DEMOCRACY VS DICTATORSHIP (DIFFERENT POWER SYSTEMS)

Question 1

The call for Ralph to be chief.

Answer 1

“Let him be chief, the one with the trumpet thing.”

Question 2

Ralph’s rule about the conch.

Answer 2

“I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak…and he won’t be interrupted. Except by me.”

Question 3

Ralph’s attitude towards the meetings changing.

Answer 3

“This meeting must not be fun but business.”

Question 4

Jack’s reasons for being chief.

Answer 4

“I ought to be chief.”, said Jack with a simple arrogance, “Because I’m chapter chorister and head boy and I can sing C sharp.”

Question 5

Jack’s excitement about rules.

Answer 5

“We’ll have rules! … and if anyone breaks them-“

Question 6

Jack and Ralph’s differing rules about choosing a chief.

Answer 6

“I’m chief. I was chosen.”

“Why should choosing make any difference?”

Question 7

Jack feeling the conch to be unnecessary.

Answer 7

“We don’t need the conch…it’s time some people knew they’ve got to keep quiet.”

Question 8

Description of Jack’s power as a tribal chief.

Answer 8

“Power lay in the brown swell of his forearms, authority sat on his shoulders and chattered in his ear like an ape.”