Table of Contents
- 1 What happens during the frenzy of the dance?
- 2 Why was Simon mistaken for the beast?
- 3 What tragic mistake is made in the frenzy?
- 4 Who is responsible for Piggy’s death?
- 5 What is the scenery in Lord of the Flies?
- 6 What disturbing thing do the group of hunters and Ralph do immediately after their encounter with the pig?
What happens during the frenzy of the dance?
What happens in the frenzy of the dance? Ralph and Piggy feel uncomfortable and leave. Piggy gets trampled. The boys kill Simon when he comes out of the forest.
What reason does Piggy give for going to Jack’s feast?
Why do Ralph and Piggy decide to attend Jack’s feast? They want to keep some control over the events. Why does Ralph remind Jack’s followers that they don’t have shelters? It begins to rain and they are scared of lightning.
Why was Simon mistaken for the beast?
Why was Simon mistaken for the beast? He saw the only evil on the island was inside the boys themselves. When Simon sees the dead pilot he knew that, on a literal sense, he was the creature the boys mistook for the beast.
What comes out of the darkness of the forest what happens afterward?
What comes out of the darkness of the forest? What happens? The chanting, hysterical boys call the body that stumbles out of the forest the beast, but it is really Simon. In their frenzy, they kill him.
What tragic mistake is made in the frenzy?
What tragic mistake is made in the frenzy and excitement of the hunting dance? They kill Simon.
What was especially tragic about Simon’s death?
The boys have become beasts: The reader learns that Simon had died at the end of this chapter, as “Simon’s dead body moved out toward the open sea.” The tragic irony of Simon’s death is that he wants to tell the boys that they are all capable of being “the beast,” but they do not listen to him.
Who is responsible for Piggy’s death?
Roger, the character least able to understand the civilizing impulse, crushes the conch shell as he looses the boulder and kills Piggy, the character least able to understand the savage impulse.
How do Ralph and Piggy view Simon’s death?
What do Ralph and Piggy say about Simon’s death? Ralph says it was murder; Piggy insists it wasn’t. Ralph says it was an accident; Piggy calls it murder. They both refuse to talk about it.
What is the scenery in Lord of the Flies?
Words like “strange,” “stunted,” “plucked apart,” and “odd” add to sense of the setting as eery or off-kilter. It also contains “snapping sharks,” while the sun is likened to an “angry eye.” In chapter 9, the scenery continues to be ominous and oppressive.
How is Simon killed * quizlet?
What happens? The boys see a body that stumbles out of the forest and think it is the beast, but really it is Simon. In their frenzy they kill him in a violent attack with spears, claws,, and teeth.
What disturbing thing do the group of hunters and Ralph do immediately after their encounter with the pig?
After the group of hunters and Ralph encounter the pig, they pretend that Robert is the pig and jab at him with their spears. They chant “Kill the pig!
What tragic mistake is made in the frenzy and excitement of the dance How is this ironic?
What tragic mistake is made in the frenzy and excitement of the hunting dance? They kill Simon. Do you think the boys are aware of what they have done when they kill Simon? The boys think that they are killing the beast.