In the jungle, Ralph comes upon the skull of a pig hung on a spear staked into the ground. He punches it and the skull splits. The Lord of the Flies is a hollow skull: its true power exists within men.

He stumbles across the sow’s head, the Lord of the Flies, now merely a gleaming white skull—as white as the conch shell, he notes. Angry and disgusted, Ralph knocks the skull to the ground and takes the stake it was impaled on to use as a weapon against Jack.

What is Ralph’s reaction when he encounters the pig’s skull? At first, Ralph is just puzzled when he sees the pig’s skull. Then, he becomes sick and uneasy and in rage, knocks the skull down, splitting it into 2 pieces. He takes the stick out of the ground to use as a possible weapon.

Ralph, who hears the rock falling, dives and dodges it. But the boulder strikes Piggy, shatters the conch shell he is holding, and knocks him off the mountainside to his death on the rocks below. Jack throws his spear at Ralph, and the other boys quickly join in.

In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, two innocent boys, Simon and Piggy, die due to the savagery of the other boys. All of the boys are to blame for the death of Simon, but only Jack and Roger are to blame for Piggy’s death.

Jack certainly also bears responsibility for Piggy’s death because of the type of society he has set up. He has struck fear into his own followers by torturing and beating at least one of them (Wilfred) purely on a whim.

Why doesn’t Jack take the conch when he invades the beach settlement? Jack and the hunters only came to Ralph’s settlement to take Piggy’s glasses. Jack has said that the conch has no power on his side of the island and that he has no use for it.

What does Jack do in response to Ralph’s attempting to call an assembly? Jack and Ralph start fighting. They throw a boulder at Piggy and he dies because he falls off a cliff and the conch shatters. Summarize Piggy’s speech to the boys.

Jack and his boys did not pursue Ralph because they seemed terrified of going into the dark forest and preferred to return to the safety of Castle Rock.

What is Ralph’s reaction when he encounters the pig’s skull? “A sick fear and rage swept through him.” He hits the skull with his fist and splits it open; it lies on the ground, still grinning at him. 2. Driven by fear and hunger, Ralph manages to make contact with Samneric who are standing guard at Castle Rock.

At the end of the novel, Ralph begins to cry uncontrollably: “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy.” (Golding, 202). He is crying because he’s realized the true savagery that he’s been enduring for his duration on the island.

Before they were attacked, what did Ralph “desperately pray?” He prayed that beast would prefer the littuns instead of him.