Lord of the Flies: Ch. 10 Common Core Questions

1. Ralph knows that during the incident they ultimately killed Simon. However, Piggy wants Ralph's knowledge of this to be unspoken of. "'That was murder.' 'You stop it!' said Piggy, shrilly. 'What good're you doing talking like that?'" (Golding 156). Piggy states that during the incident, he and Ralph were outside of the circle that was tormenting Simon and that it was all just an accident. "'It was an accident,' said Piggy suddenly, 'that's what it was. An accident.'" (Golding 157). Samneric describe the incident as a "dance" or "feast" and that they had left the dance early and got lost. "'Yes. We were very tired,' repeated Sam, 'so we left early. Was it a good-' '-dance?'" (Golding 158).

2. Ralph describes Simon's death as murder and suggests that maybe Simon was only pretending and can be still alive. "'Piggy.' 'Uh?' 'That was Simon.' 'You said that before.' 'Piggy.' 'Uh.' 'That was murder.'" (Golding 156). Jack insists that Simon was the beast in disguise and that the beast is still somewhere on the island. "'-and then, the beast, might try to come in. You remember how he crawled-'...'He came disguised. He may come again even though we gave him the head of our kill to eat. So watch, and be careful.'" (Golding 160).

3. Based on his order to have Wilfred beaten, we can conclude that Jack's power has deprived him of his morality. "The chief was sitting there, naked to the waist, his face blocked out in white and red. The tribe lay in a semicircle before him. The newly beaten and untied Wilfred was sniffling noisily in the background." (Golding 160). Within Jack's group, Jack is ultimately the dictator and his followers obey him out of fear, not respect because of the terror and violence he instills in them. "Half-relieved, half daunted by the implication of further terrors, the savages murmured again." (Golding 161).

Script:
Piggy: "Ralph! Ralph! Where are you? I.. I can't see.." *loses his glasses & has asthma attack
Ralph: "Maybe this is just in my nightmare." *hit by one of the boys
Sam: *stuck in the destroyed huts by himself
Eric: *beat up & attacked by Ralph
Jack: "Where are- wait, I found them! Shh, let's go!" *invades Ralph's area, steals Piggy'ss glasses, leads the boys in attacking the others
Roger: "Jack, have you found them?!" *follows in Jack's footsteps, attacks other boys