What theme does the hunt support?Golding uses the hunt to highlight the theme of innate evil. No matter how strong theinstinct toward civilization may be, there is an innate drive toward savagery—even insomeone like Ralph.9. Why is it especially horriFc and savage when Robert says, “You want a real pig…becauseyou’ve got to kill him,” and Jack replies, “Use a littlun”?Although said as a joke and everyone laughs, the idea is very primitive, reminiscent of ahuman sacriFce. One can imagine the boys killing a littlun at some point, eitherdeliberately or driven by a mob mentality. After all, the lust to hurt and kill was stirred upeven in Ralph, the best and most responsible of them.10.How does Golding convey the shift in leadership that is slowly taking place?Page 107 says, “Ralph was content to follow Jack along it (the pig run),” and again, onpage 116, “Once more Jack led them along.”11.How does Golding change the mood of the story on page 116?Golding changes the sentence and paragraph structure from the short comments anddialog to lengthier descriptions that almost mimic Ralph’s dreamlike state.12.How does Golding show that Ralph is still civilized?±irst, Ralph’s ability to tell time is based on social convention. Secondly, Ralph isconsidering the good of others; he considers Piggy and the boys on the beach, and knowsthat he needs to get back to protect the smaller and weaker ones.13.What does the hunting party do after Simon’s departure?They decide to break through the forest vines in search of a pig-trail that they think liesjust inside the edge of the woods and leads to the mountain14.Now that Ralph is leading again, what is Jack’s response?Jack becomes antagonistic toward Ralph, answering curtly and stirring up trouble.15.What causes Jack to move to the back of the line to brood?Ralph’s question, “Why do you hate me?” exposes Jack’s true motive, “as thoughsomething indecent had been said” (p. 118).16.After reaching the mountain, Jack and Ralph argue again. What is the row about? Whydoes Jack start another argument?When the boys arrive at the mountain, Ralph decides they will rest on “the platform andclimb tomorrow.” Jack, sensing that he can stir up trouble, challenges the leader’sdecision, and after all others decline wanting to climb, says, “I’m going up the mountain”as a challenge to seize leadership again.17.What do the boys Fnd on the mountain? How do they respond?They Fnd “something like a great-ape…sitting asleep with its head between its knees.”They assume that this is the beast, and they run away, terriFed1218.Why do you suppose the author lets the reader know at the outset that it is a pilot and hisparachute, not a beast that the boys fnd? Would there have been greater suspense iF thereader knew no more than the boys?
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