LITERATURE - COMPONENT 2

Question 1

What is the beast a symbol of

Answer 1

Jack’s growing power

Question 2

How does the beast progress

Answer 2

diminutive ‘beastie’, ‘a snake-thing’ to ‘beast’

Question 3

When is Simon mistaken for the beast - foreshadowing his death

Answer 3

Chapter 5

Question 4

How is the parachutist described

Answer 4

‘bulged’

Question 5

How does Jack respond to the beast

Answer 5

‘if there was a snake we’d hunt and kill it’ - exploits the litte’uns fear so they are dependant on his protection

Question 6

What is the beast a catalyst for

Answer 6

Jack and Ralph’s rivalry

Question 7

How does Ralph respond to the beast

Answer 7

‘there isn’t a beast’ - tactical error

Question 8

How does Simon respond to the beast

Answer 8

‘maybe it’s only us’

Question 9

How does Piggy respond to the beast

Answer 9

‘unless we get frightened of people’

Question 10

How is Simon’s weirdness described

Answer 10

‘skinny’ ‘queer’, ‘funny’, ‘cracked’ + HAS EPILEPSEY

Question 11

Chapter 6 - Simon talking about the beast

Answer 11

‘I don’t beleive in the beast’ - short sentense

Question 12

How is the boys killing of Simon ironic

Answer 12

The boys fear of the beast casue them to kill the person who tells them the beast isn’t real

Question 13

Simon’s kindness - Chapter 3

Answer 13

‘Simon found the fruit they could not reach’

Question 14

Ralph’s admiration of the conch

Answer 14

‘affectionate reverence for the conch’

Question 15

Difference between Jack and Piggy with the conch

Answer 15

Piggy knows how to use it and Jack abuses it

Question 16

Conch apperance progression

Answer 16

‘glistening’ and ‘deep cream’ to ‘bleached’

Question 17

Emphasise on conch’s fragility

Answer 17

‘fragile, shining beauty’

Question 18

Segregation of the sea

Answer 18

‘the barrier’ and ‘the divider’ - seperates the boys for civilisation

Question 19

Nature of the sea

Answer 19

‘sharks waited’ and the current ‘flowing backwards’

Question 20

Ralph’s final weeping cries

Answer 20

‘darkness of man’s heart’ and ‘wept for the end of innocence’

Question 21

Ralph’s immediate mistake talking to Jack and the choir boys

Answer 21

‘the choir belons to you of course’

Question 22

Ralph being a figure of original sin

Answer 22

• Ralph got carried away by a sudden thick excietement’

Question 23

Piggy’s physical weaknesses

Answer 23

‘asthma’, ‘very fat’, ‘em’, ‘ought’

Question 24

Who is the outsider

Answer 24

Piggy

Question 25

Chapter 5 - Piggy's intelligence

Answer 25

'Piggy for all his ludicrous body had brains'

Question 26

Piggy's vlaues for civilisation, and decorum

Answer 26

'What's grown ups goin' think' and reffering to SImon's death as an 'accident'

Question 27

Ralph getting carried away by hunting in Chapter 7

Answer 27

'The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering'

Question 28

Chanting in Chapter 7

Answer 28

'The chant rose ritually'

Question 29

Sow being hunted

Answer 29

'gasping' 'staggered' 'blundered'

Question 30

Why is the fire paradoxical

Answer 30

Promises both safety and danger

Question 31

Relationship between nature and man

Answer 31

Nature dominates man

Question 32

Ralph talking about rules, and Jack's response

Answer 32

'the rules are the only thing we've got' 'bollocks to the rules'

Question 33

Ralph if no one comes back to the conch

Answer 33

'we'll be like animals'

Question 34

Chapter 1 - first intorudction of Jack

Answer 34

'Snake clasp belt'

Question 35

Some boys on the island - chapter 1

Answer 35

'some half-naked' - some already descended

Question 36

Beast talking to Simon

Answer 36

'I'm part of you' + promises 'fun' (foreshadowing his death)

Question 37

What is the pig's head a physical manifestation of

Answer 37

The beast within the boys

Question 38

'Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood'

Answer 38

* Monosallabic primitive chant * Basic agressive, violent verbs

Question 39

Irony of Jack's savagery claim

Answer 39

'After all, we're not savages'

Question 40

What is the island a microcosm of

Answer 40

Society

Question 41

Jack taking Piggy's glasses

Answer 41

'snatched the glasses off his face' - violent verb

Question 42

Degration of how the tribe adress Jack

Answer 42

* End of Chapter 11, known as 'cheif' * Loss of identity of Jack Merridew

Question 43

Jack's first words being intereogative

Answer 43

'where's the man with the trumpet'

Question 44

Power of the mask - Chapter 4

Answer 44

'the mask compelled them' and the mask allowed Jack to be 'liberated from shame'

Question 45

Degradtion of laughter

Answer 45

'laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling'

Question 46

Roger still being constrained by civilisation

Answer 46

'invisible yet strong was the taboo of the old life' and 'roger's arm was conditioned by a civilisation'

Question 47

Predatory nature of the choir

Answer 47

'circling'

Question 48

Chant of the tribe - Chapter 9

Answer 48

'began to beat like a steady pulse'

Question 49

Pig's being described

Answer 49

'bloated bags of fat' , 'unsuspicious', noun phrase of 'maternal bliss'

Question 50

Superlative of Jack hunting

Answer 50

'largest sow'

Question 51

Chapter 8 - Jack twisting Ralph's words

Answer 51

'Ralph thinks you're cowards'

Question 52

What was created on the island when the boys first landed

Answer 52

A scar

Question 53

Change in how nature is viewed

Answer 53

'enchantment' and 'paradise' to 'impossible jungle'

Question 54

Form of the novel Jekyll and Hyde

Answer 54

Epistolary

Question 55

Form of Jekyll and Hyde

Answer 55

Epistolary

Question 56

Form of Jekyll and Hyde

Answer 56

Epistolary

Question 57

Description of Jekyll transforming in front of Lanyon

Answer 57

* reeled * staggered * clutched * gasping with an open mouth * mind submerged in terror * Lanyon repeatidly cries 'oh god'

Question 58

Murder of Carew quotes

Answer 58

* Great flame of anger * broke out of all bounds * ape-like fury * bones were audibly shattered * clubbed him to the eart * like a madman