Thursday, February 7, 2013

Lord of the Flies: Chapter 2 Summary

The boys arrive to the island and realize there is no adults there, so they have to look after themselves. Jack reminds Ralph of the pig they found trapped in the vines in the jungle, and Ralph agrees that they will need hunters to kill animals for meat. Ralph says that, at meetings, the conch shell will be used to determine which boy has the right to speak. Whoever holds the conch shell will speak, and the others will listens until they receive the shell in their turn. Piggy yells about the fact that no one knows they have crashed on the island and that they could be stuck there for a long time. A long period is too harrowing for many of the boys, and the entire group becomes silent and scared. One of the younger children, claims that he saw a “beast” or monster the night before. The older boys try to reassure the group that there is no monster. The boys collect a lot of dead wood and use the lenses from Piggy’s glasses to focus the sunlight and set the wood on fire. The same boy who told them about the beast, said that is was playing over by the fire and now its missing.


 -Kara Grandison

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