Chapter+11+&+12+Questions

1. How was Piggy's death foreshadowed? Identify at least two ways. Jacks tribe was throwing rocks at Piggy & he's too slow to get away. Piggy also didn't have his glasses so he couldn't see.

2. Why do you think the author chose to have Roger kill Piggy and not Jack? Jack might not want to get in trouble for it or be known for killing Piggy, so he got Rodger to do it so he wouldn't get blamed.

3. When SamnEric are forcefully captured the "protest out of the heart of civilization". Explain what you think that means. They let Ralph go, and didn't warn Jack he was near.

4. What is symbolic in Ralph blowing the conch one last time in front of Jack and the others. Do you believe that Ralph thought he could get Jack to comply to his wishes for the return of Piggy's specs and enough people to keep the fire going? Why? Obviously Jack has his own tribe and he doesn't need the conch one bit, maybe Ralph wanted to see what Jack would do. Ralph knew Piggy's specs wouldn't just get handed to him, he knew it would take a fight.

5. Why do you think Jack decided not to challenge Ralph at the end of the book when the officer asks them who was in charge? Jack might have been too shocked to say anything or he didn't wan the officer to find out that him and Ralph were fighting and he was trying to hurt him.

6. What is ironic about how Ralph was saved? Think fire and smoke. All the time the boys had the fire started no one saw it, then right when Ralph needed help someone was right there to rescue him.

7. Why do you think the author chose to have the characters be all boys? How might it have been different if the characters had been all girls? If there were girls on the island and they were stuck there for a few years, they (might be able to) have children. Since there's all boys they can't.

8. Compare the boys fears from the start of the book to the end? In what ways did they change? What is the author trying to say about fear/terror/horror? The boys in the beginning of the book were mainly scared about the beast. Toward the end of the book they started to become scared of each other once they found out the beast wasn't real.