Chapter+2

Fire on the Mountain

1. They want rules because it's all they have ever known, being from the British middle class. This reflects their society because they were all about rules and behaving properly in Britain.

2. Piggy is sort of the outsider of the group and kind of forces common sense into everyone (well, he tries to at least). He tries to listen to the whole group and what everyone has to say. He likes to go by the rules.

3. We believe that Ralph should have had more of a concern for this issue. There is some merit in this because he was trying to calm everyone down, but he should have been listening and paying more attention to the small boy. We think that the boy might be seeing a snake or a shadow of an unknown creature.

4. Some important events in this chapter would be when they build a fire to signal any ships and when Piggy tries to speak, but no one will listen. The fire sort of explains why the boys should have thought twice about what to do first. When Piggy tries to speak but no one will listen, it kind of symbolizes the group's dislike for him.

5. A savage is a person who is part of an uncivilized and primitive civilization. Because the boys are away from society, where they tell you what is proper and how to act/speak, they are slowly drawing away from that. There's no electricity around them and no food available so they have to hunt. Jack's behavior so far has shown that he is the most far gone.