Lord of the Flies Chapter 5

Lord of the Flies Chapter 5 Comprehension Questions: 1.How has Ralph changed? He no longer sees his job as a leader as a sport or fun. He sees it as a serious responsibility, and it seems to tire him out at this point. He longs for civilization more than anyone but Piggy. 2.How does Piggy show disapproval as Ralph's assembly is called? Piggy stands outside of the triangle. 3.Where does Ralph decree shall be the only place where fire is allowed? On the mountaintop. 4.Littlun Phil reports he saw something at night in the jungle. What was it? Phil reports that he saw something big and horrid in the trees of the jungle, which turned out to be Simon going to his spot in the jungle. 5.How does Jack deal with the fear? Jack, while he denies the existence of a beast, implies that if there were one, he, as a hunter, would kill it. Analytical Questions: 1.Why are rules important to Ralph? Because he knows that its the only thing holding the boys from complete anarchy. 2.What does Piggy represent in his speech at the assembly? Piggy, now half blind, stands for rules, intelligence, science, and order, which are in tatters. 3. Which two boys desperately try to convince Ralph to remain as chief after Jack breaks up the meeting? Piggy because he wants him to protect him from Jack and Simon tries to because he thinks it is the only way to protect themselves from the beast. 4. Why doesn't Ralph blow the conch when the meeting dissolves into chaos? He isn't sure if he still wants to be the chief. 5.What do you think Simon means when he says, "Maybe there is a beast"? He means maybe they are the beast as they are turning on each other and becoming savages. Vocabulary: 1. apex (77) the top or highest point of something “Then, at the apex, the grass was thick again because no one sat there.” 2. vivid (85) producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind “but the vivid phantoms of his day-dream still interposed between him and Piggy.” 3. derisive (86) expressing or causing derision “Simon broke off and turned to Piggy who was looking at him with an expression of derisive incomprehension.” 4. tacitly (86) in an indirect manner “Tacitly admitting that he remembered the unmentionable, Ralph nodded to Piggy.” 5. condemnation (86) an expression of strong disapproval “The derisive laughter that rose had fear in it and condemnation.” 6. effigy (87) an image of a person “At first he was a silent effigy of sorrow; but then the lamentation rose out of him, loud and sustained as the conch.” 7. sough (88) a soft murmuring or rustling sound "...heard silently the sough and whisper from the reef." 8. tempestuously (91) characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion “A shadow fronted him tempestuously.” 9. discursive (92) tending to cover a wide range of subjects “The assembly shredded away and became a discursive and random scatter from the palms to the water and away along the beach,beyond night-sight.” 10. incantation (94) saying words aloud for a "magical" effect “Percival Wemys Madison, of the Vicarage, Harcourt St. Anthony, lying in the long grass, was living through circumstances in which the incantation of his address was powerless to help him.”