Chapter 9-12 Death And Discovery/ The Collapse Of Order

Question 1

chapter 9 a view to a death

Answer 1

Simon discovers beast. Simon is murdered by all the boys

Question 2

“what else is there to do?” chapter 9

Answer 2

Golding speaking - interchangeable. through fit Simon has come to an understanding that evil comes from them and must confront others with the truth

Question 3

‘the beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible’ chapter 9

Answer 3

Simon is compelled by the truth

Question 4

‘Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol’ chapter 9

Answer 4

presented as a pagan God

Question 5

‘Jack rose from the log that was his throne’ chapter 9

Answer 5

dictator. divine rights

Question 6

‘all at once the thunder struck’ chapter 9

Answer 6

increase sense of violence and fear

Question 7

‘between the flashes of lightning the air was dark and terrible’ chapter 9

Answer 7

nature conveying fear

Question 8

“kill the beast! cut his throat! spill his blood!” chapter 9

Answer 8

verbs with meaning. is the beast not an it????

Question 9

‘the chant lost its first superficial excitement and began to beat like a steady pulse’ chapter 9

Answer 9

simile to show savagery

Question 10

‘the crowd surged after it… leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore… tearing of teeth and claws’ chapter 9

Answer 10

attacking as one and killing as one - death of Simon. overwhelmed violence. animalesque verbs

Question 11

‘the clouds opened and let down the rain like a waterfall’ chapter 9

Answer 11

mourning for Simon’s death. Golding’s tears?

Question 12

‘they could see how small a beast it was… the beast lay huddled on the pale beach and the stains spread, inch by inch’ chapter 9

Answer 12

Simon is weak and defenceless. underlines Simon’s purity his innocence

Question 13

‘Simon’s dead body moved out towards the open sea’ chapter 9

Answer 13

christ-like. natural world understanding and respecting him like the human world didn’t. becoming saint like - beautification. using big images - impact of Simon’s death

Question 14

chapter 10 the shell and the glasses -both motifs

Answer 14

they all deny murder. Jack beats Wilfred. Jack steals Piggy’s glasses

Question 15

‘fragile white conch’ chapter 10

Answer 15

democracy has been worn away. colour has been lost symbolically

Question 16

“didn’t you see what we -what we did” chapter 10

Answer 16

denying it. Peter’s denial - ties in with Jesus

Question 17

“He was batty. he asked for it” chapter 10

Answer 17

blaming Simon. loss of innocence

Question 18

“i’m frightened. of us. I want to go home” chapter 10

Answer 18

Ralph. use of short sentence - powerful. reverting of child simplicity of home. frightened of his own doings

Question 19

“we was on the outside. we never done nothing, we never seen nothing” chapter 10

Answer 19

Piggy denies 3 times - Peters denial

Question 20

“he got angry and made us tie Wilfred up… he’s been tied for hours, waiting” chapter 10

Answer 20

Jack is a stalinist. Stalin - show trials. stalinism - This system is an extreme case of totalitarianism.

Question 21

‘the attraction of wildness had gone’ chapter 10

Answer 21

Ralph witnessed horror of wildness. break down of society - anarchy and break down of human - crazy

Question 22

‘Ralph prayed that the beast would prefer littluns’ chapter 10

Answer 22

ironic

Question 23

‘from his left hand dangled Piggy’s broken glasses’ chapter 10

Answer 23

blindness and sight. symbol of power and destruction to Jack - id

Question 24

chapter 11 castle rock

Answer 24

Ralph, Piggy, Sam n Eric go to castle rock. Piggy murdered. Ralph escapes. Roger tortures the twins

Question 25

'Piggy sat expressionless behind the luminous wall of his myopia' chapter 11

Answer 25

myopia means shortsighted. blindness and vulnerability of Piggy

Question 26

"supposing we go, looking like we used to, washed and hair brushed - after all we aren't savages really and being rescued isn't a game" chapter 11

Answer 26

Ralph. civilisation and order. can't accept dark side of man. underestimated Jack. thinks civilisation will overcome savagery. washed is an image of baptism - appear as civilised

Question 27

"young Simon was murdered" chapter 11

Answer 27

Piggy. death recognised

Question 28

Piggy and the conch chapter 11

Answer 28

Piggy is as fragile as the conch

Question 29

'they understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought' chapter 11

Answer 29

savagery.

