Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain 1. What rule do the boys make about the conch? ______2. Why doesn’t anybody know where the boys are, according to Piggy? ______3. How does the talk of “beasties” affect the boys? ______4. Ralph claims that the boys have two goals. What are these goals? ______5. Lord of the Flies Journal “Ralph was annoyed and, for the moment, defeated. He felt himself facing something ungraspable. The eyes that looked so intently at him were without humor.” (p. 37) What is the significance/importance of the above quotation? Explain. What may this be a foreshadowing of? Why do you think Ralph feel defeated? Explain. ______6. How does the group react to Ralph suggestion that they build a fire? ______7. How does Piggy describe the group’s actions? ______8. Lord of the Flies Journal “Ralph!” Hey! Where are you going?” Ralph was already clambering over the first smashed swathes of the scar. A long way ahead of him was crashing and laughter. Piggy watched him in disgust. “Like a crowd of kids –“ He sighed, bent, and laced up his shoes. The noise of the errant assembly faded up the mountain. Then, with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless embullience of the children, he picked up the conch, turned toward the forest, and began to pick his way over the tumbled scar.” (p. 38) What does Piggy mean? How is he different from the other boys? Explain. ______9. How do the boys manage to start a fire? ______10. What responsibility does Jack take on for the choir? ______11. Lord of the Flies Journal “We ought to have more rules. Where the conch is, that’s a meeting. The same up here as down there. (…) “I agree with Ralph. We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best everything. So we’ve got to do the right things.” (p. 42) What is Piggy saying? Predict if his suggestion will work out. Why do you think rules are associated with doing the right things? What happens without rules? Why? Explain. ______12. What is personification? What is personified on page 44? Give specific examples. ______13. Lord of the Flies Journal “Oh, shut up!” “I got the conch,” said Piggy, in a hurt voice. “I got a right to speak. They looked at him with eyes that lacked interest in what they saw, and cocked ears at the drum-roll of the fire. Piggy glanced nervously into hell and cradles the conch.” (p. 44) How is the boys’ behavior changing? Predict what may happen. Why did the author choose the word “hell”? Explain. ______14. What sensible things does Piggy say? Why don't Ralph and Jack like him? ______15. Complete the quote: "How can you expect to be rescued____proper?" Explain. ______16. What happens to the island as a result of the fire the boys start? ______17. Who is missing from the group? ______

18. Which should the boys have done first? Shelters or the fire? Explain your answer. What would you have done? ______