entry 7

Lord of the Flies
Chapter 7
Shadows and Tall Trees
“Kids”
Piggy
* What is the game the boys play after spearing the pig? Who spears the pig? Describe the mood of the boys afterwards.
After Ralph went out o hunt for the beastie along with the hunters he added just a little more brine on this rough journey we’re having. I was told he hit the boar, with the spear. It’s like Jack’s desires of killing got Ralph. He was very excited along with the other kids!! I was also told they were playing around as if Robert a small kid was the pig, and they were about to kill him. So they did exactly as they do with a real pig. Except they were poking Robert with the smooth end of the spear.
* Jack suggests, “You could get someone to dress up as a pig and then he could act, you know, pretend to knock me over and all that.” Robert said that they need a real pig because it has to be killed. What does Jack suggest as a substitute? What does this foreshadow?
Jack suggested adding a littlun as the pig. He said the littlun could substitute its place. I really did not like that idea. I think Jack was saying that with lots of impervious even though Jack I have to admit has a very sagely mind for hunting. I believe this foreshadows two really bad things.
1: Jack wanting to kill a littlun. I say that cause of his comment he said just a few days in the meeting: “suck to the littluns.” That to me showed me he doesn’t want them alive since they don’t do much.
OR
2: Maybe this just foreshadows another littluns death.

* What evidence did the boys find to prove that there is a beast? (Why are they so gullible?)
The kids are so gullible of this beastie because Samneric’s description. They were totally the opposite of dun, I mean they used lots of windy language. The evidence that they have to tell us about the beastie is that…. They actually saw the beastie rocking back and…. forth. The people who saw it first was Roger, Jack and Samneric.
* How do you feel about the game the boys play after spearing the pig?
Like I said what they did of their acting to me seemed to be all a thing little kids will do. All I really hope for is that Ralph doesn’t turn into another Jack that the only important to him is hunting.