Ralph's assembly has morphed into Jack's tribe. Jack plans to attack Ralph that night with Maurice and Roger to steal Piggy's glasses --the one item from the civilized world they need in order to start their cooking fires. Ralph and Piggy continue to decline in function.
They decide to let the signal fire stop burning for the night, afraid to go into the woods to gather wood. Ralph dreams now not of the sweet ponies at his home in Devon, England, deeming them to be too savage. Wishing to escape from the savagery, as "the attraction of wildness had gone" he thinks now of "What could be safer than the bus center with its lamps and wheels? The solution and elimination of the primitive, of the beast and wildness in Ralph's mind, is technology and civilization.
Nearby, as Ralph thinks of escaping this wildness, Samneric, usually so collected and speaking as one, are fighting one another, "locked in an embrace. Suddenly, the sleeping boys are attacked by Jack, Maurice and Roger. Piggy thinks that the hunters are really the beast descending upon them and shouts: "'It's come It's real!
Assuming naively that the tribe has come for the conch, Ralph notices that it hasn't even been touched--the conch and assembly were part of Ralph's old world and have no value or worth in the new world Jack has created for the boys at Castle Rock. It is only the fire which they need for their rituals and pig roasting. Piggy is now completely helpless in his blindness.
Ralph, who has been relying on Piggy for advice and guidance, now sees his friend struck down, as powerless as himself. With this final strike, Jack has won the war, leaving Ralph and Piggy with nothing of value. Browse all BookRags Book Notes. 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. Who is the first boy to die on the island? Why does Jack hate Ralph? What is the beast? What does Simon want to tell the other boys? How does Piggy die? Does Ralph survive? Why is the backdrop of the war important to the story? Summary Chapter Previous section Chapter 10 Next section Chapter Test your knowledge Take the Chapter 11 Quick Quiz. What is the beast?
What does Simon want to tell the other boys? How does Piggy die? Does Ralph survive? Why is the backdrop of the war important to the story? Summary Chapter Summary: Chapter 10 The next morning, Ralph and Piggy meet on the beach. Previous section Chapter 9 Next section Chapter Test your knowledge Take the Chapter 10 Quick Quiz.
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