Lord of the Flies: Chapter 11 and 12

My Journal Entry for Chapter 11:
Three details of the story

• Piggy needs his glasses to see. So he, Ralph, Eric, and Sam go to confront Jack. The hunters are not very welcoming and very violent fight break out.
• The hunters roll a rock down the hill and it strikes the blind, defenseless Piggy. Piggy falls off the cliff and dies. This is the second murder on the island.
• When Ralph goes to confront Jack, there are four boys and a conch, but only Ralph returns. The conch breaks. Piggy is murdered. And Sam and Eric join Jack's tribe.

Two events that I found interesting

• Piggy was so scared without his glasses. He was blind, yet he was the only one who could truly see. He saw more then the others. He knew that they were doing this the wrong way and that something bad was going to happen. The only voice of reason is now dead.
• Ralph was not being very smart by constantly challenging Jack's authority. I would say that all of this could have been avoided, but Jack was so wild, that I do not know.

One question that I have for one of the characters

• Jack has gone completely wild. He wants complete control. I want to ask him why he did not just steal the fire, instead of stealing Piggy's glasses.

My Journal Entry for Chapter 12:

Three details of the story

• Sam and Eric (now a part of Jack's tribe) warned Ralph that he was going to be hunted by the hunters.
• Ralph runs and runs away from the hunters. He almost dies many times. He has to think fast or he will die. The hunters have spears, fire, and smoke. All he has is a small stick.
• Ralph and some other finally get rescued when an officer sees the hunters smoke. The ship comes to save them.

Two events that I found interesting

• Ralph splits the Lord of the Flies into two, even though he is captivated by its similarity to the conch.
• Ralph was right all along. It was the smoke that saved them, and that is really the only reason that Ralph is still alive.

One question that I have for one of the characters

• The officer who found the boys was deeply disturbed. These British boys lost all of their civility when left alone on an island. I want to ask the officer what was going on in his head when he first saw Ralph.

We have all wondered what would happen if you left a bunch of boys stranded on an island without rules and without adults. William Golding gave us his thoughts on just that. We see the boys slowly turn from proper British boys to wild animals. I learned about the importance of rules and authority.