the first meeting

Question 1

‘I don’t care what you call me so long as it’s not what they used to call me in school…They used to call me Piggy!’ - piggy

Answer 1

Piggy talking to Ralph, establishes the way his peers see him- his ‘type’. Irony as best=pig, most rational person. First betrayal of Ralph and the connection of childhood and old life vs. ‘used’= intelligence, knows they aren’t going back.

Question 1

‘He shouted an order and they halted’ - jack

Answer 1

Military discipline. representation of Hitler= Jack, Nazis=choir? become corrupt, vicious tyrants. Funny image of little boys halting, it’s like they are playing

Question 2

‘Ralph shaded his eyes and followed the jagged outline of the crags upwards the mountain’ - ralph

Answer 2

sharp and scary foreshadowing. Climbed to find the truth, major feature= holy places.

Question 3

‘because of the enormity of the knife descending…the unbearable blood.’ - jack

Answer 3

the fear of murder from Jack. Extreme, changes completely.

Question 4

‘…the shell was deep cream, touched here and there with a fading pink’ - piggy/ralph

Answer 4

Piggy notices the value, democracy. Ralph notices the beauty vs. Piggy notices the practical use.