Chapter 4. LOTF

Robby Treadwell

1/9/12

Period 4

DePalatis

Summary: We find out that in the morning on the island it is cool and breezy but by the afternoon it is very hot. The young kids eat too much fruit and get diarrhea, while they are still scared about the "beastie" that lives in the jungle. They see a ship out in the sea, but the signal fire is out. The hunters and jack come back with a dead pig, but failure to keep the signal fire going causes fights. 

Quotation: "This from Piggy, and the wails of agreement from some of the hunters, drove Jack to violence. The bolting look came into his blue eyes. He took a step and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy's stomach. Piggy say down with a grunt. ..."

Quotation Significance: In this quote we learn how violent Jack is and selfish. His failure to keep the signal fire going might have been what kept them from being saved. I felt bad for Piggy after reading this quote.

Reflection: The more and more I read this book I come to realize that Jack gets more violent and evil as the book goes along. He seems to be more selfish then trying to help out the rest of the people like Ralph. I feel bad for Piggy because he is just trying to get his point across and instead of that Jack punches him in the stomach. There also must be a large amount of fruit on the island because Ralph doesn't seem to worried about the young kids eating all the fruit. It was sad to read that the boys saw the ship but the signal fire was out. They could have actually been saved if Jack kept the hunters in line and made them do their job. I can tell that Ralph is definitely feeling frustrated from all this.

Discussion Question: Are Piggy and Ralph going to let Jack keep up with his bad behavior?