Chapter7-Chapter12

Synopsis

Jack and Ralph travel up the mountain to search for the monster. They see the silhouette of the parachute from a distance and think that it looks like a huge, deformed ape. Jack says that Ralph is a coward and calling all the hunters to join him. Jack declares himself the leader of the new tribe of hunters. They decapitate the sow. Ralph and Piggy attend the feast too. Simon saw the Lord of the Flies. It says that Simon will never escape him, for he exists within all men. When Simon understanding that the beast does not exist externally but rather within each individual boy and he wants to tell the others. The others get carried away and killed him. The following morning, Jack’s hunters attack Ralph and Piggy and steal Piggy’s glasses. In the ensuing battle, Roger rolls a boulder down the mountain and killing Piggy and shattering the conch shell. Ralph hides in the forest for the rest of the night and the following day. The others hunt him like an animal. Jack ignites the forest in order to smoke Ralph out of his hiding place. Ralph is forced out onto the beach and he knows the other boys will soon arrive to kill him. A British naval officer standing over Ralph. The officer’s ship noticed the fire raging in the jungle. The officer asks Ralph to explain. But Ralph begins to weep and the other boys begin to sob as well.

Character introduced

Ralph: He lost his status and power in the group and Jack hunts down him.

Piggy: He doesn’t seem to change too much. But he has been kill by Roger.

Jack: He becomes the leader of the new tribe of hunters and bloodthirsty, insane.

Simon: He is the only person saw the Lord of the Flies and knows the beast is in each individual boy.

Point of view

The point of view of third quarter is still keep in 3rd person view. This allows the readers to still get insight on every characters thoughts and actions and makes reader easier to get a feel for all the characters and there thoughts.

Setting

The setting is on the beach or in the jungle. It still takes place on the island. Lots of the scenes are at night time. It makes the mood more scary and dreadful. The boys are scattered around the island to hunt Ralph. And Ralph is being along in the middle of nowhere with no help.

Notable about the writer’s style

The writer use a relatively simple writing style in Lord of the Flies, avoids highly poetic language, lengthy description, and philosophical interludes. Much of the novel is allegorical, meaning that the characters and objects in the novel are infused with symbolic significance that conveys the novel’s central themes and ideas.

Statement of themes

After a long time for these children stay on the island. Some of them lost their innocence. Some of them still have moral intellect. Ralph and Jack is the representative. Although Ralph is not the leader, he doesn’t hold the grudge to Jack. But when Jack becomes to the new leader, he becomes more bloodthirsty and lost his marbles.