Vocabulary
the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn
What is contempt?
"Percival Wemys Madison. The Vicarage, Harcourt St. Anthony, Hants, telephone, telephone, tele―"
Who is Percival?
By calling them biguns and littluns.
How did the boys differentiate the younger boys and the older boys?
The meeting must be business, not fun.
What does Ralph say about the meeting in Chapter 5?
The boys who saw the "beast."
Who is Sam and Eric?
involving or full of grave risk
What is perilous?
"For hunting. Like in the war. You know―dazzle paint. Like things trying to look like something else―" He twisted in the urgency of telling. "―Like moths on a tree trunk."
Who is Jack?
Percival and Johnny
Who are the smallest boys?
"'We need an assembly. Not for fun. Not for laughing and falling off the log'"
What is the assemblies are not taken seriously?
"Jack's face went so white that the freckles showed as clear, brown flecks. He licked his lips and remained standing."
What happened when Ralph sided with Piggy (again)?
the contemplation or consideration of some subject
What is speculation?
"Piggy's specs!" shouted XXXXXXX. "If the fire's all out, we'll need them―"
Who is Ralph?
Roger throws stones at Henry, but purposely misses to prevent hurting
"'We were going to have water brought from the stream and left in those coconut shells under fresh leaves. So it was, for a few days. Now there's no water. The shells are dry. People drink from the river.'"
What is no one adheres to the rules?
Ralph volunteers.
How do they decide who leads up the rock?
to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; be highly elated or jubilant.
What is exult? OR What is exulting?
"Grownups know things," said XXXXXXXX. "They ain't afraid of the dark. They'd meet and have tea and discuss. Then things 'ud be all right―"
Who is Piggy?
Golding writes, "He looked in astonishment, no longer at himself but at an awesome stranger" (63).
What is the start of Jack's transformation?
"'That's why it's so tottery!'"
What is the boys stopped working as a team to build the shelter?
Ralph and Jack.
Who climbs up the rock to look for the beast?
without apparent purpose or intention; aimlessly.
What is idly?
"Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood."
Jack and his hunters/watchers went to hunt the pig which caused the fire to die down.
What is the reason Ralph and the boys missed signaling the boat?
"Last night I had a dream, a horrid dream, fighting with things. I was outside the shelter by myself, fighting with things, those twisty things in the trees...I was asleep when the twisty things were fighting and when they went away I was awake, and I saw something big and horrid moving in the trees."
What is the Beast from the Water?
"There was a sudden bright explosion and corkscrew trail across the sky; then darkness again and stars. There was a speck above the island, a figure dropping swiftly beneath a parachute, a figure that hung with dangling limbs."
What is the Beast from Air?