Chapter 2 Flashcards
(16 cards)
How does the conch symbolise democracy?
Because only the person holding the conch can speak, Ralph will give the conch to whoever wants to speak and then they’ll be heard.
What are the littl’uns worried about?
“Snake-thing” “beastie”
What are their two goals?
“We want to have fun and we want to be rescued”
What do they do when Ralph mentions a fire?
They all run off to build one except Piggy “acting like a crowd of kids!”
Is democracy working?
No, because they left ‘the conch forgotten’
Who helps the kids with the mulberry coloured mark?
Piggy “let him have the conch!”
This shows that Piggy is compassionate
How do they make a fire?
Using Piggy’s glasses on logs and dried leaves. “Jack snatched the glasses off his face”
Who takes responsibility for looking for ships and keeping the fire going?
Jack and the choir boys
What happened to the fire?
It went out of control “now you been and set the whole island on fire” the burning part was called ‘hell’
The fire burns a forest and kills a littl’un
Who went missing?
The little boy with the mulberry coloured mark
What is Jack focused on?
Killing a pig
“We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages!” Who says this?
Jack
“_____ slammed his _____ into a truck and looked at them _________.
Jack, knife, challengingly
“We’ll have _____!” He cried excitedly “_____ of _____! Then when anyone _____ ‘em”
Who says this? What does it tell us about them
Rules, lots, rules, breaks
Jack
Already thinks about hurting others and enforcing things
What does Piggy keep repeating?
“I got the conch, I got a right to speak.”
Who says this?
“How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper?”
Piggy
