Why is Jack unable to kill the pig at the end of Chapter One? Jack could not bear with himself killing the pig. He was afraid of all the blood that would appear when stabbing the pig.

The scar is the damage done to the jungle by the plane wreckage. It serves as a reminder of the boys’ forced presence on the island, as their crash has permanently changed the appearance of the island. It serves as a symbol for evil as well.

The “scar” that is repeatedly mentioned throughout the book Lord of the Flies is a giant gash that has been torn from the forest.

On a very basic level, the scar is the path that the boys’ wrecked plane has cut across the island. Literally, it is the plane’s crash site. As chapter one begins, we meet our protagonist, Ralph, and the novel describes the scene as follows: ‘All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat.

The first reference to the scar is found at the beginning of chapter one when Ralph is introduced as “the boy with fair hair”: All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat. The scar is quite extensive, and the word “smashed” indicates a violent encounter that caused damage.

Piggy was the most rational and always thought things out before his glasses were broken. His glasses not only gave him the ability to see, but they gave him the ability to reason. When Jack stole his glasses, Piggy became unreasonable. He wanted to confront Jack and ask for his specs back because ‘it wasn’t right’.

Taking the glasses was Jack’s tribe’s way of taking control over Ralph’s group. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Piggy’s glasses were stolen so that Jack’s boys could continue to make and control the fire. (They used the glasses in combination with the sun to start a small fire.)

Ralph and Piggy have just blamed Jack for letting the signal fire go out, eliminating any chance of their being seen by the passing ship. Here, Jack, feeling frustrated by his power struggle with Ralph, takes it out on Piggy, breaking one of the lenses of Piggy’s glasses.

His last words are, “Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?” Piggy has represented the thinker, the intellect, throughout the story.

Jack is furious, and yells at Simon to “Eat! Damn you!” He basically realizes he has no power over the boys unless they eat the meat he got for them all. The hunters describe their kill again in gory detail, and continue their chant of “Kill the pig.

” Chapter 10, pg. 151 In the ensuing scuffle, Piggy’s glasses are stolen.

Back at Ralph’s camp, the boys decide to let the fire die for the night rather than collect more wood in the dark. Because Jack and his raiders can’t steal burning branches, they attack Ralph’s group and steal Piggy’s glasses.

Ralph and Jack engage in a fight which neither wins before Piggy tries once more to address the tribe. Any sense of order or safety is permanently eroded when Roger, now sadistic, deliberately drops a boulder from his vantage point above, killing Piggy and shattering the conch.

The fire symbolized hope and there was something good about a fire. What didn’t the hunters steal the conch? They wanted the glasses to start the fire and to cook their meat.

Since Ralph says this quote, he believes that the fire keeps themselves from losing morals and humanity, and therefore he tries not to lose the fire around him.

Lord of the Flies chapter 10

In Chapter 10, Jack and his hunters attack Ralph’s camp and steal Piggy’s glasses because they need to start a fire in order to cook pig meat. Jack’s main concern is retrieving Piggy’s glasses to light the fire, and he has no use for the conch. Symbolically, the conch represents order and civilization.

Roger kills Piggy because he can, and he has realized that no one on the island can or will limit his cruelty.

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They are hostile and throw stones to scare the twins. Jack tells them to go back to their side of the island. when Ralph calls them a thief for stealing Piggy’s glasses what are their reactions? Jack orders his tribe to grab Samneric and tie them up.

Jack’s savages then capture Samneric and he begins to prod them with his spear. As Jack threatens Samneric, Roger walks towards them “wielding a nameless authority.” Overall, Piggy dies after being struck by a massive boulder and Samneric are both captured and tortured by Jack’s savages in chapter eleven.

Ralph, who hears the rock falling, dives and dodges it. But the boulder strikes Piggy, shatters the conch shell he is holding, and knocks him off the mountainside to his death on the rocks below.

Piggy is killed by the boulder that Roger rolls down the side of the hill. In line with his non-athletic nature, Piggy is unable to escape the rock and is struck down, and rolls off the side of the mountain. His body floats away from the savagery of the island to the peace of the sea.

The death of Piggy not only symbolizes the complete destruction of civility and rationality on the island, but means Ralph is on his own to contend with Jack and his barbaric tribe.

The significance of the stick sharpened at both ends mentioned by Sam ‘n Eric is that Jack intends to put Ralph’s head on a stick. The fact that Ralph is carrying a stick sharpened at both ends at the end of the novel symbolises his complete descent into savagery.

Piggy, squinting and barely able to see, suggests that Ralph hold a meeting to discuss their options. Ralph blows the conch shell, and the boys who have not gone to join Jack’s tribe assemble on the beach. They decide that their only choice is to travel to the Castle Rock to make Jack and his followers see reason.

By William Golding. Piggy wants to go to Jack and the others and insist that they give his glasses back, because it’s the right and reasonable thing to do. Ralph thinks this is going to work just about as well as we do, but he agrees to try.

Firstly, he changes his story about what happened to Simon: “What’s grown ups goin’ to think? Young Simon was murdered. And there was that other kid what had a mark on his face.

Jack’s reaction to Piggy’s death is non existent and he shows little to no remorse at all. He isn’t saddened or even shocked by the death, instead he screams at Ralph saying he will get the same. This reaction shows us that Jack has turned complete savage and any shred of civilisation has been lost entirely.