Lord of the Flies

Jack definitely seems the more ‘savage’ one in this chapter.

Note Jack's clothing and his approach to hunting. Do you think that this is a worrying trait?

We see the first real conflict between Jack and Ralph.

Jack and Ralph

• They clearly have different priorities. What are they? Do their differing priorities tell us about their different characters? Which one do you agree with the most?

Do you think it is possible to have two leaders in a group?

The boys are still trying to recreate civilization and society.

This is a key theme of the novel. What difficulties do they come up against as they try to build a society similar to the one they knew back home?

We learn more about the character of Simon.

Note how he displays kindness–he helps Ralph with the shelters and helps the littleuns with reaching the fruit.

Simon retreats into the forest. This seems a strange behavior, but we will see in the novel that Simon seems the most in tune with nature in many ways, and he has an instinctive moral goodness in him.