as the chief, Jack stands up right away, then sat back down. He wants to release his angry but he holds it in. He is desire for the position, he craves for power. His frustration fades away after Ralph offers him the position of leader of the hunters.

5. How did Ralph begins his “government”? Ralph uses the conch as the “speaker,” whoever holds the conch gets the right to speak, it symbolizes the democracy. He also divide the boys into groups to build shelters, hunt for pigs, hunt for fish and pick fruits.

6. How does the boys react to Ralph’s suggestion of building a signal fire? The boys does not hesitate and goes off to build a fire before Ralph finishes the meeting. Piggy calls them “like a crowd of kids,” as they just run off into the woods and leaving the leader behind. However, they end up making a huge flame with no smoke, which is useless to attract attention from ship and

It allows to cook, to keep warm and to send out signals. However, when Jack and his hunters steal the glasses, it also represents that they take away the power away from Ralph; which leads to the fact that the boys abuse the power to do evil.

8. Why couldn’t Jack kill the pig? Although Jack is one of the oldest boys and he seems tough, he is still a child. He had never experienced killing a life. He demands for meat, but he hesitated and missed the pig.

9. How is Ralph’s and Jack’s goal different from each other? Ralph wants to be civilized and organized. He makes shelters and prepare enough food so everyone can survive. He also think of ways to be rescued. On the other hand, Jack’s group only thinks about short term survival, they are obsessed with hunting and only wants meat. They do not come up with ways to establish a community.

10. Why do Ralph and Jack both insist on searching for the beast and kill it? Ralph wishes to keep everyone safe; as a great leader, he does not want the beast to cause any problems for the group. Jack may also concern about the safety too, but the beast gives him an excuse and another creature to kill.

11. Explain Simon’s