Lord of the Flies Lesson 13 and HOMEWORK 13

Aim: How do the boys react to Simon’s murder? (chapter 10)

CLASSWORK
READ this summary of chapter 10:
The next morning, Ralph finds that only Piggy, Samneric, and some littluns remain in his camp. Brooding over the previous night's events, he points out to Piggy that they murdered Simon. Piggy objects to the use of the term "murder" and doesn't want Samneric to know that he and Ralph were at least somewhat involved in the deadly dance. Samneric don't want to admit their own involvement, either.
Jack begins acting ever more like a cruel dictator to his own tribe members, having one of the boys tied up and beaten for angering him. He plans a raid on Ralph's camp to get fire for another pig roast and tries to convince his uneasy followers that they had beaten but not killed the beast the previous night. The beast had come to them in disguise, he asserts, in utter denial that they had killed one of their former group.
Back at Ralph's camp, the boys decide to let the fire die for the night rather than collect more wood in the dark. Because Jack and his raiders can't steal burning branches, they attack Ralph's group and steal Piggy's glasses.

READ this analysis:
This chapter reveals the boys' responses to their actions of the night before, when they beat Simon to death in a tribal frenzy. Ralph is the only character who names the deed as murder. He shudders at Piggy's touch on his shoulder; humanity has let him down. Getting to the heart of the matter, he says, "I'm frightened. Of us."
Perhaps acting out of some guilt he is unable to acknowledge, Jack becomes paranoid, posting guards at the entrance to the castle rock area in case any of Ralph's tribe tries to enter. One of the boys questions this concern and Jack replies, "They'll try to spoil things we do." Ironically, he is also taking the part of the Lord of the Flies, who told Simon not to try and stop the "fun" that was going to take place on the island.
Jack offers them the protection of weaponry and an instinct for warfare. When Roger sees the boulder that stands ready to crush interlopers at the entrance to Castle Rock, he deems Jack "a proper chief" because he's got weaponry, the makings of war.
For a sadist like Roger, joining the tribe offers him the chance to unleash his cruelty amidst Jack's reign of "irresponsible authority." Hearing that Jack has had Wilfred arbitrarily bound and left to wait hours for punishment strikes a chord in Roger. By the end of the next chapter, he carves out a distinct role in the tribe as the hangman, the torturer who plays a key role in all dictatorships.
The loss of his glasses to the savages literally renders Piggy more helpless and ineffectual and symbolically deprives Ralph of his intellectual counselor. The alert reader understands that Piggy will be the next victim.

WRITE
1-Explain the difference between the Beast, the Lord of the Flies, and Jack.
2- Jack calls himself “chief” and acts like a dictator. What is the difference between an
elected leader and a dictator?
3- How does calling Jack ‘chief” and the hunters “savages” show a loss of humanity?
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HOMEWORK #LF13
Define these words from this chapter:
TORRID GESTICULATE HUMANITY