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7) As Simon finds his way to the party, what becomes of him? How is this possible?

The boys are in a frenzy while doing their hunting dance and chant. They see a

“thing” crawling out of the woods and decide that it’s the beast. They bite and

beat him to death.

8) The thunderstorm and ensuing winds carry the “parachute man” out to sea. What

effect do you think this might have on the story?

This will probably have the effect that the boys will figure out that the “beast” is

gone all of a sudden. They no longer have anything physical to blame for the

beast, especially now that they have also killed Simon.

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9) What does the narrator mean to suggest when he says, “Memory of the dance that

none of them had attended shook all four boys convulsively”?

Ralph, Piggy and SamnEric all deny participating (or even attending) the feast

where Simon was killed. Yet they were all there and witnessed (even participated

in) his terrible death, and now they all feel guilty for it.

10) How do the biguns seem to define a “proper chief”? What does this criterion

suggest about human psychology?

Robert and Roger call Jack a “proper chief” because he has devised a way to

protect themselves on the Castle Rock (having guards and the big stone they can

roll onto an enemy). This tells us that people crave security, even when it comes

in violent forms.

11) What does Jack do that causes Roger to have doubts about his leadership?

He ties up Wilfred to beat him for no reason. Roger thinks that this is n

irresponsible display of authority.

12) What feelings and beliefs do Jack’s biguns have about what happened the night

before at the feast? Can you explain why they did what they did? Consider the

significance of the quotes below, especially the second one.

 “But didn’t we, didn’t we—” “No!”

 “How could we—kill—it?”

 “Each savage flinched away from his individual memory.”

 “I expect the beast disguised itself.”

Most of the biguns understand that what they did (killing Simon) was

wrong. They try to justify it by saying that Simon was an “it” and that they

rid the island of the beast because Simon was just the beast in disguise.

They killed him because their group mentality allowed them to become

insane with lust for blood.

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