Question 30

Piggy and Ralph's relationship chapter 11

Answer 30

symbiotic throughout whole novel

Question 31

"Halt! who goes there?" chapter 11

Answer 31

Roger. word choices of army. contrast between Roger and Ralph

Question 32

'there were chest to chest, breathing fiercely, pushing and glaring' chapter 11

Answer 32

Ralph and Jack. emblem of world events. metaphorical representations of two opposing ideologies.

Question 33

'samneric protested out of the heart of civilisation' chapter 11

Answer 33

against Jack

Question 34

"tie them" chapter 11

Answer 34

stalinism

Question 35

"You're a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!" chapter 11

Answer 35

Ralph to Jack. saying he is savage and wrong

Question 36

'someone was throwing stones' chapter 11

Answer 36

Roger. repetition is deliberate. he is a sadist.

Question 37

'Piggy a bag of fat' chapter 11

Answer 37

target, easy to attack

Question 38

"which is better - to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?" chapter 11

Answer 38

Piggy. simple. civilisation vs savagery

Question 39

'the rock struck Piggy a glancing blow form chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist' chapter 11

Answer 39

Roger makes his choice which is savagery. rock destroys symbol (conch) and voice (Piggy) of civilisation.

Question 40

'the hangman's horror clung to him' chapter 11

Answer 40

alliteration emphasises darkness and death

Question 41

'the prodding became rhythmic' chapter 11

Answer 41

samneric suffer from Jack's torture

Question 42

'Samneric lay looking up in quiet terror. Roger advanced upon them as one wielding a nameless authority' chapter 11

Answer 42

savagery and darkness. could represent the horrific nature of the killings of the Jews and other minority groups in the concentration camps

Question 43

chapter 12 cry of the hunters

Answer 43

Ralph hears sound of terror. Ralph smoked out. Boys rescued

Question 44

'the breaking of the conch and the deaths of Piggy and Simon lay over the island like a vapour' chapter 12

Answer 44

civilisation and order. simile

Question 45

'again the stars spilled about the sky' chapter 12

Answer 45

methodical. image of world collapsing

Question 46

"they're going to hunt you to-morrow" chapter 12

Answer 46

Jack is going to hunt Ralph - militaristic order

Question 47

"you don't know Roger. He's a terror. Roger sharpened a stick at both ends"chapter 12

Answer 47

mutilation.

Question 48

'Ralph whimpered and yawned like a littlun' chapter 12

Answer 48

innocence. darkness and death. fear of the beast.

Question 49

'Ralph launched himself like a cat; stabbed, snarling, with the spear, and the savage doubled up' chapter 12

Answer 49

animalistic in order to survive

Question 50

'birds were screaming, mice shrieking, and a little hopping thing came under the mat and cowered' chapter 12

Answer 50

whole island - terror uproar - nature - metaphor for Hiroshima

Question 51

'looked up at a huge peaked cap' chapter 12

Answer 51

civilisation - naval officer come to rescue them, otherwise Ralph would've died

Question 52

'an anchor' chapter 12

Answer 52

democracy. monarchy. safety - held up

Question 53

'the ululation faltered and died away' chapter 12

Answer 53

hope at end. adults - instant emblem of rules, order and civilisation

Question 54

"hullo" chapter 12

Answer 54

right accent

Question 55

"fun and games" chapter 12

Answer 55

naval officer. bathetic. biggest understatement

Question 56

'the sky was black' chapter 12

Answer 56

evil that has engulfed the island

Question 57

'the whole island was shuddering with flames' chapter 12

Answer 57

flames of hell

Question 58

"what have you been doing? having a war or something?" chapter 12

Answer 58

ironic

Question 59

"I should have thought that a pack of British boys would have been able to put up a better show that that" chapter 12

Answer 59

horrors of war. Golding was in navy.

Question 60

'a little boy who wore the remains of an extraordinary black cap on his red hair and who carried the remains of a pair of spectacles at his waist, started forward, then changed his mind and stood still' chapter 12

Answer 60

knows his wrong doing

Question 61

'shuddering spasms of grief that seemed to wrench his whole body' chapter 12

Answer 61

alliteration. sense of bathos. reader shares horror with boys that the officer has no idea of

Question 62

'Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy' chapter 12

Answer 62

they had a symbiotic relationship. he has witnessed the horror or mankinds essential illness that is the beast - savagery