In the beggining of chapter 6 it is a dark night on the island, the boys are sleeping when an airplane battle occurs above. A dead pilot from one of the aircrafts drifts down on one a parachute and lands on the island next to the signal.
Sam and Eric are supposed to be awake on duty at the signal fire but are sleeping when all of this was happening. They wake up in the morning and see the parachute and they instantly think it’s huge wings and run to the rest of the boys on the island that they have found a massive beast. Ralph (the elected leader) hears about the ‘beast’ and calls for a meeting immediately, Jack (who wanted to be leader but didn’t get elected) quickly becomes annoyed at Ralph and begins to mock ‘Piggy’ he also decides that the conch doesn’t matter anymore even though he’s not leader. Everyone begins to think that Jack is going to become leader as he’s giving everyone orders. At this time Ralph has had enough and decides to get all the ‘biguns’ and search the island for this ‘beast’, they find this new place of the island which they think is the ‘beasts hideout’ and Ralph leads as Jack follows with the rest of the ‘biguns’. The boys find nothing and Ralph says that everyone has to go back to the island but the boys want to stay and keep the hideout.
November 30, 2016 at 8:52 am
Miquel,
This is an excellent summary that covers the events of the chapter extensively.
What next?
Begin to explore the language and how this helps to enhance the meaning. Choose a quotation from the chapter ‘no more than a sentence’ and identify a figurative device. Explore how this has been used to develop the meanings within the text.