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=Lord of the Flies=

Steph - Black Jocelyn - Teal Blaine - Pink Shelby - Lime Green Mikki - Purple Nicki - Orange Brooke - Red Brandi - Yellow Cassie - Light Blue Heather - Dark Green



Chapter 1: It starts out with a fair haired boy and a fat boy. They both seem confused and are seemingly the only two people around. They try to crawl out of the 'creepers' which are what I think are weeds and brush. The fat boy tries to talk to the fair headed boy and asks his name. The fairharassed boy is Ralph. He doesn't seem interested in the fat boy. After a time of them climbing around, you find out the fat boys name is Piggy. (he was called that in school). Ralph finds a conch shell and Piggy tells him to blow into it because it will make noise.Ralph does so ana soon he and Piggy see more boys coming to the noise the conch made. After everyone is assembled on the 'platform' the kids vote on a leader and choose Ralph. Much to piggys dismay, Ralph doesn't choose piggy to explore te island with him. Instead, he brings Jack and Simon. The three of them travel around the islandhand up the mountain to make sure they are on an island. (Jocelyn)

Ralph and Piggy find a chonch and use it to call the rest of the boys which they just assumed were there to platform. Ralph is chosen to be the leader. Ralph, the choir leader and the choir boy that passed out explore the island and conclude that it is infact an island. As i was reading the section about the conch it made me compare it with spongebob squarepants.In the book the boys used the conch to call out to the other boys and to try and find help. Once all the boys were then together they tried to figure out hoe to survive even with out any adults around. IS piggy suppose to symbolize something special in the book. Because it seems that he is the ud of everyones jokes and everyone makes fun of him. They see this poor kid as a weak link and chose to exploit him.

====Chapter 2- Basically the boys talk about how they are going to survive on the island. They create their own rules and choose group leaders. Jack is the leader of the boys in the choir and Ralph is the leader for the remaining boys. The boys explore the island and then decide to make a fire so if a ship is in the nearby ocean, they will be rescued. The boys collect fruit for food. At the end of the chapter, the boys notice that the tiny boy with the scar/mark on his face has disappeared. This is the same boy who claimed that there were huge snakes on the island… now the boys think he might have been eaten by these snakes. (Steph)====

Ralph sets ground rules and a six-year-old complains of creepy snakes at night. Ralph assures them there are no snakes. They go back up to the top of the mountain to set a signal fire to be rescued. Piggy complains about everyone being so childish. They set fire to trees and one kid goes missing but they act like they don't know anything about it. These kids are acting so weird. They seem to be having little groups with in all the children. I thought it was so dumb to set fire to the trees. I think a lot of the things that they do in this book are dumb. They are definietly a group of ultra annoying kids. What the heck? I fell that Ralph is also quite an annoying character. He needs to be a leader if that is what he wants to be (Brandi) I feel as if they are acting childish because THEY ARE children. Ralph is only 12 years old and he's the oldest. I foudn it wierd that all the children in this book were so young. they made the best decisions they thought were possible but they could have made better ones in myopinion

====Chapter 3- Jack failed at pig hunting again. The boys are trying to build shelters but only Ralph and Simon are helping build them. Jack is absolutely determined to kill a pig for meat while Ralph is more focused on being rescued. (Steph)====

Jack is getting a little obnoxious with this pig obsession. Is this suppose to mean somethig about his character other than the fact that he is crazy> It just seems that it is focused on way too much. (Brandi) Due to the fact that Jack had failed to kill a pig in the first chapter, he is now deteremined to catch and kill one for food. Ralph and Simon are making huts for shelter. Ralph is complaining about the other boys not doing any work and is frustrated with them. Jack and Ralph become hostile. Simon finds a jungle "paradise"

====Chapter 4- The boys are finally getting used to life on the island. They know what usually happens in the morning, afternoon and then the evening hours. Jack finally succeeded in killing a pig but while he was out hunting, since he took all of his men with him, he failed at keeping the fire going. There was a ship in the ocean but since the boys had no fire, they couldn’t be seen/rescued. That night the boys cooked the pig meat over the fire. At the end of the chapter, Ralph calls a random meeting which is strange because it was dark out and he didn’t give any warnings, just said he was calling a meeting. (Steph)====

Does Jack even want off the island? I think he enjoys acting like a savage too much and thats why he neglects his responsablity to keep the fire going. (Cassie) I agree with you cassie. I can see where you get off saying that maybe he really doesn't want to leave the island. I think he enjoys the thought of trying to survive.

I seriously think that jack just doesn't care about anyone but himself and killing pigs. (Brandi)

====Chapter 5- The meeting that Ralph called was greatly needed. He takes charge and explains rules and how things need to be done in order to survive on the island. The boys are still afraid of the “beast” thing that supposedly lives in the sea. Basically Jack is jealous of Ralph but all of the hunters listen to Jack. Ralph is still chief but Jack isn’t making his job easier. (Steph)====

the boys weren't using the designated toilet area. EW! so where were they going then????? Thats a scarey thought! (Brandi)
====Chapter 6- The twins saw the beast! They described it as furry with wings, teeth and claws. Ralph and Jack and the bigger kids are going to go hunt the beast. The boys are going to move their camp because of where the fire is. Where they are camped now, you cannot see their smoke signal. (Steph)====

====Chapter 7- The boys are going hunting for the beast and they get side-tracked and hunt for a pig instead. While hunting/attacking this pig, Jack’s arm gets cut by the boar’s tusks but it’s not very deep. Simon went back to the original campsite where Piggy was babysitting the little kids and told him the older boys would be back late. Roger, Jack and Ralph climbed the mountain and saw the beast for himself. (Steph)====

====Chapter 8- Jack is leaving the group and going off on his own. Jack wants to be chief but Ralph won’t back down. Simon thinks everybody should climb the mountain where the beast is. Jack and a few of his hunters go off on their own and start their own tribe. They managed to kill another pig but left the head for the beast on top of the mountain. At the end, Simon was hallucinating and he was “talking to the beast.” (Steph)====

Chapter 9- Simon was killed… (Steph)
Was simon killed on accident or on purpose? I am so confused. (Cassie)

I think they killed him on purpose. (Brandi)

====Chapter 10- Jack and his savage tribe ambushed the original campsite with Ralph, Piggy, Sam and Eric. They stole Piggy’s glasses so that they could make their own fire on the other side of the island. (Steph)====

Chapter 11- The savage tribe killed Piggy. Ralph is now injured and alone. The tribe also captured Sam and Eric and made them become a part of Jack’s tribe. (Steph)
==== i do not understand jacks total hatred for ralph. he is willing to do anything to get raplh and to kill him. is it because he wanted to be the chief that bad? or is there an underlying meaning to his hatred? ==== ====Chapter 12- Ralph is on his own and the tribe is not going to stop until they kill him. The boys are literally hunting/tracking Ralph every day, scanning the entire island, until they find and kill him. There was a crazy chase down the beach with multiple boys injured. Ralph woke up and found a naval officer standing over him, waiting to take him home. Ralph has to explain to the officer that two of the boys died on the island. In the end, everyone was rescued. (Steph)==== ==== I feel as though when they were rescued, all the murder "charges" were just tossed away because "boys will be boys" but jack and roger and their tribe killed simon and piggy in a horrific way, and hunted ralph in that same way. they became savages and murdered two innocent boys. i totally dont understand it. (joce) ====

==== I don't understand why the charges were dropped. Jack and his tribe killed both piggy and simon. Also all the boys in Jacks tribed witnessed him torturing the twins and many officers. When the naval officer showed up he also witnessed the boys hunting and trying to kill Ralph. (Cassie) ====