Chap. 6 Reading Guide. Lord of the Flies

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Chap. 6 Reading Guide. Lord of the Flies

1. Why do the twins assume that the dead parachutist is the beast?

They were half asleep, it was dark, and they were expecting to see a beast because of the conversation at the assembly.

1. What is Jack’s reaction to the news of the beast? Why does he react this way?

He is very excited because he is obsessed with hunting. He wants to hunt the beast.

1. As the biguns, except for Piggy, set out to find the beast, what image of the beast forms in Simon’s mind? What does this image mean?

Simon saw a human in his mind, both heroic and sick. He said it is the evil inside of us.pg103

1. What does Jack say the new place he and Ralph have just explored would be a good place for? How does he suggest it could be defended?pg104-105

Castle Rock it is a small rock that juts out to a bigger rock. He said it is a good place for survival, protection or fort from being attacked by the beast. He needs a lever to move the rocks down on the enemy.

1. When Jack and the others roll a rock into the sea, what is Ralph’s reaction? Pg107

He screams at them to stop, and then he yells “smoke” the fire is out again.

1. After various protests from the boys, what does Ralph insist upon? Why?

Going back to make a fire, to the shelters and get water and food.This is so he stays in charge and they get rescued.

1. Ralph wishes for a message from the grownups. The parachutist could be such a message. Why could the arrival of the figure have suggested something positive to the boys?

It means that there are actually some adults not that far away from them. There may be hope to be rescued.

1. What is ironic about the twins’ declaration that it was the beast?

They finally got the adult that they want, but he is dead and the world is still at war.

1. Why are the boys so ready to accept the idea that the parachutist is the beast?

They are too scared to even look at him, and the boys are becoming more and more uncivilized.

1. Simon does not believe in the beast. Why not? Is his disbelief reasonable? Why, or why not?

Simon is a thinker and he knows that there is nothing on the island with them. Between him and Jack the island has been explored all over.

1. Why do the boys need a fort? What would it defend them from?

They do not need a fort.It would only defend them from each other.