| What does Ralph long for? | a bath. |
| What distracts the boys from the search for the Beast? | “Castle Rock” |
| What does Ralph daydream about? | About going home to a nice warm, clean bed, with books to read. |
| When the boar charges, what does Ralph do? | Hits it with his spear. |
| Who volunteers to go alone through the jungle to tell Piggy the boys will return after dark? | Simon |
| What do Ralph, Jack and Roger find when they get to the top of the mountain? | They find the dead body of the pilot. His parachute lines are tangled around rocks, which causes it to move when the wind blows. They believe its the beastie. |
| When Ralph gets caught up in the pig hunt, what does his reaction tell you about him? | That he has lost his innocence and become like the rest; a savage. |
| Simon says twice to Ralph, “You’ll get back all right.” Is there a reason he singles Ralph out, rather than saying: “We’ll all get back all right”? | He may be singling Ralph out because Ralph is especially tense at this point and he wants to calm his fears. It is possibly foreshadowing as well. |
| At this point, what contrast is presented by Ralph’s daydream? | It serves to contrast the warmth and security of what was with his present predicament: innocence of his past confronts the ugliness of his present. |
| How does Ralph get caught up in the desire to injure and kill? | After Ralph hits the pig with a spear, he decided that hunting is good and feels like it made him more of a man. |
| Why is it especially horrific and savage when Robert says, “You want a real pig… because you’ve got to kill him” and Jack replies, “Use a littleun”? | Although said as a joke at which everyone laughs, the idea is very primitive, reminiscent of a human sacrifice. |
| Later, Ralph asks Jack why Jack hates him. Why does he? | Jack resents that Ralph is the leader because he wants to be. |
| How does Chapter Seven end? | The three boys see the beast, drop their sticks, and run off the mountain. |
| Why do you suppose the author lets the reader know at the outset that it is the pilot and his parachute, not a beast that the boys find? Would there not have been greater suspense if the reader knew no more than the boys? | The chapter might have been more suspenseful if the reader did not know: in knowing, however, the reader focuses attention on the boys reactions. |
Lord of the Flies – Chapter 7
February 12, 2020