Notes for chapter 11 and 12 from lord of the flies
*piggy, ralph, sam and Eric try to talk to jack and reason with him.
* Jack and ralph fight --> struggle between savagery and civilization
* Roger pushes a huge boulder which lands on piggy and the conch (intentional). Both good symbols are destroyed at the same time. his body is thrown in the sea.
* Contrast: at the beginning, Roger was unable to throw rocks at the littluns. now he is able to use a rock to kill.
* Piggy's death was foreshadowed twice: 1- when sam had a premonition of "awful wings" on the mountain top. (chapter 4) 2- raph was exploring the island when they went to castle rock and had a pormotion of "bat's wings" flittering when he saw the boulder. (chapter 6)
* Sam and Eric are forced to join Jack's tribe. they give in. (shows weakness)
* Ralk is on his own.
Chapter12:
*Jack wants to haunt down Raplh.
* the twins (san and eric) say they will help Ralph, but they tel Jack where he's hiding.
* jack sets fire to the jungle and most of the island is in flames.
* Ralph runs out to the beach and finds a naval officer.
* If Ralph was not saved, the boys would have treated him like a pig- Roasted and his head on a stick in the ground.
* Jack cries at the end. this washes off his face paint and he is brought back to reality.
* at the end, the island is scorched by the fire.
IRONY: Method use to try to kill Ralph is what saved the boys.
* Jack and ralph fight --> struggle between savagery and civilization
* Roger pushes a huge boulder which lands on piggy and the conch (intentional). Both good symbols are destroyed at the same time. his body is thrown in the sea.
* Contrast: at the beginning, Roger was unable to throw rocks at the littluns. now he is able to use a rock to kill.
* Piggy's death was foreshadowed twice: 1- when sam had a premonition of "awful wings" on the mountain top. (chapter 4) 2- raph was exploring the island when they went to castle rock and had a pormotion of "bat's wings" flittering when he saw the boulder. (chapter 6)
* Sam and Eric are forced to join Jack's tribe. they give in. (shows weakness)
* Ralk is on his own.
Chapter12:
*Jack wants to haunt down Raplh.
* the twins (san and eric) say they will help Ralph, but they tel Jack where he's hiding.
* jack sets fire to the jungle and most of the island is in flames.
* Ralph runs out to the beach and finds a naval officer.
* If Ralph was not saved, the boys would have treated him like a pig- Roasted and his head on a stick in the ground.
* Jack cries at the end. this washes off his face paint and he is brought back to reality.
* at the end, the island is scorched by the fire.
IRONY: Method use to try to kill Ralph is what saved the boys.