| How are ralph and piggy different? | Ralph- natural born leaderPiggy- learning how to be a leader |
| Why are we not given their names first? | We are given the imagery first so we can form our own thoughts about the character |
| How does the language in the first few paragraphs hint at the strangeness and terror if the island? | It shows little they know about the island and how the unknown is scary |
| What hints are we given about what has happened to the boys? | We are given clues that they were in a plane wreck through the distroughtness and how the boys are scattered all over the “island” |
| What is the “scar” that is often mentioned at the beginning of this chapter? | Where the plane landed on the island |
| Who makes the first leadership decisions and what are they? | Piggy |
| Between ralph and piggy, who is clever? | Piggy is clever because he gives the ideas. |
| What are your first impressions of jack | My first impression of jack is that he is cocky, strong willed, scary, confident, full of himself, scary, all talk, strict, skinny, red haired, |
| Why doesn’t piggy ask for the names of the choirboys? | Jack already knows all there names. He’s afraid of them because there all dressed up and marching in formation. |
| What are jacks reasons for why he should be chief? Do you think these are valid reasons? | … |
| Why do you think piggy is not considered to be chief? | … |
| What reasons are given for why he should be chief? Do you think that these are valid reasons? | … |
| Why do you think piggy is not considered to be chief? | … |
| What reasons are given for why ralph is voted chief? Do you think that this is a good choice? | … |
| Why isnt piggy the leader | Because of his appearance. Piggy doesn’t look like a leader |
| Which word tells us that although piggy voted for ralph, he didn’t really want to? Why might this be? | … |
| How does ralph show leadership skills once he has bean made chief? | … |
| Why is jack unable to stab the piglet? | -He was looking for a place to stab it.-He is a coward -If you kill a pig you kill a human there both flesh.-Unbearable blood-The minute he stabs it they have crossed the line from society to savagy |
Lord of the flies- chapter 1 review questions
February 10, 2020